Up-regulation of HLA class-I antigen expression and antigen-specific CTL response in cervical cancer cells by the demethylating agent hydralazine and the histone deacetylase inhibitor valproic acid |
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Authors: | de Lourdes María Mora-García Alfonso Duenas-González Jorge Hernández-Montes Erick De la Cruz-Hernández Enrique Pérez-Cárdenas Benny Weiss-Steider Edelmiro Santiago-Osorio Vianney Francisco Ortíz-Navarrete Víctor Hugo Rosales David Cantú Marcela Lizano-Soberón Martha Patricia Rojo-Aguilar Alberto Monroy-García |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratorio de Inmunobiología, Unidad de Investigación en Diferenciación Celular y Cáncer. FES-Zaragoza, UNAM, México 2. Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México 7. Alumno del Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas UNAM, México 3. Laboratorio de Biología Molecular del Cáncer, Unidad de Investigación en Diferenciación Celular y Cáncer, FES-Zaragoza, UNAM, México 4. Departamento de Biomedicina, CINVESTAV, IPN, México 5. Unidad de Reumatologia, IMSS, CMN SXXI, México 6. Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Oncológicas, IMSS, CMN SXXI, México
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Abstract: | Background DNA hypermethylation and histone deacetylation are epigenetic events that contribute to the absence or downregulated expression of different components of the tumor recognition complex. These events affect the processing and presentation of antigenic peptides to CTLs by HLA class-I molecules. In this work evaluated the effect of the DNA hypomethylating agent hydralazine and the histone deacetylase inhibitor valproic acid, on the expression of HLA class-I molecules and on the antigen-specific immune recognition of cervical cancer cells. Methods Cell lines C33A (HPV-), CaSki (HPV-16+) and MS751 (HPV-18+) were treated with hydralazine and valproic acid to assess the expression of HLA class-I molecules by flow cytometry and RT-PCR. Promoter methylation of HLA class-I -A, -B and C, was also evaluated by Methylation-Specific PCR. Primary cervical tumors of four HLA-A*0201 allele patients were typed for HPV and their CTL's stimulated in vitro with the T2 cell line previously loaded with 50 μM of the HPV peptides. Cytotoxicity of stimulated CTL's was assayed against Caski and MS751 cells pre-treated with hydralazine and valproic acid. Results Valproic acid and hydralazine/valproic acid up-regulated the constitutive HLA class-I expression as evaluated by flow cytometry and RT-PCR despite constitutive promoter demethylation at these loci. Hydralazine and valproic acid in combination but no IFN-gamma hyperacetylated histone H4 as evaluated by ChiP assay. The antigenic immune recognition of CaSki and MS751 cells by CTLs specific to HPV-16/18 E6 and E7-derived epitopes, was increased by VA and H/VA and the combination of H/VA/IFN-gamma. Conclusion These results support the potential use of hydralazine and valproic acid as an adjuvant for immune intervention in cervical cancer patients whenever clinical protocols based on tumor antigen recognition is desirable, like in those cases where the application of E6 and E7 based therapeutic vaccines is used. |
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