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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Clinical studies of dendritic cell therapy for malignancies and their evaluation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16390198
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field General internal medicine (including Psychosomatic medicine)
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

YAMASHITA Naohide  The University of Tokyo, Institute of Medical Science, Professor, 医科学研究所, 教授 (90174680)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAKAOKA Takashi  The University of Tokyo, Institute of Medical Science, Lecturer, 医科学研究所, 講師 (80241256)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Keywordsdendritic cell / CAII / endothelial cells / malignant melanoma / tumor-associated antigen
Research Abstract

Recent progress of imagings and endoscopy enables us to detect cancers at early stages, which has brought out favorable prognosis of early cancers. However, prognosis of advanced cancers is not always good in spite of recent advances in medical technologies and regimens. For such intractable malignancies development of new therapies are desired and much attention has been paid to cancer immunotherapy using dendritic cells (DC). We have carried out DC therapy in ten stage IV melanoma patients and six thyroid cancer patients with distant metastasis. We used tumor lysate as tumor antigen. In the melanoma study one patient was stable disease, two, mixed response, and seven, progressive disease. In the thyroid study two patients were stable disease and four, progressive disease. In two melanoma patients who showed mixed response shrinkage or disappearance of metastatic tumors with massive necrosis occurred. In this study, we found a 29-kDa protein against which antibody was elicited by dend … More ritic cell therapy in one of the two patients. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight/mass spectrometry analysis of the protein isolated by two-dimensional electrophoresis combined with Western blots revealed that the 29-kDa protein was carbonic anhydrase II (CA-II). Immunohistochemistry of the tumors and normal tissues showed that CA-II was expressed in the tumor vessel but not in normal vessel endothelium. CA-II expression in tumor endothelium was observed as well in other cancers including esophageal, renal, and lung cancers. In an in vitro angiogenesis model, CA-II expression of normal human vein endothelial cells was significantly up-regulated when cells were cultured in the acidic and hypoxic conditions indicative of a tumor environment. These findings suggest that CA-II is a tumor vessel endothelium-associated antigen in melanoma and other cancers, and elicitation of serum anti-CA-II antibody by dendritic cell therapy may be associated with good clinical outcome including tumor reduction. Less

  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2007 2006 2005 2004

All Journal Article (24 results)

  • [Journal Article] Results of a phase I clinical study using dendritic cell vaccinations for thyroid cancer2007

    • Author(s)
      Kuwabara, K
    • Journal Title

      Thyroid. 17

      Pages: 53-58

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Results of a phase I clinical study using dendritic cell vaccinations for thyroid cancer.2007

    • Author(s)
      K.Kuwabara, T.Nishishita, M.Morishita, N.Oyaizu, S.Yamashita, T.Kanematsu, T.Obara, Y.Mimura, Y.Inoue, M.Kaminishi, K.Koko, N.Amino, M.Kitaoka, K.Ito, A.Miyauchi, S.Noguchi, K.Uchimaru, E.Akagawa, N.Watanabe, TA.Takahashi, K.Sato, T.Inazawa, T.Nakaoka, N.Yamashita
    • Journal Title

      Thyroid 17

      Pages: 53-58

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Regulatory dendritic cells act as regulators of acute lethal systemic inflammatory response2006

    • Author(s)
      Fujita, S
    • Journal Title

      Blood 107

      Pages: 3656-3664

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Role of CCL21 and CCL19 in allergic inflammation in the ovalbumin-specific murine asthmatic model2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, N
    • Journal Title

      J Allergy Clin Immunol 117

      Pages: 1040-1046

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Regulatory dendritic cells act as regulators of acute lethal systemic inflammatory response.2006

    • Author(s)
      S.Fujita, K.Seino, K.Sato, Y.Sato, K.Eizumi, N.Yamashita, M.Taniguchi, K.Sato
    • Journal Title

      Blood 107

      Pages: 3656-64

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Role of CCL21 and CCL19 in allergic inflammation in the ovalbumin-specific murine asthmatic model.2006

    • Author(s)
      N.Yamashita, H.Tashimo, Y.Matsuo, H.Ishida, K.Yoshiura, K.Sato, N.Yamashita, T.Kakiuchi, K.Ohta
    • Journal Title

      J Allergy Clin Immunol 117

      Pages: 1040-6

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] TRAIL-transduced dendritic cells protect mice from acute graft-versus-host disease and leukemia relapse2005

    • Author(s)
      Sato, K
    • Journal Title

      J. Immunol. 174

      Pages: 4025-4033

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Frequent immune responses to a cancer/testis antigen CAGE in patients with microsatellite instability-positive endometrial cancer2005

    • Author(s)
      Iwata, T
    • Journal Title

      Clinical Cancer Research. 11

      Pages: 3949-3957

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Carbonic anhydrase-II is a tumor vessel endothelium-associated antigen targeted by dendritic cell therapy2005

    • Author(s)
      Yoshiura, K
    • Journal Title

      Clinical Cancer Research 11

      Pages: 8201-8207

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] TRAIL-transduced dendritic cells protect mice from acute graft-versus-host disease and leukemia relapse.2005

