中文摘要
重复元件(REs)在肿瘤细胞中的表达水平通常高于正常细胞,这提示这些基因组区域是尚未被开发的肿瘤相关抗原库。在卵巢癌(OC)中,RE ERV-K 的蛋白常由肿瘤细胞表达。在此,我们确定了靶向 ERV-K 包膜基因(env)中先前已鉴定的免疫原性表位是否能在非 HIV-1 环境中产生靶抗原特异性。我们发现,用 ERV-K-Env 特异性 T 细胞受体构建体转导健康供者 T 细胞后,仅在与 HLA-A*03:01 B 淋巴母细胞样细胞共培养时才产生抗原特异性。此外,这些转导的 T 细胞对 HLA-A*03:01 + OC 细胞不具有特异性,在来自多个健康供者的 HLA 匹配系统中对该同源肽也不具有特异性。这些数据表明,该 T 细胞受体所识别的 ERV-K-Env 表位免疫原性较低,作为 OC 的 T 细胞靶点潜力有限。
展开英文摘要原文
Repetitive elements (REs) are often expressed at higher levels in tumor cells than normal cells, implicating these genomic regions as an untapped pool of tumor-associated antigens. In ovarian cancer (OC), protein from the RE ERV-K is frequently expressed by tumor cells.
Here we determined whether the targeting of a previously identified immunogenic epitope in the envelope gene (env) of ERV-K resulted in target antigen specificity in non-HIV-1 settings.
We found that transducing healthy donor T cells with an ERV-K-Env-specific T cell receptor construct resulted in antigen specificity only when co-cultured with HLA-A*03:01 B lymphoblastoid cells.
Furthermore, these transduced T cells were not specific for HLA-A*03:01 + OC cells nor for the cognate peptide in HLA-matched systems from multiple healthy donors. These data suggest that the ERV-K-Env epitope recognized by this T cell receptor is of low immunogenicity and has limited potential as a T cell target for OC.
论文信息
- 作者
- Grundy EE、Shaw LC、Wang L、Powell DJ、Ostrowski M、Jones RB、Cruz CRY、Gordish-Dressman H
- 单位
- George Washington University.United States
- 文献类型
- 预印本
- 期刊
- Research square2024 May 30