Harbi Emirhan, Mason Christopher E
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY.
JCO Precis Oncol. 2025 Aug;9:e2500518. doi: 10.1200/PO-25-00518. Epub 2025 Aug 27.
Gliomas are a type of CNS tumors. Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) play important epigenetic regulatory roles in various cancers, including gliomas, by regulating DNA repair and cellular signaling pathways. Recent studies have also identified overexpression of PRMTs in gliomas and have shown that it is associated with tumor progression and resistance to conventional therapies. Targeting PRMTs has shown promising preclinical results demonstrating the potential to disrupt tumor growth, enhance DNA damage responses, and improve the sensitivity of gliomas to radiotherapy and temozolomide. In this review, we focus on the translational and clinical relevance of PRMT inhibitors in glioma subtypes, highlighting their latest clinical developments and ongoing clinical trials. Unlike previous reviews, our article provides an updated synthesis of clinical data, discusses challenges and opportunities in clinical translation, and suggests future directions for integrating PRMT inhibitors into glioma therapy.
神经胶质瘤是中枢神经系统肿瘤的一种。蛋白质精氨酸甲基转移酶(PRMTs)通过调节DNA修复和细胞信号通路,在包括神经胶质瘤在内的各种癌症中发挥重要的表观遗传调控作用。最近的研究还发现PRMTs在神经胶质瘤中过表达,并表明其与肿瘤进展和对传统疗法的耐药性有关。靶向PRMTs已显示出有前景的临床前结果,证明了其具有破坏肿瘤生长、增强DNA损伤反应以及提高神经胶质瘤对放疗和替莫唑胺敏感性的潜力。在本综述中,我们重点关注PRMT抑制剂在神经胶质瘤亚型中的转化和临床相关性,突出其最新临床进展和正在进行的临床试验。与以往的综述不同,我们的文章提供了临床数据的最新综合分析,讨论了临床转化中的挑战和机遇,并提出了将PRMT抑制剂纳入神经胶质瘤治疗的未来方向。