Abstract
Heat shock proteins (HSP) gp96 (grp94) play an important role in modulating innate and T cell immunity via interaction with toll-like receptors (TLRs) and chaperoning antigenic peptides for antigen presentation to MHC molecules. These immunological properties of gp96 have inspired development of gp96-based prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines against various pathogens, including influenza virus, human papillomavirus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, hepatitis B virus, and herpes simplex virus in mice models. Besides the already known underlying counterback mechanisms, the intrinsic characteristic of gp96 that simultaneously induce both effector T cell response and regulatory T cells (Tregs) may account for the modest efficiency of gp96-based immunotherapy against chronic infections and cancer. There is thus a strong need for identifying novel combination strategies (e.g., Treg inhibition, and immune checkpoint targeting) for designing a more effective gp96-based vaccine against pathogen infections. In addition, targeting cell membrane gp96 might provide a novel therapeutic approach as certain pathogens induce translocation of endoplasmic reticulum-resided gp96 to cell surface. Placenta-derived gp96 has the ability to initiate antitumor T-cell immunity via association with multiple embryo-cancer antigens against chronic infection-associated cancers. Further understanding of the placental gp96 associated-carcinoembryonic antigen repertoires that orchestrate immune defense networks against pathogen-induced cancer formation may allow ample opportunities to provide an effective strategy in cancer prevention and therapy.
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Abbreviations
- ALT:
-
Alanine aminotransaminase
- APC:
-
Antigen-presenting cell
- BCG:
-
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
- Con A:
-
Concanavalin A
- CTL:
-
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte
- CTLA4:
-
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4
- DC:
-
Dendritic cell
- DENA:
-
Diethylnitrosamine
- Foxp3:
-
Forkhead/winged helix transcription factor
- hbcag:
-
Hepatitis B core antigen
- hbsag:
-
Hepatitis B surface antigen
- HBV:
-
Hepatitis B virus
- HCC:
-
Hepatocellular carcinoma
- HCV:
-
Hepatitis C virus
- HPV:
-
Human papillomavirus
- HSP:
-
Heat shock protein
- HSV:
-
Herpes simplex virus
- IL:
-
Interleukin
- LPS:
-
Lipopolysaccharide
- mab:
-
Monoclonal antibody
- MHC:
-
Major histocompatibility complex
- MDP:
-
Muramyl dipeptide
- MAPK:
-
Mitogen-activated protein kinase
- NLRP3:
-
NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3
- PD-1:
-
Programmed death-1
- PD-L1:
-
Programmed death 1 ligand 1
- TAP:
-
Transporter associated with antigen processing
- TB:
-
Tuberculosis
- TLR:
-
Toll like receptor
- TNF:
-
Tumor necrosis factor
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Meng, S., Li, Z. (2018). Roles, Mechanisms, and Opportunities of Heat Shock Protein gp96/grp94 in Infections and Inflammation-Associated Malignancies. In: Binder, R., Srivastava, P. (eds) Heat Shock Proteins in the Immune System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69042-1_7
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