叶酸受体及其在介导药物靶向肿瘤细胞治疗中的应用

肿瘤细胞表面过度表达一系列受体,能与特异性的配体结合并诱导细胞内化.以这些受体为作用靶点,使药物与特异性配体结合即可将药物主动靶向肿瘤细胞.叶酸受体在多种肿瘤细胞特别是髓细胞白血病细胞中都有过度表达,它可通过介导细胞内化将叶酸摄取入细胞胞浆,利用叶酸受体进行肿瘤,特别是白血病的靶向性治疗颇有应用前景.本文就叶酸受体生物学性质、染色体定位及与配体的相互作用,叶酸受体在正常组织、肿瘤组织,特别是白血病细胞中的分布特点,以及叶酸受体介导主动靶向肿瘤细胞,特别是白血病细胞的研究进展进行了概述.

Folate Receptor and Its Application in the Selective Receptor-mediated Targeting Therapy of Tumor Cells--Review

A series of receptors expressed in the surface of tumor cells, which are able to mediate lnternalizing effect by specially connecting with corresponding ligands. These receptors are potential targets for drugs combined with conjugates. So the drug-conjugate compounds can be targeted delivery to tumor cells. The folate receptor is a promising target because of its marrow tissue specificity, its overexpression in malignant tissues, especially in myeloid leukemic cells, and its ability to bind and internalize folic acid conjugates. It is a promising potential method to apply folate receptor in the receptor-mediated targeting therapy of leukemic cells. In this review, the biological features of folate receptor, its chromasome location and its interaction with ligands, the distribution characteristics of folate receptor in normal and tumor tissues, especially in myeloid leukemic cells, and progress of research on folate receptor madiated targeting tumor ceils, especially leukemic ceils were summaried.