Journal
VACCINE
Volume 29, Issue 16, Pages 3021-3030Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.01.115
Keywords
Tumor antigen; Survivin; HLA-A0201; Epitope; T cell
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- NCI/NIH [R03CA123426-01]
- Lockton Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Topfer Family Fund for Pancreatic Cancer Research
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Survivin is a universal tumor antigen that is being currently targeted in vaccine approaches against cancer. Our study here examined the immunogenicity of a novel variant of an HLA-A0201-binding decamer peptide from region 95 to 104 of Survivin (ELMLGEFLKL) with a T -> M modification at position 3 in the peptide. We found that this new modified 10-met peptide had enhanced HLA-A0201 binding and induced a stronger T-cell response over its wild type counterpart peptide (ELTLGEFLKL) in select HLA-A0201(+). normal donors. In addition, when compared to the previously characterized altered 96-104 peptide (LMLGEFLKL) from the same region of Survivin currently used in vaccine trials, we found that both peptides had similar immunogenicity, but donor T cells preferentially reacted strongly to either one or the other, but not strongly to both. These results suggest that these two closely related Survivin peptides yield distinct T-cell responses and that most individuals dominantly respond to one or the other altered peptide. We also found a novel association between positive reactivity to the new altered decamer Survivin peptide in some individuals and their expression of the HLA-C0701 allele along with HLA-A0201. Thus, vaccinating with both the 10-mer and 9-mer peptides would be required to immunize a maximum number of individuals in the HLA-A0201(+) population and could lead to more consistent T-cell responses against this region of Survivin. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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