Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11434/1208
Title: Targeting sperm protein 17 for developing an immunotherapeutic treatment for ovarian cancer.
Epworth Authors: Xiang, Sue
Stephens, Andrew
Other Authors: Gao, Q.
Wilson, K.
Heyerick, A.
Plebanski, Magdalena
Keywords: Ovarian Cancer
OC
Neoplasms
Gynaecological Malignancy
Immunotherapeutic Strategies
Immunotherapies
Sperm Protein 17
SP17
Cancer-Testes Antigen
Antigens
Peptides
Vaccine Targets
Adjuvants
Mice
In Vivo
In Vitro
Immunogenic Regions
hSp17111-142
IFN-γ
T Cells
B Cells
Epitope Regions
C57BL/6
C57BL/6-HLA-A2.1
CpG
Disseminated Ovarian Carcinoma
Tumor Recurrence
Acquired Chemoresistance
Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct
AMREP
Cancer Services Clinical Institute, Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: Jun-2017
Citation: Epworth Research Institute Research Week 2017; Poster 60: pp 84
Conference Name: Epworth Research Institute Research Week 2017
Conference Location: Epworth Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Ovarian Cancer (OC) is the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancy. Immunotherapeutic strategies are less toxic and more specific than current treatments. Sperm protein (sp17) is a cancer-testes antigen that is aberrantly expressed in ovarian and other cancers, but is generally undetectable on normal tissues. This restricted expression pattern makes SP17 an attractive target for the development of novel immunotherapies for OC. METHODS: Using SP17 overlapping peptides as vaccine targets, adjuvanted with CpG or nanoparticles, we assessed the induction of immune responses in vivo (in mice); as well as the anti-tumor activity of anti-Sp17 antibodies in vitro using OC cell lines. The study was approved by the Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct (AMREP) animal ethics committee. RESULTS: 1) We identified a highly immunogenic region (hSp17111-142) in the human Sp17 sequence which induces high levels of antibodies and IFN-γ producing T cells both in C57BL/6 and in C57BL/6-HLA-A2.1 transgenic mice when adjuvanted with CpG or nanoparticles. Furthermore, immunization of C57BL/6 mice with CpG-adjuvanted hSp17111-142 significantly prolonged survival in our model of disseminated ovarian carcinoma. 2) We mapped the immuno-dominant B and T cell epitope regions within the hSp17111-142, and identified a single immuno-dominant B cell (134-142 aa) epitope and two T helper 1 (Th1) cell epitopes (111-124 and 124-138 aa). Our recent studies show that anti-hSp17111-142 serum antibody can directly kill the OC tumor cell lines derived from either mouse or human origins in vitro. Sp17 expression is indispensable for tumor survival in vivo, and highly co-localized with 2 markers associated with both tumor recurrence and acquired chemoresistance. CONCLUSION: Our finding provides an opportunity to design an immunotherapeutic regiment targeting Sp17 as a novel immunotherapeutic treatment for OC - particularly for patients with recurrent or chemoresistant disease. This discovery has been submitted for an international PCT patent.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11434/1208
Type: Conference Poster
Affiliated Organisations: Department of Immunology and Pathology, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Laboratory, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: Intervention Study
Appears in Collections:Cancer Services
Research Month

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