Abstract
Immune escape describes a critical event whereby tumor cells adopt an immunoresistant phenotype to escape adaptive surveillance. We show that expression of a pivotal negative regulator of T-cell function, B7-H1, correlates with PI(3) kinase activation in breast and prostate cancer patients. B7-H1-mediated immunoresistance can be attenuated by inhibitors of the PI(3) kinase pathway, and is dependent on S6K1-mediated translational regulation of B7-H1 protein. Breast and prostate carcinoma cells with activated PI(3) kinase lose the immunoresistant phenotype after treatment with B7-H1 siRNA. Conversely, breast and prostate carcinoma cells with minimal PI(3) kinase activation adopt an immunoresistant phenotype when engineered to overexpress B7-H1 protein. These observations describe a mechanism for immune escape from tumor dormancy in humans that relates to oncogenesis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 306-312 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Oncogene |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 15 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- B7-H1
- Breast cancer
- Immunoresistance
- PI(3) kinase
- Prostate cancer
- T cell
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics
- Molecular Biology
- Cancer Research