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Article: CTL control of EBV in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): EBV-specific CTL responses in the blood and tumors of NPC patients and the antigen-processing function of the tumor cells

TitleCTL control of EBV in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): EBV-specific CTL responses in the blood and tumors of NPC patients and the antigen-processing function of the tumor cells
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Issue Date2000
PublisherAmerican Association of Immunologists. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.jimmunol.org
Citation
Journal Of Immunology, 2000, v. 165 n. 1, p. 573-582 How to Cite?
AbstractUndifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is latently infected with EBV and expresses a restricted number of viral proteins. Studies in healthy virus carriers have demonstrated that at least some of these proteins can act as targets for HLA class I-restricted CTLs. Therefore we have explored the possibility of a CTL-based therapy for NPC by characterizing EBV-specific CTL responses in 10 newly diagnosed NPC cases and 21 healthy virus carriers from Southeast Asia. Using the autologous EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid cell line, virus-specific CTL were reactivated in vitro from PBMC, cloned, and screened for cytotoxicity against target cells expressing individual EBV proteins from recombinant vaccinia vectors. EBV-specific CTLs were identified in 6 of 10 patients and 14 of 21 controls and mainly targeted the EBV nuclear Ag 3 (EBNA3) family of viral latent proteins. However, in 3 of 10 patients and 11 of 21 controls, CTLs specific for the NPC-associated protein LMP2 were also detected, albeit at low frequency. EBV-specific CTLs were detected in tumor biopsy material obtained from 3 of 6 of the patients, indicating that functional CTL are present at the tumor site, but none was specific for tumor-associated viral proteins. To assess the Ag-presenting function in NPC we studied two NPC-derived cell lines (C15 and c666.1) and demonstrated that both were capable of processing and presenting endogenously synthesized protein to HLA class I-restricted CTL clones. Overall, our data provide a sound theoretical basis for therapeutic strategies that aim to boost or elicit LMP2-specific CTL responses in NPC patients.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/49335
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dc.contributor.authorLee, SPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, ATCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheung, STen_HK
dc.contributor.authorThomas, WAen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCroomCarter, Den_HK
dc.contributor.authorDawson, CWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTsai, CHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, SFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, PJen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHuang, DPen_HK
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dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Immunology, 2000, v. 165 n. 1, p. 573-582en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0022-1767en_HK
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dc.description.abstractUndifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is latently infected with EBV and expresses a restricted number of viral proteins. Studies in healthy virus carriers have demonstrated that at least some of these proteins can act as targets for HLA class I-restricted CTLs. Therefore we have explored the possibility of a CTL-based therapy for NPC by characterizing EBV-specific CTL responses in 10 newly diagnosed NPC cases and 21 healthy virus carriers from Southeast Asia. Using the autologous EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid cell line, virus-specific CTL were reactivated in vitro from PBMC, cloned, and screened for cytotoxicity against target cells expressing individual EBV proteins from recombinant vaccinia vectors. EBV-specific CTLs were identified in 6 of 10 patients and 14 of 21 controls and mainly targeted the EBV nuclear Ag 3 (EBNA3) family of viral latent proteins. However, in 3 of 10 patients and 11 of 21 controls, CTLs specific for the NPC-associated protein LMP2 were also detected, albeit at low frequency. EBV-specific CTLs were detected in tumor biopsy material obtained from 3 of 6 of the patients, indicating that functional CTL are present at the tumor site, but none was specific for tumor-associated viral proteins. To assess the Ag-presenting function in NPC we studied two NPC-derived cell lines (C15 and c666.1) and demonstrated that both were capable of processing and presenting endogenously synthesized protein to HLA class I-restricted CTL clones. Overall, our data provide a sound theoretical basis for therapeutic strategies that aim to boost or elicit LMP2-specific CTL responses in NPC patients.en_HK
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dc.publisherAmerican Association of Immunologists. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.jimmunol.orgen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Immunologyen_HK
dc.rightsThis is an author-produced version of a manuscript accepted for publication in The Journal of Immunology (The JI). The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. (The AAI), publisher of The JI, holds the copyright to this manuscript. This manuscript has not yet been copyedited or subjected to editorial proofreading by The JI; hence, it may differ from the final version published in The JI (online and in print). The AAI (The JI) is not liable for errors or omissions in this author-produced version of the manuscript or in any version derived from it by the National Institutes of Health or any other third party. The final, citable version of record can be found at www.jimmunol.orgen_HK
dc.subject.meshAntigen-Presenting Cells - immunology - metabolism - pathologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshCytotoxicity, Immunologicen_HK
dc.subject.meshHerpesvirus 4, Human - immunologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshNasopharyngeal Neoplasms - blood - immunology - pathology - therapyen_HK
dc.subject.meshT-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic - immunology - virologyen_HK
dc.titleCTL control of EBV in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): EBV-specific CTL responses in the blood and tumors of NPC patients and the antigen-processing function of the tumor cellsen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailCheung, ST: stcheung@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.4049/jimmunol.165.1.573-
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