Harada Mamoru, Kobayashi Kazuhiko, Matsueda Satoko, Nakagawa Masami, Noguchi Masanori, Itoh Kyogo
Department of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Prostate. 2003 Oct 1;57(2):152-9. doi: 10.1002/pros.10280.
We tried to identify prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-derived epitopes immunogenic in HLA-A24+ prostate cancer patients.
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were in vitro stimulated with each of four different PSA peptides carrying the HLA-A24 binding motif, and their HLA-A24-restricted anti-tumor responses were examined using a parental HLA-A24-negative prostate cancer cell line (PC93) and its HLA-A24-expressing transfectant line (PC93-A24). Serum levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG) against PSA peptides were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
PBMCs, which were in vitro stimulated with either the PSA(152-160) or PSA(248-257) peptide, showed higher levels of IFN-gamma production and cytotoxicity against the PC93-A24 than against the PC93. IgG against the PSA(248-257) peptide was detected in half of the prostate cancer patients tested.
The PSA(152-160) and PSA(248-257) peptides could be appropriate target molecules in use for specific immunotherapy of HLA-A24+ prostate cancer patients.
我们试图鉴定在HLA - A24阳性前列腺癌患者中具有免疫原性的前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)衍生表位。
用四种携带HLA - A24结合基序的不同PSA肽分别体外刺激外周血单个核细胞(PBMC),并使用亲本HLA - A24阴性前列腺癌细胞系(PC93)及其表达HLA - A24的转染细胞系(PC93 - A24)检测其HLA - A24限制性抗肿瘤反应。通过酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)测量针对PSA肽的免疫球蛋白G(IgG)血清水平。
用PSA(152 - 160)或PSA(248 - 257)肽体外刺激的PBMC,对PC93 - A24产生的γ干扰素水平和细胞毒性高于对PC93产生的。在一半受试前列腺癌患者中检测到针对PSA(248 - 257)肽的IgG。
PSA(152 - 160)和PSA(248 - 257)肽可能是用于HLA - A24阳性前列腺癌患者特异性免疫治疗的合适靶分子。