Preferential autoimmune response in prostate cancer to cyclin B1 in a panel of tumor-associated antigens

J Immunol Res. 2014:2014:827827. doi: 10.1155/2014/827827. Epub 2014 Apr 17.

Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated that sera from patients with prostate cancer (PCa) contain autoantibodies that react with tumor-associated antigens (TAAs). Autoantibodies to cyclin B1 and fourteen other TAAs were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blotting in 464 sera from patients with PCa, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and other controls. Autoantibodies to cyclin B1 were detected in 31.0% of sera from randomly selected patients with PCa versus 4.8% in sera with BPH. In the further analysis, 31.4% of sera from PCa patients at the early stage contained anti-cyclin B1 autoantibody, and even 29.4% of patients who had normal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in their serum samples were observed anti-cyclin B1 positive. The cumulative positive rate of autoantibodies against seven selected TAAs (cyclin B1, survivin, p53, DFS70/LEDGFp75, RalA, MDM2, and NPM1) in PCa reached 80.5%, significantly higher than that in normal control sera. In summary, autoantibody to cyclin B1 might be a potential biomarker for the immunodiagnosis of early stage PCa, especially useful in patients with normal PSA level. This study further supports the hypothesis that a customized TAA array can be used for enhancing anti-TAA autoantibody detection, and it may constitute a promising and powerful tool for immunodiagnosis of PCa.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Neoplasm / blood*
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology
  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Autoimmunity*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / immunology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cyclin B1 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Cyclin B1 / blood*
  • Cyclin B1 / immunology
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Gene Expression
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nucleophosmin
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / genetics
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / blood
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / immunology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Autoantibodies
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • CCNB1 protein, human
  • Cyclin B1
  • NPM1 protein, human
  • Nucleophosmin
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen