期刊
CANCER IMMUNOLOGY IMMUNOTHERAPY
卷 58, 期 8, 页码 1207-1218出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-008-0630-2
关键词
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha; Clear cell renal cell carcinoma; Tumor antigen; Cancer immunotherapy; Polyfunctional antigen-specific T lymphocytes
资金
- Support Office, Research Centre, CHUM
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
- Fonds de la Recherche en Santedu Quebec
Patients with renal cell carcinomas (RCC) have few treatment options, underscoring the importance of developing new approaches such as immunotherapy. However, few tumor associated antigens (TAA), which can be targeted by immunotherapy, have been identified for this type of cancer. von Hippel-Lindau clear cell RCC (VHL-/-RCC) are characterized by mutations in the VHL tumor suppressor gene. Loss of VHL function causes the overexpression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha, leading us to hypothesize that TGF-alpha could be a potential TAA for immunotherapy of kidney cancer, which was evaluated in this study. We first confirmed the absent or weak expression of TGF-alpha in important normal tissues as well as its overexpression in 61% of renal tumors in comparison to autologous normal kidney tissues. In addition, we demonstrated the immunogenicity of TGF-alpha, by expanding many T cell lines specific for certain TGF-alpha peptides or the mature TGF-alpha protein, when presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on the surface of antigen-presenting cells. Interestingly, some of these TGF-alpha-specific T cells were polyfunctionals and secreted IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha and IL-2. We have shown that TGF-alpha is a valid candidate TAA, which should allow the development of a targeted immunotherapy.
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