    • Author(s)
      Sato, K., Nakaoka, T., Yamashima, N., Yagita, H., Kawasaki, H., Morimoto, C., Baba, M., Matsuyama, T.
    • Journal Title

      J.Immunol. 174

      Pages: 4025-33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Frequent immune responses to a cancer/testis antigen CAGE in patients with microsatellite instability-positive endometrial cancer.2005

    • Author(s)
      T.Iwata, T.Fujita, N.Hirao, Y.Matsuzaki, T.Okada, H.Mochimaru, N.Susumu, E.Matsumoto, K.Sugano, N.Yamashita, S.Nozawa, Y.Kawakami
    • Journal Title

      Clin.Cancer Res. 11

      Pages: 3949-57

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Carbonic anhydrase-II is a tumor vessel endothelium-associated antigen targeted by dendritic cell therapy.2005

    • Author(s)
      K.Yoshiura, T.Nakaoka, T.Nishishita, K.Sato, A.Yamamoto, S.Shimada, T.Saida, Y.Kawakami, T.A.Takahashi, H.Fukuda, S.Imajoh-Ohmi, N.Oyaizu, N.Yamashita
    • Journal Title

      Clin.Cancer Res. 11

      Pages: 8201-7

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Thyroglobulin-pulsed human monocyte-derived dendritic cells induce CD4^+Tcell activation2004

    • Author(s)
      Morishita, M
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Molecular Medicine 13

      Pages: 33-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Differential Regulation of Cell Migration and Proliferation through Pyk2 in Endothelial Cells2004

    • Author(s)
      Kuwabara, K
    • Journal Title

      Endocrinology 145

      Pages: 3324-3330

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Phase I Study of Autologous Tumor Vaccines Transduced with the GM-CSF Gene in Four Patients with Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer in Japan2004

    • Author(s)
      Tani, K
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Therapy 10

      Pages: 799-816

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Inhibitory effect of low-dose estrogen on neointimal formation after balloon injury of rat carotid artery2004

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe, T
    • Journal Title

      Eur. J. Pharmacol. 502

      Pages: 265-270

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Caveolin-1, Id3a and two LIM protein genes are upregulated by estrogen in vascular smooth muscle cells2004

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe T
    • Journal Title

      Life Sci 75

      Pages: 1219-1229

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A potential pro-angiogenic cell therapy with human placenta-derived mesenchymal cells2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishishita, T
    • Journal Title

      Biochem. Biophysic. Res. Commun. 325

      Pages: 24-31

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Thyroglobulin-pulsed human monocyte-derived dendritic cells induce CD4^+T cell activation2004

    • Author(s)
      Morishita M., Uchimaru K., Sato K., Yamashita S., Kanematsu T., Yamashita N.
    • Journal Title

      Intern.J.Mol.Med. 13

      Pages: 33-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Differential Regulation of Cell Migration and Proliferation through Pyk2 in Endothelial Cells.2004

    • Author(s)
      Kuwabara K, Nakaoka T, Sato K, Nishishita T, Sasaki T, Yamashita N.
    • Journal Title

      Endocrinol. 145

      Pages: 3324-30

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Phase I Study of Autologous Tumor Vaccines Transduced with the GM-CSF Gene in Four Patients with Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer in Japan : Clinical and Immunological Findings.2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Tani, M.Azuma, Y.Nakazaki, N.Oyaizu, H.Hase, J.Ohata, K.Takahashi, M.OiwaMonna, K.Hanazawa, Y.Wakumoto, K.Kawai, M.Noguchi, Y.Soda, R.Kunisaki, K.Watari, S.Takahashi, U.Machida, N.Satoh, A.Tojo, T.Maekawa, M.Eriguchi, S.Tomikawa, H.Tahara, Y.Inoue, H.Yoshikawa, Y.Yamada, A.Iwamoto, H.Hamada, N.Yamashita, K.Okumura, T.Kakizoe, H.Akaza, M.Fujime, S.C.Dale Ando, R.Mulligan, S.Asano
    • Journal Title

      Mol.Therapy 10

      Pages: 799-816

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Inhibitory effect of low-dose estrogen on neointimal formation after balloon injury of rat carotid artery.2004

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe, T., Miyahara, Y., Akishita, M., Nakaoka, T., Yamashita, N., Iijima, K., Kim, H., Kozaki, K., Ouchi, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Eur.J.Pharmacol. 502

      Pages: 265-270

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Caveolin-1, Id3a and two LIM protein genes are upregulated by estrogen in vascular smooth muscle cells.2004

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe, T., Akishita, M., Nakaoka, T., He, H., Miyahara, Y., Yamashita, N., Wada, Y., Aburatani, H., Yoshizumi, M., Kozaki, K., Ouchi, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Life Sci. 75

      Pages: 1219-29

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A potential pro-angiogenic cell therapy with human placenta-derived mesenchymal cells.2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishishita, T., Ouchi, K., Zhang, X., Inoue, M., Inazawa, T., Yoshiura, K., Kuwabara, K., Nakaoka, T., Watanabe, N., Igura, K., Takahashi, T.A., Yamashita, N.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem.Biophysic Res.Commun. 325

      Pages: 24-31

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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