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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 156, Issue 2, Pages 344-352Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.03900.x
Keywords
dendritic cell; immune regulation; liver cancer; MHC class II; T-reg
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Japan Medical Association
- Takeda Science Foundation
- Pancreas Research Foundation of Japan
- Jikei University Research Fund
- Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private School of Japan
- Science Research Promotion Fund
- Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Cytochrome P450 2J subfamily (CYP2J) enzymes expressed in mouse hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells were identified as an antigen recognized by specific CD4(+) T cells and the structure of its T cell epitope was determined by proteomics-based exploration. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II binding peptides were isolated from I-A(k)/peptide complex of dendritic cells (DCs) loaded or unloaded with MIH-2 mouse HCC cells. MHC class II-binding peptides found in MIH-2-loaded DCs but not in unloaded DCs were determined by tandem mass spectrometric analysis. The peptide, consisting of amino acid 276-290 (DFIDAFLKEMTKYPE) of mouse CYP2J enzymes, was identified as an antigenic peptide presented in the context of MHC class II. Preventive treatment of mice with CYP2J peptide stimulated interferon (IFN)-gamma production of splenocytes and suppressed the growth of implanted CYP2J-positive MIH-2 cells but not CYP2J-negative murine bladder tumour cells. However, continuous treatment of MIH-2-bearing mice with CYP2J peptide significantly suppressed IFN-gamma production of splenocytes and accelerated the growth of implanted MIH-2 tumours in vivo. Increased frequencies of CD4(+)forkhead box P3 regulatory T cells and CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) myeloid suppressor cells were observed in splenocytes from the continuously immunized mice. These results indicate that antigenecity of CYP2J isoforms expressed in HCC cells activate host anti-tumour immunity at an initial stage of HCC, but suppress host anti-tumour immunity with excessive antigenic stimulation at an advanced stage.
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