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熊本大学学術リポジトリ Kumamoto University Repository System

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Purpose:Tbestablishcffcctivcdiagnosticmcthodandanti-tumorimmunotherapyfOrseveral<br />

canccrs,wctricdtoidcntifyanoveltumor色associatcdantigcn.<br />

Experimentaldesign:WCanalyzcddataobtaincdfromcDNAmicroarrayanalysisofdiffUsc<br />

gastriccanccrtissueand29normaltissucstofindanovcltumor迄associatcdantigen,secretcd<br />

protcinacidicandrichinCystcinc(SPARC).Becausemclanomaccllswcrcreportedto<br />

cxpressalargcamountofSPARC,andbccauseSPARCisasccrctcdprotein,atfi応t,sccrcted<br />

SPARCproteinwasquantificdusingELISAinthcscrafromlO9mclanomapaticnts,s<br />

paticntswithlargccongenitalmclanocyticnevus,61age-matchcdhealthydonorsandl3<br />

discasc-frccpatientsaftcrundcrgoingasurgicalrcmovaLWCalsoquantificdtwoothcrknown<br />

tumormarkcrsfOrmclanoma,GPC3and5-S-cystcinyldopa(5-S-CD),inthcsamcscrum<br />

samplcs,andcomparcdthcscmarkcrsfOrthcirdiagnosticvaluc・Bccauscofthcsimilariticsin<br />

thcbindingpeptidcmotifSsharcdbetwccnH2-KdandHLA-AZ4(A*2イ02),4pcptidcshaving<br />

thcsemotifSwcrcsynthesizedThcn,wcinvestigatedwhcthcrthcH2-Kd-restrictedSEARC<br />

pcptidcscouldinduccSPARCrcactivecytotoxicT1ymphocytcs(CTLs)ornot・Inaddition,<br />

wcinvcstigatcdtheeffCctofthcprc-immunizationofBM-DCpulsedwiththcSEARCcpitopc<br />

pcptidcsonagrowthofSPARC-cxprcssingtumorccllsimplantcdinBALB/Cmousc.<br />

ResuuIts:In20diffUscgastriccanccrtissucs,anavcragcofrclativcratioofthccxprcssionof<br />

thcSPARCmRNAincancercellsversusadjaccntnormalgastricmucosaswasl33,359.RIz<br />

PCR,wcstcmblottingandimmunohistochemicalanalysisrcvcalcdthat,SPARCis<br />

overcxpresscdinmelanoma・ThcscrumSPARCconccntrationsinmelanomapatientswcrc<br />

grcatcrthanthoscinhcalthydonors(P=0.001)Whcnwcfixedacutoffvalucatthcmcan<br />

conccntrationplus2SDofthehcalthydonors,thcscmmSRARCwasfOundtobcincreasedin<br />

thcseraof36(33%)ofthelO9melanomapaticnts,whcrcasthcrewcrc3(49%)falscpositivccasesoutof61hcalthydonors・Sumrisingly,19of36paticntsshowingincrcascd<br />

SPARClcvclswercinstagcsO-ILThcscrumSPARC1cvcldccreasedunderthccutofflcvclin<br />

lOofl3paticntsaftcrsurgicalrcmovaLUsingSPARCandGPC3incombinationcnabledus<br />

todctcct47of75(66.2%)mclanomapaticntsatancarlystage(0-11).SPARCprotcincontains<br />

ZcpitopcsrccogmzcdbymouscH2-Kd-rcstrictcdCTLsThcscCTLs,gcncratedinBALB/C<br />

mousc,hadcytotoxicactivityagainstcancercelllincspositivcfOrSPARC・Furthcnnorc,prc‐<br />

immunizationofBALB/CmicewithBM-DCpulscdwiththcSPARCepitopcpcptidcs<br />

prcvcntedthcgrowthofthcmouscfibrosalcomacclllinc(McthA)engraftcdinBALB/c<br />

mouscandcontributcdtoclongationofsurvivaltimcwithoutcausingautoimmuncdiscascs.<br />

Conclmsions:SEARCmayprovctobcanidealtumor上associatcdantigcnuscfUlfOrdiagnosis<br />

andimmunotherapyofcancersincludingmclanoma・cDNAmicroarrayanalysisisausefill<br />

mcthodtoidcntifytumoトassociatedantigensuscfUlfOrcanccrdiagnosisandimmunothcrapy.<br />

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