PMID- 21371173 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110720 LR - 20181201 IS - 1349-7006 (Electronic) IS - 1347-9032 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 6 DP - 2011 Jun TI - Immunogenic enhancement and clinical effect by type-I interferon of anti-apoptotic protein, survivin-derived peptide vaccine, in advanced colorectal cancer patients. PG - 1181-7 LID - 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.01918.x [doi] AB - We previously identified a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A24-restricted antigenic peptide, survivin-2B80-88, recognized by CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Subsequently, we attempted clinical trials with this epitope peptide alone for some malignancies, resulting in clinical and immunological responses, although their potential was not strong enough for routine clinical use as a cancer vaccine. In the current study, to assess whether immunogenicity of the survivin-2B80-88 peptide could be enhanced with other vaccination protocols, we performed clinical trials in advanced colon cancer patients with two vaccination protocols: (i) survivin-2B80-88 plus incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA); and (ii) survivin-2B80-88 plus IFA and a type-I interferon (IFN), IFNalpha. Our data clearly indicated that, although the effect of survivin-2B80-88 plus IFA was not significantly different from that with survivin-2B80-88 alone, treatment with the vaccination protocol of survivin-2B80-88 plus IFA and IFNalpha resulted in clinical improvement and enhanced immunological responses of patients. Tetramer analysis of survivin-2B80-88 peptide-specific CTL demonstrated that such CTL were increased at least twofold after vaccination with this protocol in four of eight patients. In these patients, enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot (ELISPOT) results were also enhanced. Subsequent study of single-cell clone separation by cell sorting of peptide-specific CTL showed that each CTL clone was indeed not only peptide-specific but also cytotoxic against human cancer cells in the context of the expression of both HLA-A24 and survivin molecules. Taken together, these results indicate that vaccination of colon cancer patients with survivin-2B80-88 plus IFA and IFNalpha can be considered to be a very potent immunotherapeutic regimen, and that this protocol might work for other cancers. CI - (c) 2011 Japanese Cancer Association. FAU - Kameshima, Hidekazu AU - Kameshima H AD - Departments of Surgery Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Tsuruma, Tetsuhiro AU - Tsuruma T FAU - Torigoe, Toshihiko AU - Torigoe T FAU - Takahashi, Akari AU - Takahashi A FAU - Hirohashi, Yoshihiko AU - Hirohashi Y FAU - Tamura, Yasuaki AU - Tamura Y FAU - Tsukahara, Tomohide AU - Tsukahara T FAU - Ichimiya, Shingo AU - Ichimiya S FAU - Kanaseki, Takayuki AU - Kanaseki T FAU - Iwayama, Yuji AU - Iwayama Y FAU - Sato, Noriyuki AU - Sato N FAU - Hirata, Koichi AU - Hirata K LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110424 PL - England TA - Cancer Sci JT - Cancer science JID - 101168776 RN - 0 (BIRC5 protein, human) RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (HLA-A Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-A24 Antigen) RN - 0 (Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins) RN - 0 (Interferon Type I) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Survivin) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Cancer Vaccines/administration & dosage/*immunology MH - Colorectal Neoplasms/*immunology/*therapy MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay MH - Female MH - HLA-A Antigens/immunology MH - HLA-A24 Antigen MH - Humans MH - Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins/administration & dosage/*immunology MH - Interferon Type I/administration & dosage/*immunology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Peptide Fragments/administration & dosage/*immunology MH - Survivin MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2011/03/05 06:00 MHDA- 2011/07/21 06:00 CRDT- 2011/03/05 06:00 PHST- 2011/03/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/03/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/07/21 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.01918.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Sci. 2011 Jun;102(6):1181-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.01918.x. Epub 2011 Apr 24.