Larrieu Pierre, Renaud Virginie, Godet Yann, Jotereau Francine, Fonteneau Jean-François
Institut de biologie, 9 quai moncousu, 44093, Nantes Cedex, France.
Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2008 May;57(5):745-52. doi: 10.1007/s00262-007-0436-7. Epub 2007 Dec 21.
Melan-A/MART1 is a melanocytic differentiation antigen recognized on melanoma tumor cells by CD8+ and CD4+ T cells. In this study, we describe a new epitope of this protein recognized in the context of HLA-Cw0701 molecules by a CD8+ tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) clone. This CD8+ TIL clone specifically recognized and killed a fraction of melanoma cells lines expressing Melan-A/MART1 and HLA-Cw0701. We further show that the Melan-A/MART1(51-61) peptide is the optimal peptide recognized by this clone. Together, these data significantly enlarge the fraction of melanoma patients susceptible to benefit from a Melan-A/MART1 vaccine approach.
黑色素瘤抗原A/MART1是一种黑色素细胞分化抗原,可被CD8⁺和CD4⁺T细胞识别,存在于黑色素瘤肿瘤细胞上。在本研究中,我们描述了该蛋白的一个新表位,它在HLA - Cw0701分子背景下被一个CD8⁺肿瘤浸润淋巴细胞(TIL)克隆所识别。这个CD8⁺TIL克隆特异性识别并杀伤了一部分表达黑色素瘤抗原A/MART1和HLA - Cw0701的黑色素瘤细胞系。我们进一步表明,黑色素瘤抗原A/MART1(51 - 61)肽是该克隆识别的最佳肽段。这些数据共同显著扩大了可能从黑色素瘤抗原A/MART1疫苗方法中受益的黑色素瘤患者群体。