Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Proteomics Clin Appl. 2013 Jun;7(5-6):327-36. doi: 10.1002/prca.201200058. Epub 2013 May 10.
Proteomics technologies are well suited for harnessing the immune response to tumor antigens for diagnostic applications as in the case of breast cancer. We previously reported a substantial impact of hormone therapy (HT) on the proteome. Here, we investigated the effect of HT on the immune response toward breast tumor antigens.
Plasmas collected 0-10 months prior to diagnosis of ER+ breast cancer from 190 postmenopausal women and 190 controls that participated in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study were analyzed for the effect of HT on IgG reactivity against arrayed proteins from MCF-7 or SKBR3 breast cancer cell line lysates following extensive fractionation.
HT user cases exhibited significantly reduced autoantibody reactivity against arrayed proteins compared to cases who were Not Current users. An associated reduced level of IL-6 and other immune-related cytokines was observed among HT users relative to nonusers.
Our findings suggest occurrence of a global altered immune response to breast cancer-derived proteins associated with HT. Thus a full understanding of factors that modulate the immune response is necessary to translate autoantibody panels into clinical applications.
蛋白质组学技术非常适合利用针对肿瘤抗原的免疫反应进行诊断应用,如乳腺癌。我们之前曾报道过激素治疗(HT)对蛋白质组的重大影响。在这里,我们研究了 HT 对针对乳腺肿瘤抗原的免疫反应的影响。
从参加妇女健康倡议观察研究的 190 名绝经后妇女和 190 名对照者中,收集了在诊断为 ER+乳腺癌前 0-10 个月的血浆,并对其进行了分析,以了解 HT 对 MCF-7 或 SKBR3 乳腺癌细胞系裂解物的阵列蛋白的 IgG 反应性的影响,这些蛋白经过了广泛的分级分离。
与未使用 HT 的患者相比,HT 使用病例的针对阵列蛋白的自身抗体反应性显著降低。与未使用者相比,HT 使用者中观察到 IL-6 和其他免疫相关细胞因子的水平降低。
我们的研究结果表明,HT 与乳腺癌相关蛋白的免疫反应发生了普遍改变。因此,有必要全面了解调节免疫反应的因素,以将自身抗体面板转化为临床应用。