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ArticleJournal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997)2011

Identification of an HLA-DPB1*0501 restricted Melan-A/MART-1 epitope recognized by CD4+ T lymphocytes: prevalence for immunotherapy in Asian populations.

Zhaoting Meng, Yadong Wang, Guanzhong Zhang, Yuehua Ke, Yanfeng Yan, Liangliang Wu, Qianrong Huang, Gang Zeng, Yu Wang, Han Ying and 1 more

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Article in Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Zhaoting MengDepartment of Medical Oncology, PLA General Hospital Beijing, China.
Yadong Wang
Guanzhong Zhang
Yuehua Ke
Yanfeng Yan
Liangliang Wu
Qianrong Huang
Gang Zeng
Yu Wang
Han Ying
Shunchang Jiao
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNInstitute of Microbiology · BYUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Auto-antibody plus PSA assay for patients with prostate cancerR21CA137651 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ZENG, GANG · 2009 to 2010
$366k
Epitope Array to Complement PSA Tests for Early Detection of Prostate CancerR03CA128086 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ZENG, GANG · 2007 to 2008
$155k
NCI NIH HHS R03 CA128086NCI NIH HHS R21 CA137651
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD4 T lymphocytes play a central role in orchestrating an efficient antitumor immune response. Much effort has been devoted in the identification of major histocompatibility complex class II eptiopes from different tumor-associated antigens. Melan-A/MART-1 is expressed specifically in normal melanocytes and tumor cells of 75% to 100% of melanoma patients. Melan-A/MART-1 is considered as an attractive target for cancer immunotherapy. In the past, several human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II restricted epitopes have been identified and characterized, including Melan-A/MART-11-20 (HLA-DR11 restricted), Melan-A/MART-125-36 (HLA-DQ6 and HLA-DR3 restricted), Melan-A/MART-127-40 (HLA-DR1 restricted), Melan-A/MART-151-73 (HLA-DR4 restricted), Melan-A/MART-191-110 (HLA-DR52 restricted), and Melan-A/MART-1100-111 (HLA-DR1 restricted). Owing to the infrequent expression of the above HLA class II alleles in Asian populations, immunotherapy using these defined Melan-A/MART-1 peptides could potentially only benefit a very small percentage of Asian melanoma patients. In this study, we established several CD4 T-cell clones by in vitro stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a healthy donor by a peptide pool of 28 to 30 amino acid long peptides spanning the entire Melan-A/MART-1 protein. These CD4 T-cell clones recognized a peptide that is embedded within Melan-A/MART-121-50, in a HLA-DPB1*0501 restricted manner. Finally, we demonstrated that this epitope is naturally processed and presented by dendritic cells. HLA-DPB1*0501 is frequently expressed in Asian population (44.9% to 73.1%). Therefore, this epitope could provide a new tool and could significantly increase the percentage of melanoma patients that can benefit from cancer immunotherapy.

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Antigens, NeoplasmAsian PeopleCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorDendritic CellsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHistocompatibility TestingHLA-DP beta-ChainsHumansImmunotherapyMART-1 AntigenMelanocytesMelanomaT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicAntigens, NeoplasmEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHLA-DPB1*05:01 antigenHLA-DP beta-ChainsMART-1 Antigen

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