title: Generation of Fas-independent CD4+ cytotoxic T-cell clone specific for p190 minor bcr-abl fusion peptide.
abstract: In the majority of Ph+ALL patients, p190 bcr-abl fusion protein is generated in the Philadelphia chromosome. The fusion protein may serve as a leukemia antigen because it is not expressed in normal cells and hardly in any other malignancy. From a healthy donor, we have established a p190 bcr-abl fusion peptide-specific CD4+ cytotoxic T-cell clone, activation of which depends on HLA-DRB1*1501. This T-cell clone has a strong cytotoxic activity against autologus MoDCs pulsed with e1a2 peptide and its cytotoxicity is not mediated by Fas/Fas ligand or perforin pathway. Success in establishment of the p190 bcr-abl fusion peptide-specific T-cell clone encourages us to develop a new approach to an effective immunotherapy for Ph+ALL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Mie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nieda
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kashiwase
authors.forename: Tokiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Seishi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Juji
authors.forename: Hisamaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D002470:Cell Survival; D002999:Clone Cells; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000276:immunology; D012016:Reference Values; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D019014:fas Receptor; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl