title: Expression of MAGE-1 gene by esophageal carcinomas.
abstract: Expression of the MAGE genes encoding tumor-rejection antigens on HLA-A1 and -Cw1601 recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocytes was investigated in esophageal carcinomas at the mRNA level by the semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction method. MAGE-1 and -2 genes, but not MAGE-3, -3/-6 and -4a/-4b genes, were expressed in substantial proportions of the primary esophageal carcinomas and their metastatic lymph nodes. The proportion of MAGE-positive samples in the primary esophageal carcinomas correlated with the T factor of the TNM classification (pT1: 2 of 12 tumors, pT2: 1 of 6, pT3: 12 of 29, and pT4: 7 of 18). These results have important implications for specific immunotherapy of esophageal carcinomas using MAGE-1 gene product.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shichijo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000378:metabolism; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; C072011:MAGEA1 protein, human; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger