In:
Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Canadian Science Publishing, Vol. 84, No. 2 ( 2006-04-01), p. 135-141
Abstract:
MG7-Ag is a human gastric-carcinoma-associated antigen with a high specificity. So far it is remained unclear whether MG7-Ag is correlated with the in vivo cellular immune response of patients with gastric cancer. In this study, we detected the expression of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire of T cell subpopulations and cytokines in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), and residue benign mucosal lymphocytes (NML) of patients with gastric cancer using semiquantitative RT-PCR. Our data showed that the expanded clones in CD8 + NML and TIL and CD4 + NML and PBL in MG7-Ag-positive patients were significantly fewer than those of MG7-Ag-negative patients (p = 0.0360; p = 0.0026; p = 0.0065 p = 0.0109, respectively). The levels of IL-8 in CD8 + TIL and TNF in CD4 + TIL from the MG7-Ag-positive group were significantly higher than those from the MG7-Ag-negative group (p = 0.0302; p = 0.0177, respectively). Taken together, the results demonstrated a weaker T cell immune response and more proinflammatory cytokine secretion in MG7-Ag-positive patients with gastric cancer than in MG7-Ag-negative ones. This likely contributes to the poor prognosis in MG7-Ag-positive gastric-cancer patients.Key words: gastric carcinoma, tumor-associated antigen, T cell receptor repertoire, cytokine, RT-PCR.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0829-8211
,
1208-6002
Language:
English
Publisher:
Canadian Science Publishing
Publication Date:
2006
SSG:
12
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