Molecular and immunological evaluation of the expression of cancer/testis gene products in human colorectal cancer

Sebastien Viatte, Pedro M S Alves, Nicole Lévy, Hanifa Bouzourene, Sébastien Viatte, Gabriel Bricard, Maha Ayyoub, Henri Vuilleumier, Jean Claude R Givel, Nermin Halkic, Daniel E. Speiser, Pedro Romero, Frédéric Lévy

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    Abstract

    Tumor-specific gene products, such as cancer/testis (CT) antigens, constitute promising targets for the development of T cell vaccines. Whereas CT antigens are frequently expressed in melanoma, their expression in colorectal cancers (CRC) remains poorly characterized. Here, we have studied the expression of the CT antigens MAGE-A3, MAGE-A4, MAGE-A10, NY-ESO-1 and SSX2 in CRC because of the presence of well-described HLA-A2-restricted epitopes in their sequences. Our analyses of 41 primary CRC and 14 metastatic liver lesions confirmed the low frequency of expression of these CT antigens. No increased expression frequencies were observed in metastatic tumors compared to primary tumors. Histological analyses of CRC samples revealed heterogeneous expression of individual CT antigens. Finally, evidence of a naturally acquired CT antigen-specific CD8+ T cell response could be demonstrated. These results show that the expression of CT antigens in a subset of CRC patients induces readily detectable T cell responses. © 2006 Springer-Verlag.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)839-847
    Number of pages8
    JournalCancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
    Volume56
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2007

    Keywords

    • Cancer-testis antigen
    • Colorectal cancer
    • T cell response

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