Proceedings of the International Conference on Management, Computer and Education Informatization

Anti-tumor Immunity Induced by Heat Shock Protein 72 and Alpha-fetoprotein Epitope Peptide Vaccine

Authors
Yan Fang, Xiaoping Wang, Bing Xu, Penglong Yu
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Yan Fang
Available Online June 2015.
DOI
10.2991/mcei-15.2015.56How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Heat shock protien 72 (HSP72); Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP); Vaccine; Tumor; Immunotherapy
Abstract

Objective: Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is an oncofetal antigen during hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development which could lead to weak reproducible antitumor immunity, and may act as a target for cancer therapy. Therefore, it is imperative to enhance its immunogenicity and develop therapeutic vaccines to eliminate AFP-expressing tumors. The study is tntended to develop a specific anti-tumor peptide vaccine-heat shock protien 72 (HSP72) and alpha-fetoprotein epitope peptide (AFP-P). Methods: By way of glutaraldehyde cross-linking, we constructed a potential therapeutic peptide vaccine, HSP72/AFP-P. In vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity assays were uesd to verify anti-tumor effect of the recombined vaccine. Results: The results showed that cross-linking of AFP epitope peptide with HSP72 induced significant enhancement in specific AFP CD8+ T cells response and distinct cytotoxic antitumor reaction against AFP-expressing tumors. Primimg mice with the reconstructed vaccine, we elicited robust strong protective immunity. Conclusion: Our study suggests that tumor vaccination through cross-linking tumor antigen and HSP72 is an encouraging method for cancer immunotherapy.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Management, Computer and Education Informatization
Series
Advances in Computer Science Research
Publication Date
June 2015
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978-94-6252-118-6
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2352-538X
DOI
10.2991/mcei-15.2015.56How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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