A cyclophilin B gene encodes antigenic epitopes recognized by HLA-A24-restricted and tumor-specific CTLs.
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چکیده
We have studied Ags recognized by HLA class I-restricted CTLs established from tumor site to better understand the molecular basis of tumor immunology. HLA-A24-restricted and tumor-specific CTLs established from T cells infiltrating into lung adenocarcinoma recognized the two antigenic peptides encoded by a cyclophilin B gene, a family of genes for cyclophilins involved in T cell activation. These two cyclophilin B peptides at positions 84-92 and 91-99 induced HLA-A24-restricted CTL activity against tumor cells in PBMCs of leukemia patients, but not in epithelial cancer patients or in healthy donors. In contrast, the modified peptides at position 2 from phenylalanine to tyrosine, which had more than 10 times higher binding affinities to HLA-A24 molecules, could induce HLA-A24-restricted CTL activity against tumor cells in PBMCs from leukemia patients, epithelial cancer patients, or healthy donors. PHA-activated normal T cells were resistant to lysis by the CTL line or by these peptide-induced CTLs. These results indicate that a cyclophilin B gene encodes antigenic epitopes recognized by CTLs at the tumor site, although T cells in peripheral blood (except for those from leukemia patients) are immunologically tolerant to the cyclophilin B. These peptides might be applicable for use in specific immunotherapy of leukemia patients or that of epithelial cancer patients.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of immunology
دوره 163 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999