MHC Phosphopeptides: Promising Targets for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases

Mol Cell Proteomics. 2021:20:100112. doi: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2021.100112. Epub 2021 Jun 12.

Abstract

Major histocompatibility complex-associated peptides have been considered as potential immunotherapeutic targets for many years. MHC class I phosphopeptides result from dysregulated cell signaling pathways that are common across cancers and both viral and bacterial infections. These antigens are recognized by central memory T cells from healthy donors, indicating that they are considered antigenic by the immune system and that they are presented across different individuals and diseases. Based on these responses and the similar dysregulation, phosphorylated antigens are promising candidates for prevention or treatment of different cancers as well as a number of other chronic diseases.

Keywords: PP2A; coronavirus; hepatitis HBV; hepatitis HCV; papillomavirus HPV.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / metabolism*
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy / methods*
  • Memory T Cells / immunology
  • Memory T Cells / metabolism
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases / metabolism*
  • Phosphopeptides / metabolism*
  • Phosphopeptides / pharmacology
  • Protein Phosphatase 2 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Protein Phosphatase 2 / metabolism
  • Virus Diseases / metabolism*
  • Virus Diseases / virology

Substances

  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
  • Phosphopeptides
  • Protein Phosphatase 2