title: Identification of a new cancer/germline gene, KK-LC-1, encoding an antigen recognized by autologous CTL induced on human lung adenocarcinoma.
abstract: The purpose of our present study is to identify a tumor-specific antigen capable of inducing a specific cellular immune response in lung cancer patients. We established a lung adenocarcinoma cell line, designated as F1121L, and induced tumor-specific CTL clone H1 from regional lymph node lymphocytes of patient F1121. CTL clone H1 lysed autologous tumor cells in an HLA-B*1507-restricted manner, but not autologous EBV-B, phytohemagglutinin-blast cells, and K562. The CTL clone also recognized allogeneic HLA-B*1501- or 1507-positive lung cancer cell lines in the HLA-restricted manner. Using the CTL clone, we identified an antigen-coding gene by cDNA expression cloning technique. The gene consisted of 556 bp, including an open reading frame consisted of 113 amino acids, designated as Kita-kyushu lung cancer antigen 1 (KK-LC-1). A 9-mer peptide (KK-LC-1(76-84); RQKRILVNL) was identified as an epitope peptide. The genomic DNA of this antigen was located in chromosome Xq22. A reverse transcription-PCR analysis revealed that the mRNA of this gene was only expressed in the testis among normal tissues. It was expressed in 9 of 18 (50%) allogeneic non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines and in 40 of 100 (40%) non-small-cell lung cancer tissues. We thus identified a new tumor antigen-coding gene categorized as a cancer/germline gene by an autologous lung cancer and CTL system. The new cancer/germline gene was located in Xq22, which is apparently different from the locations of previously reported cancer/germline genes.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuyama
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanagiri
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takenoyama
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichiki
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizukami
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugaya
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugio
authors.forename: Kosei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D000368:Aged; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D020014:K562 Cells; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D000939:Epitopes; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens