Identification of cyclophilin B-derived peptides capable of inducing histocompatibility leukocyte antigen-A2-restricted and tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

Jpn J Cancer Res. 2001 Jul;92(7):762-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2001.tb01159.x.

Abstract

We recently suggested that cyclophilin B (Cyp-B) is a tumor antigen recognized by histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A24-restricted and tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). In this study, we tried to identify Cyp-B-derived epitopes, which can induce HLA-A2-restricted and tumor-specific CTLs in cancer patients. The tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) from an HLA-A0207 patient with colon cancer were found to respond to COS-7 cells when co-transfected with the Cyp-B gene and either HLA-A0201, -A0206, or -A0207 cDNA. These TILs contained CTLs capable of recognizing either the Cyp-B(129 - 138) or the Cyp-B(172 - 179) peptide among 28 different peptides, all of which were prepared based on the HLA-A2 binding motif. Both Cyp-B peptides possessed the ability to induce tumor-specific CTLs in HLA-A2(+) cancer patients. Cyp-B(172 - 180 (V)), which is a 9-mer peptide with valine added at the C terminus, showed no clear superiority over the parental Cyp-B(172 - 179) peptide in an in vitro sensitization experiment. In vitro-sensitized T cells with these peptides responded to cancer cells in an HLA-A2-restricted manner. These two Cyp-B peptides could be useful for specific immunotherapy of HLA-A2(+) cancer patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / immunology
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology
  • COS Cells
  • Cancer Vaccines / immunology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / immunology
  • Cyclophilins / genetics
  • Cyclophilins / immunology*
  • Epitopes / immunology
  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / immunology
  • HLA-A2 Antigen / genetics
  • HLA-A2 Antigen / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / immunology
  • Lymphocyte Activation / immunology
  • Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / immunology
  • Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / physiology
  • Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Peptide Fragments / immunology*
  • Peptidylprolyl Isomerase
  • Stomach Neoplasms / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology*
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Cancer Vaccines
  • Epitopes
  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
  • HLA-A2 Antigen
  • Peptide Fragments
  • cyclophilin B
  • Cyclophilins
  • Peptidylprolyl Isomerase