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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Establishment of tumor immunotherapy using class II

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14570154
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Human pathology
Research InstitutionYokohama City University

Principal Investigator

YAZAWA Takuya  Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Associate Professor, 大学院・医学研究科, 助教授 (50251054)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KITAMURA Hitoshi  Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Professor, 大学院・医学研究科, 教授 (20094302)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2003
KeywordsClass II Transactivator / Major Histocompatibility Complex / Cancer / Tumor Immunity
Research Abstract

In the first year, we tried to establish the system to delivery the recombinant hCIITA molecules into cancer cells. We first used VP22 tag derived from HSV as a candidate of deliverers, the VP22 interfered the function of hCIITA. Thus, we next used Tat tag derived from HIV and obtained the facts that Tat-hCIITA has enough function to induce MHC antigens in cancer cells and purified recombinant Tat-hCIITA protein in the culture media move into cancer cells and could make MHC induce. However, it was impossible to get enough amounts of recombinant Tat-hCIITA protein, since the protein formed inclusion body in E.coli.
In the second year, we tried to establish the co-expression system of hCIITA and MHC haplotype-matched antigenicoligopeptides (Tb (k) and Tb (km) = I-A^k-haplotype matched oligopeptides, Tb (b) = I-A^b-haplotype matched oligopeptides) derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis alpha antigen. We constructed the expression vectors, pZeo-hCIITA-HA-furin-Tb (k) -His, pZeo-hCIITA-HA furin-Tb (km) -His, and pZeo-hCIITA-HA-furin-Tb (b)-His and transfected into he C1300 (mouse neuroblastoma cell line derived from A/J mouse (I-A^k haplotype), MM102 (mouse breast cancer cell line derived from C3H/HeN mouse (I-A^k haptotype), and Lewis (mouse lung cancer cell line derived from C57BL/6 mouse (I-A^b haplotype). We have established stably hCIITA-and Tb (b)-coexpressed transfectants (Lewis-pZeo-hCIITA-HA-furin-Tb(b)-His and MM102-pZeo-hCIITA-HA furin-Tb (b)-His) and got the evidence that Lewis-pZeo-hCIITA-HA furin-Tb (b)-His generates well tumor immunity against tumor-laden hosts.

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All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] Yazawa T, et al.: "Class II transactivator (CIITA) deficiency in tumor cells : Complicated mechanisms or not?"Am J Pathol. 163. 373-376 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Yazawa T, et al.: "Colliding primary lung cancers of adenosquamous carcinoma and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma."Pathol Int. 53. 58-65 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Yazawa T, et al.: "Complicated mechanisms of class II transactivator transcription deficiency in small cell lung cancer and neuroblastoma."Am J Pathol. 161. 291-300 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Yazawa T, van den Elsen PJ, van der Stoep N.: "Class II transactivator (CIITA) deficiency in tumor cells : Complicated mechanisms or or not?"Am J Pathol. 163. 373-376 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Yazawa T, Ishii H, Ito T, Yoshiike Y, Ogawa N, Okudela K, Hayashi H, Suzuki T, Mitsui H, Ikeda M, Kitamura H.: "Colliding primary lung cancers of adensquamous carcinoma and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma."Pathol Int. 53. 58-65 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Yazawa T, Ito T, Kamma H, Suzuki T, Okudela K, Hayashi H, Horiguchi H, Ogata T, Mitsui H, Ikeda M, Kitamura H.: "Complicated mechanisms of class II transactivator transcription deficiency in small cell lung cancer and neuroblastoma."Am J Pathol. 161. 291-300 (2002)

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Published: 2005-04-19  

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