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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2023

The landscape of MHC-presented phosphopeptides yields actionable shared tumor antigens for cancer immunotherapy across multiple HLA alleles.

Zaki Molvi, Martin G Klatt, Tao Dao, Jessica Urraca, David A Scheinberg, Richard J O'Reilly

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zaki MolviImmunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA zakimolvi@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6728-4835
Martin G KlattDepartment of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8703-7305
Tao DaoDepartment of Pediatrics, Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Jessica UrracaDepartment of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
David A ScheinbergDepartment of Pediatrics, Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Richard J O'ReillyImmunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USGerman Cancer Research Center · DE

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Elisa de Stanchina · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
T LYMPHOCYTE SUBSET FUNCTION POST-TRANSPLANTATIONP01CA023766 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SCHEINBERG, DAVID A · 1985 to 2023
$59.0M
Resource for Biocomputing Visualization and InformaticsP41GM103311 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2012 to 2017
$8.2M
Understanding and Mimicking TCR Recognition with Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies.R35CA241894 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI DAVID A SCHEINBERG · 2020 to 2026
$7.2M
Developing therapeutic TCR mimic monoclonal antibodies for cancerR50CA265328 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI Tao Dao · 2022 to 2026
$676k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA023766NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS R35 CA241894NCI NIH HHS R50 CA265328NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCertain phosphorylated peptides are differentially presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on cancer cells characterized by aberrant phosphorylation. Phosphopeptides presented in complex with the human leukocyte antigen HLA-A*02:01 provide a stability advantage over their non-phosphorylated counterparts. This stability is thought to contribute to enhanced immunogenicity. Whether tumor-associated phosphopeptides presented by other common alleles exhibit immunogenicity and structural characteristics similar to those presented by A*02:01 is unclear. Therefore, we determined the identity, structural features, and immunogenicity of phosphopeptides presented by the prevalent alleles HLA-A*03:01, HLA-A*11:01, HLA-C*07:01, and HLA-C*07:02.

methodsWe isolated peptide-MHC complexes by immunoprecipitation from 11 healthy and neoplastic tissue samples using mass spectrometry, and then combined the resulting data with public immunopeptidomics data sets to assemble a curated set of phosphopeptides presented by 96 samples spanning 20 distinct healthy and neoplastic tissue types. We determined the biochemical features of selected phosphopeptides by in vitro binding assays and in silico docking, and their immunogenicity by analyzing healthy donor T cells for phosphopeptide-specific multimer binding and cytokine production.

resultsWe identified a subset of phosphopeptides presented by HLA-A*03:01, A*11:01, C*07:01 and C*07:02 on multiple tumor types, particularly lymphomas and leukemias, but not healthy tissues. These phosphopeptides are products of genes essential to lymphoma and leukemia survival. The presented phosphopeptides generally exhibited similar or worse binding to A*03:01 than their non-phosphorylated counterparts. HLA-C*07:01 generally presented phosphopeptides but not their unmodified counterparts. Phosphopeptide binding to HLA-C*07:01 was dependent on B-pocket interactions that were absent in HLA-C*07:02. While HLA-A*02:01 and HLA-A*11:01 phosphopeptide-specific T cells could be readily detected in an autologous setting even when the non-phosphorylated peptide was co-presented, HLA-A*03:01 or HLA-C*07:01 phosphopeptides were repeatedly non-immunogenic, requiring use of allogeneic T cells to induce phosphopeptide-specific T cells.

conclusionsPhosphopeptides presented by multiple alleles that are differentially expressed on tumors constitute tumor-specific antigens that could be targeted for cancer immunotherapy, but the immunogenicity of such phosphopeptides is not a general feature. In particular, phosphopeptides presented by HLA-A*02:01 and A*11:01 exhibit consistent immunogenicity, while phosphopeptides presented by HLA-A*03:01 and C*07:01, although appropriately presented, are not immunogenic. Thus, to address an expanded patient population, phosphopeptide-targeted immunotherapies should be wary of allele-specific differences.

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NeoplasmsPhosphopeptidesAllelesAntigens, NeoplasmHistocompatibility AntigensHLA-A AntigensHLA-C AntigensHumansImmunotherapyMajor Histocompatibility ComplexAntigens, NeoplasmHistocompatibility AntigensHLA-A AntigensHLA-C AntigensPhosphopeptidesantigen presentationantigensantigens, tumor-associated, carbohydrateCD8-positive T-lymphocyteshematologic neoplasms

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