The search for alternative strategies of therapy remains a major issue for most neoplastic diseases. The expression of several tumor antigens makes human rhabdomyosarcomas, which are the most frequent form of soft tissue tumor in children, a good candidate for tumor-specific immunotherapy. To assess the feasibility of this approach, we evaluated the ability of rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines to process and present the MAGE-A tumor antigens to effectors of the immune system. To this end, we investigated recognition of MAGE-A-positive rhabdomyosarcoma cells by HLA-B*3701-restricted T cells specific for a MAGE-A-derived peptide. Low level of HLA expression impaired recognition of the tumor cells. Therefore, to obtain HLA expression avoiding the use of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, which could affect the proteasome activity, a rhabdomyosarcoma line was transduced by a retroviral vector encoding the HLA-B*3701 allele. Recognition of the infected cells was then observed also in the absence of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha treatment, thus demonstrating that rhabdomyosarcoma cells were indeed able to naturally process and present the MAGE-A antigens. These results demonstrate that rhabdomyosarcoma cells expressing MAGE-A can be targets of tumor-specific effectors, suggesting the feasibility of clinical protocols of specific immunotherapy also for the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma
Titolo: | Rhabdomyosarcomas are potential target of MAGE-specific immunotherapies. |
Autore/i: | Tanzarella S; Lionello I; Valentinis B; Russo V; LOLLINI, PIER LUIGI; Traversari C. |
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Anno: | 2004 |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00262-003-0484-6 |
Abstract: | The search for alternative strategies of therapy remains a major issue for most neoplastic diseases. The expression of several tumor antigens makes human rhabdomyosarcomas, which are the most frequent form of soft tissue tumor in children, a good candidate for tumor-specific immunotherapy. To assess the feasibility of this approach, we evaluated the ability of rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines to process and present the MAGE-A tumor antigens to effectors of the immune system. To this end, we investigated recognition of MAGE-A-positive rhabdomyosarcoma cells by HLA-B*3701-restricted T cells specific for a MAGE-A-derived peptide. Low level of HLA expression impaired recognition of the tumor cells. Therefore, to obtain HLA expression avoiding the use of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, which could affect the proteasome activity, a rhabdomyosarcoma line was transduced by a retroviral vector encoding the HLA-B*3701 allele. Recognition of the infected cells was then observed also in the absence of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha treatment, thus demonstrating that rhabdomyosarcoma cells were indeed able to naturally process and present the MAGE-A antigens. These results demonstrate that rhabdomyosarcoma cells expressing MAGE-A can be targets of tumor-specific effectors, suggesting the feasibility of clinical protocols of specific immunotherapy also for the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma |
Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 2005-10-06 18:33:53 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |