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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Frameshift peptide-derived T-cell epitopes: a source of novel tumor-specific antigens |
| Creators Name: | Linnebacher, M., Gebert, J., Rudy, W., Woerner, S., Yuan, Y.P. and von Knebel-Doeberitz, M. |
| Abstract: | Microsatellite instability (MSI) caused by defective DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is a hallmark of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancers (HNPCC) but also occurs in about 15% of sporadic tumors. If instability affects microsatellites in coding regions, translational frameshifts lead to truncated proteins often marked by unique frameshift peptide sequences at their C-terminus. Since MSI tumors show enhanced lymphocytic infiltration and our previous analysis identified numerous coding mono- and dinucleotide repeat-bearing candidate genes as targets of genetic instability, we examined the role of frameshift peptides in triggering cellular immune responses. Using peptide pulsed autologous CD40-activated B cells, we have generated cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) that specifically recognize HLA-A2. I-restricted peptides derived from frameshift sequences. Among 16 frameshift peptides predicted from mutations in 8 different genes, 3 peptides conferred specific lysis of target cells exogenously loaded with cognate peptide. One peptide derived from a (-I) frameshift mutation in the TGFβIIR gene gave rise to a CTL bulk culture capable of lysing the MSI colorectal cancer cell line HCTII6 carrying this frameshift mutation. Given the huge number of human coding microsatellites and assuming only a fraction being mutated and encoding immunologically relevant peptides in MSI tumors, frameshift protein sequences represent a novel subclass of tumor-specific antigens. It is tempting to speculate that a frameshift peptide-directed vaccination approach not only could offer new treatment modalities for existing MSI tumors but also might benefit asymptomatic at-risk individuals in HNPCC families by a prophylactic vaccination strategy. |
| Keywords: | DNA Mismatch Repair, Frameshift Peptides, Microsatellite Instability, T-cell Epitopes, Tumor Antigens |
| Source: | International Journal of Cancer |
| ISSN: | 0020-7136 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Volume: | 93 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | 6-11 |
| Date: | 1 January 2001 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.1298 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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