Expression of cancer-testis antigens in hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG
Li ZhaoJi-Ye Zhu

Abstract

To investigate the expression of cancer-testis (CT) antigens MAGE-1, SSX-1,CTp11 and HCA587 genes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the possibility of applying these antigens as targets for specific immunotherapy for HCC. Expression levels of MAGE-1, SSX-1, CTp11 and HCA587 mRNA were detected with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in HCC tissues and corresponding adjacent non-cancerous tissues from 105 HCC patients, 40 samples of cirrhosis and normal liver tissues. Genes of five samples with positive PCR results were sequenced. Of 105 HCC tissues, MAGE1, SSX-1,CTp11 and HCA587 mRNA expressions were detectable in 75.2%(79/105), 72.4%(76/105), 62.9%(66/105) and 56.2%(59/105) of HCC samples, respectively. About 93.3%(98/105), 72.4%(76/105), 48.6%(51/105) and 37.1%(39/105) of HCC tissues positively expressed at least one, two, three, and four members of CT antigens, respectively. Conversely, only SSX-1 could be detectable in 2.9%(3/105) of the corresponding adjacent non-HCC tissues in which no metastatic lesion was found. Of the latter 3 patients, biopsy samples far from tumor were obtained in 2 patients and RT-PCR indicated no expression of SSX-1 mRNA in these two samples. In addition, none of 40 samples...Continue Reading

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