title: Identification of a glioma antigen, GARC-1, using cytotoxic T lymphocytes induced by HSV cancer vaccine.
abstract: Despite several ongoing clinical trials of immunotherapies against glioma, few glioma-specific antigens recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) have been identified. We recently demonstrated that intratumoral inoculation with herpes simplex virus (HSV) as a cancer vaccine activates tumor-specific CTLs. To identify glioma antigens recognized by CTLs, we used the HSV cancer vaccine to vaccinate mice harboring a syngeneic mouse glioma cell line, GL261. From the splenocytes of the immunized mice, we generated an H-2Db-restricted CTL line, GCL-1, that was specific for GL261. Then, a cDNA expression library generated from GL261 was screened with GCL-1, and a new gene encoding glioma antigen, GARC-1, was isolated. Sequence analysis revealed that the GARC-1 gene isolated from GL261 had a point mutation causing an amino acid change (Asp to Asn at position 81). T-cell epitope analysis revealed that the mutated peptide GARC-1(77-85) (AALLNKLYA) but not the wild-type peptide (AALLDKLYA), was recognized by GCL-1. These results suggest that HSV cancer vaccination may be a useful method for inducing tumor-specific CTLs and identifying tumor antigens. Furthermore, this GL261/GARC-1 murine glioma model may be useful for the development of immunotherapy for brain tumors.
authors.affiliation: Neuroimmunology Research Group, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: Hidefumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobata
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000276:immunology*; D007167:Immunotherapy; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017354:Point Mutation; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D019496:Cancer Vaccines