Role of immunogenic fetuin A on L5178Y-R lymphoma tumorigenesis.

In the present study, we report the detection of immunogenic fetuin-A on L5178Y-R (LY-R) lymphoma cells. Fetuin-A was recognized by antibodies present in the serum of LY-R tumor-bearing and immunized mice, but not by sera of mice immunized with the non-tumorigenic variant LY-S or by healthy mouse sera. However, according with Western blot analysis with commercial anti-fetuin antibodies, fetuin-A is present in both cell types which suggests that the fetuin recognized by anti-LY-R antibodies is an immunogenic form associated only with the tumorigenic LY-R cells and might be involved in tumor progression in this lymphoma.