@misc{10481/29167,
year = {2007},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/29167},
abstract = {Background
The inability of cancer cells to present antigen on the cell surface via MHC class I molecules is one of the mechanisms by which tumor cells evade anti-tumor immunity. Alterations of Jak-STAT components of interferon (IFN)-mediated signaling can contribute to the mechanism of cell resistance to IFN, leading to lack of MHC class I inducibility. Hence, the identification of IFN-γ-resistant tumors may have prognostic and/or therapeutic relevance. In the present study, we investigated a mechanism of MHC class I inducibility in response to IFN-γ treatment in human melanoma cell lines.},
abstract = {Methods
Basal and IFN-induced expression of HLA class I antigens was analyzed by means of indirect immunofluorescence flow cytometry, Western Blot, RT-PCR, and quantitative real-time RT-PCR (TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays). In demethylation studies cells were cultured with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine. Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay (EMSA) was used to assay whether IRF-1 promoter binding activity is induced in IFN-γ-treated cells.},
abstract = {Results
Altered IFN-γ mediated HLA-class I induction was observed in two melanoma cells lines (ESTDAB-004 and ESTDAB-159) out of 57 studied, while treatment of these two cell lines with IFN-α led to normal induction of HLA class I antigen expression. Examination of STAT-1 in ESTDAB-004 after IFN-γ treatment demonstrated that the STAT-1 protein was expressed but not phosphorylated. Interestingly, IFN-α treatment induced normal STAT-1 phosphorylation and HLA class I expression. In contrast, the absence of response to IFN-γ in ESTDAB-159 was found to be associated with alterations in downstream components of the IFN-γ signaling pathway.},
abstract = {Conclusion
We observed two distinct mechanisms of loss of IFN-γ inducibility of HLA class I antigens in two melanoma cell lines. Our findings suggest that loss of HLA class I induction in ESTDAB-004 cells results from a defect in the earliest steps of the IFN-γ signaling pathway due to absence of STAT-1 tyrosine-phosphorylation, while absence of IFN-γ-mediated HLA class I expression in ESTDAB-159 cells is due to epigenetic blocking of IFN-regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1) transactivation.},
organization = {This work was supported by grants from the Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (FIS), Red Genomica del Cancer (C03/10), Plan Andaluz de Investigacion, Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS) in Spain, from the ESTDAB project (contract no. QLRI-CT-2001-01325), from the European Network for the identification and validation of Antigens and biomarkers in Cancer and their application in clinical Tumor immunology (ENACT, contract No. 503306), and from the European Cancer Immunotherapy project (OJ2004/C158, 518234).},
publisher = {Biomed Central},
keywords = {Antineoplastic agents},
keywords = {Epigenesis},
keywords = {Genes},
keywords = {HLA antigents},
keywords = {Melanoma},
keywords = {Skin neoplasms},
keywords = {IRF1 protein},
keywords = {Interferon regulatory factor-1},
title = {Distinct mechanisms of loss of IFN-gamma mediated HLA class I inducibility in two melanoma cell lines},
author = {Rodríguez Ruiz, Teresa and Méndez Vales, Rosa and Campo, Ana del and Jiménez Gámiz, Pilar and Aptsiauri, Natalia and Garrido Torres-Puchol, Federico and Ruiz-Cabello, Francisco},
}