2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A new approach for detection of early phryngeal cancer
| Project/Area Number |
16K20289
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Otorhinolaryngology
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| Research Institution | Miyagi Prefectural Hospital Organization Miyagi Cancer Center |
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Principal Investigator |
Morita Shinkichi 地方独立行政法人宮城県立病院機構宮城県立がんセンター(研究所), がん幹細胞研究部, 特任研究員 (10773955)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | 咽頭癌 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, to develop a new diagnosis method for early pharyngeal cancer and a new therapy, we tried to find a new diagnostic marker. We screened a high tumorigenic population of PDX-derived hypopharyngeal cancer in tumorigenic activity assay using immunodeficient NOG mice. We found that CD271high population possessed significantly high tumorigenic activity than CD271low population. To identify CD271 as a therapeutic target, we developed 5 clones of anti-CD271 antibodies. Among several clones, we chose one clone to humanize since this clone possessed highest affinity against CD271. We injected the humanized antibody with effector cells into cancer cell-xenografted mice, and found that tumor volume was significantly suppressed in the antibody-injected mice than vehicle-injected mice.
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| Free Research Field |
頭頸部外科学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は難治である下咽頭癌に対して、新たな表面マーカーおよび治療標的を同定することができた。これまで、咽頭癌には特異的な治療標的が乏しく、今回新たに発見された意義は大きい。また、ヒト化抗体を用いて腫瘍抑制効果があることが確認できたため、臨床応用の期待ができる。今後、CD271の機能解析を含め、引き続き研究を実施する。
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