title: Cross-reactivity between haptenic muramyl di- or tripeptide derivatives and Mycobacterium bovis BCG: potential application for enhancing tumor immunity.
abstract: Muramyl di- or tripeptide (MDP or MTP) hapten derivatives bearing various structures were synthesized, and the correlation of these structures with cross-reactivity with Mycobacterium bovis BCG and their applicability to enhance induction of syngeneic tumor immunity were investigated. The cross-reactivity of MDP or MTP haptens to BCG was examined by T-cell proliferation responses of lymph node cells from BCG-primed C3H/He mice in the stimulation with MDP- or MTP-coupled syngeneic cells. A haptenic MDP derivative (designated L4-MDP) stimulated proliferative responses appreciably. Derivatives in which alanine in the peptide portion of L4-MDP was replaced by methylalanine or valine failed to induce stimulation. However, the cross-reactivity with BCG was regained in the MTP derivative that was formed by adding lysine to dipeptide containing methylalanine or valine. Whether this cross-reactive pattern was correlated with enhanced induction of tumor immunity was further investigated. According to the established protocol for the augmented induction of tumor immunity, BCG-primed C3H/He mice were immunized with various haptenic MDP-coupled syngeneic X5563 tumor cells. Immunization with tumor cells conjugating BCG-cross-reactive haptens resulted in enhanced tumor immunity, whereas immunization with tumor cells coupling non-cross-reactive haptens failed to produce anti-X5563 tumor immunity. These results indicate that the peptide portion in these haptenic structures is critical in the generation of BCG cross-reactivity leading to enhanced tumor immunity.
mesh_terms: D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000276:immunology*; D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D006241:Haptens; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000276:immunology*; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000276:immunology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D006241:Haptens; D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine; C035104:muramylNAc-Ala-isoGln-Lys-tripeptide