FIGURE 1 from EZH2 Inhibition Promotes Tumor Immunogenicity in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinomas

EZH2 inhibition allows upregulation of MHCI and MHCII in 2D human LSCC cell lines. A, Schematic for proposed mechanism: Inhibition of EZH2 methyltransferase activity by the drugs GSK126 or EPZ6438 will lead to derepression of antigen presentation genes that can then be more effectively activated by IFNγ. B, qRT-PCR in the indicated four human lung cancer cell lines treated for 7 days with vehicle or 5 µmol/L EZH2 inhibition with 20 ng/mL IFNγ added on day 5 for the genes B2M, HLA-A, CIITA, and HLA-DRA, mean ± SEM is graphed, n = 4 individual cultures, *, P P P P post hoc test. C, Flow cytometry analysis of indicated four human lung cancer cell lines treated for 7 days with vehicle or 5 µmol/L EZH2 inhibition with 20 ng/mL IFNγ added on day 5 for the cell surface proteins HLA-A,B,C and HLA-DR; mean ± SEM is graphed; n = 4 individual cultures; *, P P P P post hoc test. Representative histograms from HCC15 cell lines are shown, G = GSK126, E = EPZ6438, I = IFNγ, I+G = IFNγ+GSK126, and I+E = IFNγ+EPZ6438. D, Western blotting of A549 and HCC15 cell lines treated for 7 days with vehicle or 5 µmol/L EZH2 inhibition with 20 ng/mL IFNγ added on day 5 for the proteins B2M, HLA-DR, DQ, DP, EZH2, H3K27me3 and total histone H3. Data are representative of two individual cultures. See also Supplementary Fig. S1.