The Journal of Immunology, Vol 151, Issue 10 5516-5524, Copyright © 1993 by American Association of Immunologists

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70 kDa heat shock cognate protein is a transformation-associated antigen and a possible target for the host's anti-tumor immunity

Y Tamura, N Tsuboi, N Sato and K Kikuchi
Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.

We previously investigated a novel heat-inducible transformation- associated cell surface Ag that is expressed on the activated H-ras oncogene-transformed rat fibrosarcoma W31, but not its parental nontransformed fibroblast WFB. This Ag was detected by mAb 067. Herein, we characterized the molecular nature of the Ag by using anti-heat shock protein (HSP) mAb. The accumulated data indicated that the cell surface expression of Ag was clearly enhanced by several stressors, such as TNF, L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid, and sodium arsenite. The immunoprecipitate made with mAb 067 and W31 cell lysates reacted with anti-rat 70 kDa heat shock cognate (HSC) mAb, TG5E, indicating that 067- defined Ag may be a rat 70 kDa HSC. Because this Ag seemed to be one of the transformation-associated Ag of WFB, we further studied whether it could play an important role in the host's anti-tumor immunity. Peripheral T cells of rats primed with live BCG showed cytotoxicity to W31 but not to WFB. Because the possibility existed that HSP may interact with certain populations of T cells, we focused on the reactivity of CD4-CD8- double negative T (DNT) cells against 067- defined molecule. DNT cells from spleen and PBL of live BCG-primed rats showed the cytotoxicity against W31 cells. This cytotoxicity was completely blocked by mAb 067 and anti-CD3 mAb. However, it was not blocked by mAb R48B1 and 109, which detect the MHC class I nonpolymorphic determinant and a target molecule of the cytolysis by poly I:C-induced NK cells, respectively. Furthermore, brefeldin A was able to block the cytotoxicity against W31 targets by DNT cells, but not by NK cells. These data suggest that 70 kDa HSC may be a tumor Ag and may act as a presenting molecule perhaps complexed with cellular peptides to certain DNT cells.

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