scholarly journals Potential Target Antigens for a Universal Vaccine in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Vermeij ◽  
Toos Daemen ◽  
Geertruida H. de Bock ◽  
Pauline de Graeff ◽  
Ninke Leffers ◽  
...  

The prognosis of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), the primary cause of death from gynaecological malignancies, has only modestly improved over the last decades. Immunotherapeutic treatment using a cocktail of antigens has been proposed as a “universal” vaccine strategy. We determined the expression of tumor antigens in the context of MHC class I expression in 270 primary tumor samples using tissue microarray. Expression of tumor antigens p53, SP17, survivin, WT1, and NY-ESO-1 was observed in 120 (48.0%), 173 (68.9%), 208 (90.0%), 129 (56.3%), and 27 (11.0%) of 270 tumor specimens, respectively. In 93.2% of EOC, at least one of the investigated tumor antigens was (over)expressed. Expression of MHC class I was observed in 78.1% of EOC. In 3 out 4 primary tumors, (over)expression of a tumor antigen combined with MHC class I was observed. These results indicate that a multiepitope vaccine, comprising these antigens, could serve as a universal therapeutic vaccine for the vast majority of ovarian cancer patients.

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3408-3419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Morse ◽  
Angeles A. Secord ◽  
Kimberly Blackwell ◽  
Amy C. Hobeika ◽  
Gomathinayagam Sinnathamby ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published and public microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding SLIT and NTRK-like family member 3, SLITRK3, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. SLITRK3 expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. SLITRK3 expression correlated with progression-free survival in patients with ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of SLITRK3 is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. SLITRK3 may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding LSM4 homolog, U6 small nuclear RNA and mRNA degradation associated, LSM4, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. LSM4 expression was significantly higher in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. LSM4 expression correlated with overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of LSM4 is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. LSM4 may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published and public microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding murine retrovirus integration site 1 homolog, MRVI1, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. MRVI1 expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. MRVI1 expression correlated with overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of MRVI1 is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. MRVI1 may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding sarcospan, SSPN, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. SSPN expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. SSPN expression correlated with progression-free survival in patients with ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of SSPN is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. SSPN may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding phosphodiesterase 5A, PDE5A, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. PDE5A expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. PDE5A expression correlated with progression-free survival in patients with p53 mutant ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of PDE5A is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. PDE5A may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.


2011 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 728-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivekananda Shetty ◽  
Gomathinayagam Sinnathamby ◽  
Zacharie Nickens ◽  
Punit Shah ◽  
Julie Hafner ◽  
...  

Cells ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghani ◽  
Dendo ◽  
Watanabe ◽  
Yamada ◽  
Yoshimatsu ◽  
...  

The success rate of establishing human cancer cell lines is not satisfactory and the established cell lines often do not preserve the molecular and histological features of the original tissues. In this study, we developed a novel culture method which can support proliferation of almost all primary epithelial ovarian cancer cells, as well as primary normal human oviductal epithelial cells. Cancer cells from fresh or frozen specimens were enriched by the anti-EpCAM antibody-conjugated magnetic beads, plated on Matrigel-coated plate and cultivated under the optimized culture conditions. Seventeen newly established ovarian cancer cell lines, which included all four major histotypes of ovarian cancer, were confirmed to express histotype-specific markers in vitro. Some of the cell lines from all the four histotypes, except mucinous type, generated tumors in immune-deficient mice and the xenograft tumor tissues recapitulated the corresponding original tissues faithfully. Furthermore, with poorly tumorigenic cell lines including mucinous type, we developed a novel xenograft model which could reconstruct the original tissue architecture through forced expression of a set of oncogenes followed by its silencing. With combination of the novel culture method and cell-derived xenograft system, virtually every epithelial ovarian cancer can be reconstituted in mice in a timely fashion.


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