Frequent and specific immunity to the embryonal stem cell-associated antigen SOX2 in patients with monoclonal gammopathy Journal Article
| Authors: | Spisek, R.; Kukreja, A.; Chen, L. C.; Matthews, P.; Mazumder, A.; Vesole, D.; Jagannath, S.; Zebroski, H. A.; Simpson, A. J. G.; Ritter, G.; Durie, B.; Crowley, J.; Shaughnessy, J. D. Jr; Scanlan, M. J.; Gure, A. O.; Barlogie, B.; Dhodapkar, M. V. |
| Article Title: | Frequent and specific immunity to the embryonal stem cell-associated antigen SOX2 in patients with monoclonal gammopathy |
| Abstract: | Specific targets of cellular immunity in human premalignancy are largely unknown. Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) represents a precursor lesion to myeloma (MM). We show that antigenic targets of spontaneous immunity in MGUS differ from MM. MGUS patients frequently mount a humoral and cellular immune response against SOX2, a gene critical for self-renewal in embryonal stem cells. Intranuclear expression of SOX2 marks the clonogenic CD138? compartment in MGUS. SOX2 expression is also detected in a proportion of CD138+ cells in MM patients. However, these patients lack anti-SOX2 immunity. Cellular immunity to SOX2 inhibits the clonogenic growth of MGUS cells in vitro. Detection of anti-SOX2 T cells predicts favorable clinical outcome in patients with asymptomatic plasmaproliferative disorders. Harnessing immunity to antigens expressed by tumor progenitor cells may be critical for prevention and therapy of human cancer. JEM © The Rockefeller University Press. |
| Keywords: | controlled study; human tissue; protein expression; treatment outcome; human cell; neoplasms; cell proliferation; t-lymphocytes; biological markers; cells, cultured; multiple myeloma; cell growth; embryonic stem cell; transcription factors; cellular immunity; immune response; immunoglobulin g; disease progression; embryonic stem cells; health; adaptive immunity; monoclonal immunoglobulinemia; transcription factor sox2; myeloma; syndecan 1; paraproteinemias; hmgb proteins |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Experimental Medicine |
| Volume: | 204 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1007 |
| Publisher: | Rockefeller University Press |
| Date Published: | 2007-04-16 |
| Start Page: | 831 |
| End Page: | 840 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1084/jem.20062387 |
| PUBMED: | 17389240 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC2118551 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 47" - "Export Date: 17 November 2011" - "CODEN: JEMEA" - "Source: Scopus" |
