Multiple lineages of tumors express a common tumor antigen, P1A, but they are not cross-protected.
Multiple lineages of tumors express a common tumor antigen, P1A, but they are not cross-protected.
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.155.11.5323
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发表时间:
1995-12
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
L. Ramarathinam;S. Sarma;M. Marić;Min Zhao;Guchen Yang;Lieping Chen;Yang Liu
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作者:
L. Ramarathinam;S. Sarma;M. Marić;Min Zhao;Guchen Yang;Lieping Chen;Yang Liu
Whether tumors of different lineages share common Ags is a critical issue for understanding anti-tumor immune responses and for designing Ag-specific tumor immunotherapy. Because of lack of cross-protection among individually derived tumors, it has been proposed that tumor Ags are specific for individual tumors. Here we show that lack of cross-protection is not due to lack of a shared tumor Ag. Thus, a plasmocytoma J558 transfected with the costimulatory molecule B7 activates a cross-reactive CTL response in vivo. The major Ag recognized by the cross-reactive CTL is P1A, which is expressed in mastocytoma P815, plasmocytoma J558, and fibrosarcoma Meth A. Surprisingly, no significant cross-protection can be detected among P1A-expressing tumors after immunization with either P1A-expressing or B7-transfected P815 cells. Our results demonstrate that multiple lineages of tumors are not cross-protected even though they share a tumor Ag that can be recognized by CTL. These results have important implications for tumor immunotherapy.