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Potential therapeutic value of dendritic cells loaded with NY‑ESO‑1 protein for the immunotherapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

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    • Yuqing Chen
    • Aimin Huang
    • Meiqin Gao
    • Yongqin Yan
    • Wenmin Zhang
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    Affiliations: Department of Pathology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350004 P.R. China
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NY‑ESO‑1 is one of the most immunogenic cancer-testis (CT) antigens. Cancer vaccine trials based on NY‑ESO‑1 are currently ongoing. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells. The immune functions of DCs in a number of tumors have been identified; however, the potential therapeutic value of DCs pulsed with NY‑ESO‑1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been extensively investigated. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate T cell response following stimulation with DCs pulsed with the recombinant NY‑ESO‑1 protein (rESO) and to establish a correlation between NY‑ESO‑1 expression and clinicopathological features in HCC patients. DCs were generated with granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin-4 (IL‑4) from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. A mixed T cell reaction with DCs loaded with recombinant NY‑ESO‑1 protein (rESO-DCs) was evaluated by MTT assay. T cell responses against HCC cell lines were analyzed by measuring lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity. The protein levels of NY‑ESO‑1 were detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in a tissue microarray (TMA) containing 190 HCC samples. NY‑ESO‑1 transcript abundance was determined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in 54 out of the 190 HCC samples. The results revealed that mature DCs were induced and that rESO‑DCs significantly stimulated T cell proliferation. The specific lysis of T cells stimulated with rESO‑DCs was significantly higher in the NY‑ESO‑1-positive HCC cells compared with the NY‑ESO‑1-negative cells and the other controls (p<0.01). NY‑ESO‑1 was expressed in 15.8% (30/190)of the HCC samples, as shown by IHC and in 24.1% (13/54) of the samples, as shown by RT-PCR. The frequency of NY‑ESO‑1 expression was significantly higher in HCC patients with portal vein tumor thrombosis (24.6%) compared with those without thrombosis (11.2%, p=0.013). Our data suggest that DCs loaded with NY‑ESO‑1 protein stimulate antigen-specific T cell responses against HCC cells in vitro. NY‑ESO‑1 may thus be used as a potential target for immunotherapy in advanced HCC.
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Chen, Y., Huang, A., Gao, M., Yan, Y., & Zhang, W. (2013). Potential therapeutic value of dendritic cells loaded with NY‑ESO‑1 protein for the immunotherapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma . International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 32, 1366-1372. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2013.1510
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Chen, Y., Huang, A., Gao, M., Yan, Y., Zhang, W."Potential therapeutic value of dendritic cells loaded with NY‑ESO‑1 protein for the immunotherapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma ". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 32.6 (2013): 1366-1372.
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Chen, Y., Huang, A., Gao, M., Yan, Y., Zhang, W."Potential therapeutic value of dendritic cells loaded with NY‑ESO‑1 protein for the immunotherapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma ". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 32, no. 6 (2013): 1366-1372. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2013.1510
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Chen, Y., Huang, A., Gao, M., Yan, Y., & Zhang, W. (2013). Potential therapeutic value of dendritic cells loaded with NY‑ESO‑1 protein for the immunotherapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma . International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 32, 1366-1372. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2013.1510
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Chen, Y., Huang, A., Gao, M., Yan, Y., Zhang, W."Potential therapeutic value of dendritic cells loaded with NY‑ESO‑1 protein for the immunotherapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma ". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 32.6 (2013): 1366-1372.
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Chen, Y., Huang, A., Gao, M., Yan, Y., Zhang, W."Potential therapeutic value of dendritic cells loaded with NY‑ESO‑1 protein for the immunotherapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma ". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 32, no. 6 (2013): 1366-1372. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2013.1510
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