TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer-testis antigen fate1 expression in adrenocortical tumors is associated with a pervasive autoimmune response and is a marker of malignancy in adult, but not children, acc
AU - Doghman-Bouguerra, Mabrouka
AU - Finetti, Pascal
AU - Durand, Nelly
AU - Parise, Ivy Zortéa S.
AU - Sbiera, Silviu
AU - Cantini, Giulia
AU - Canu, Letizia
AU - Hescot, Ségolène
AU - Figueiredo, Mirna M.O.
AU - Komechen, Heloisa
AU - Sbiera, Iuliu
AU - Nesi, Gabriella
AU - Paci, Angelo
AU - Al Ghuzlan, Abir
AU - Birnbaum, Daniel
AU - Baudin, Eric
AU - Luconi, Michaela
AU - Fassnacht, Martin
AU - Figueiredo, Bonald C.
AU - Bertucci, François
AU - Lalli, Enzo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - The SF-1 transcription factor target gene FATE1 encodes a cancer-testis antigen that has an important role in regulating apoptosis and response to chemotherapy in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) cells. Autoantibodies directed against FATE1 were previously detected in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of circulating anti-FATE1 antibodies in pediatric and adult patients with adrenocortical tumors using three different methods (immunofluorescence, ELISA and Western blot). Our results show that a pervasive anti-FATE1 immune response is present in those patients. Furthermore, FATE1 expression is a robust prognostic indicator in adult patients with ACC and is associated with increased steroidogenic and decreased immune response gene expression. These data can open perspectives for novel strategies in ACC immunotherapy.
AB - The SF-1 transcription factor target gene FATE1 encodes a cancer-testis antigen that has an important role in regulating apoptosis and response to chemotherapy in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) cells. Autoantibodies directed against FATE1 were previously detected in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of circulating anti-FATE1 antibodies in pediatric and adult patients with adrenocortical tumors using three different methods (immunofluorescence, ELISA and Western blot). Our results show that a pervasive anti-FATE1 immune response is present in those patients. Furthermore, FATE1 expression is a robust prognostic indicator in adult patients with ACC and is associated with increased steroidogenic and decreased immune response gene expression. These data can open perspectives for novel strategies in ACC immunotherapy.
KW - Adrenocortical carcinoma
KW - Autoantibodies
KW - Cancer-testis antigens
KW - Immune response
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U2 - 10.3390/cancers12030689
DO - 10.3390/cancers12030689
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082414525
SN - 2072-6694
VL - 12
JO - Cancers
JF - Cancers
IS - 3
M1 - 689
ER -