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- the present invention relates to a peptide derived from a stress-induced anti-apoptotic molecule (IEX-1) that can be used in immunotherapy for cancer patients.
- IEX-1 a stress-induced anti-apoptotic molecule
- the present invention relates to an IEX-1-derived peptide that is recognized by cytotoxic T cells (CTL) and induces a specific CTL, a polypeptide containing the peptide, a cancer vaccine containing these peptides, and the like.
- Gastric cancer is one of the most universally occurring malignant tumors in the world (References 16).
- the disease has a generally good prognosis at an early stage, but in advanced cancer, despite the recent significant advances in existing therapies such as surgical resection, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, Prognosis is very bad. Therefore, there is a need to develop new therapies such as new specific immunotherapy to treat patients with advanced stage gastric cancer.
- IEX-1 immediate early response gene Xl
- PRGl PRGl
- Dif-2 ref. 21
- mouse homolog gyl96 mouse homolog gyl96
- IEX-1 expression is rapidly activated by several cellular stresses including irradiation, growth factors, viral infections, inflammatory site forces such as TNF- ⁇ and IL 1 ⁇ , lipopolysaccharides, and steroid hormones. It can be activated (Reference 27).
- ⁇ -1 was originally identified as a ⁇ F- ⁇ BZrel target gene (Reference 23), but the IEX-1 promoter includes consensus sequences for other transcription factors such as p53, SP-1 and c Myc. Some are included (Reference 7). For example, it has been shown that the expression of a tumor suppressor gene p53 common to tumor cells increases the expression of EX-1 (Reference 29).
- IEX-1 has been suggested to be involved in malignant transformation of tumor cells.
- No IEX-1 epitope peptide has been known to function as an antigenic peptide in tumor cells. .
- An object of the present invention is to provide an antigenic peptide useful for developing a cancer vaccine for HLA-A33 + cancer patients.
- the present inventors also established the HLA-A33-restricted CTL line in tumor tissue infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) in patients with severe gastric cancer, and obtained three HLA-A33 binding epitopes derived from IEX-1 Identified as a tumor antigen recognized by the cell line. Furthermore, the present invention was completed by confirming that these antigenic epitopes induce peptide-specific CTLs in PBMC (peripheral blood mononuclear cells) of patients with malignant tumor diseases.
- TIL tumor tissue infiltrating lymphocyte
- the present invention includes the following.
- IEX-1 stress-induced anti-apoptotic molecule
- CTL cytotoxic T cells
- the peptide having the amino acid sequence ability shown in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 3 or the amino acid sequence shown in the SEQ ID NO: 1 to 3 is missing one or more amino acids, (1)
- a polypeptide comprising the peptide according to any one of (1) to (4) above.
- Antigen presentation by presenting a complex of the HLA-A33 molecule and (1) one (4) of any of the peptides described in (4) above on the surface of the isolated antigen-presenting cell. cell.
- a pharmaceutical composition for inducing specific CTL comprising the polypeptide according to 1) or 2) below:
- the present invention enables IEX-1-based immunotherapy suitable for the treatment of malignant tumors, particularly HLA-A33 positive cancer patients.
- FIG. 1 Characteristics of HLA-A33-restricted 850B-CTL cell line established from tumor-infiltrating live lymphocytes (TIL) of gastric adenocarcinoma patients (HLA—A * 2402ZA * 3303, B7 / B44, Cw7ZCwl4)
- TIL tumor-infiltrating live lymphocytes
- FIG. A shows the result of examining the recognition ability for various target cells based on the production of IFN ⁇ in various E: T ratios (one cell: target cell).
- ⁇ shows the results of a 6-hour 51 Cr release test for cytotoxic activity against various target cells at different ⁇ : ⁇ ratios.
- C is a graph showing the difference in reactivity of 850B-CTL to HLA-A33 + LC-1 cells in inhibition experiments using various mAbs.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing HLA-A33-restricted recognition of an identified tumor antigen gene by the 850B-CTL cell line.
- LC 1 Lung adenocarcinoma cell cDNA library IFN- ⁇ shows the reactivity of 850B-CTL to COS7 cells that have been cloned together with clones obtained by the gene expression cloning method and HLA-A3303 or HLA-A2601 gene.
- Tests B and J were performed based on production.
- FIG. 3 shows the expression of IEX-1 at the mRNA and protein level.
- A is a reproduction of photographs showing the results of examining the expression of IEX-lmRNA in various normal tissues by Northern plot analysis using a 32 P-labeled IEX-1 probe.
- B is a copy of a photograph showing photoradiography in Northern blot analysis of IEX-1 gene mRNA expression in normal and cancer cells.
- C-E is a photomicrograph showing the results of immunohistochemical examination of the expression of IEX-1 in various tumor tissues at the protein level.
- C shows staining in stomach cancer tissue
- D shows breast cancer
- E shows lung cancer
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing identification of antigenic epitopes in IEX-1. Eight candidate peptides that could have strong binding activity against HLA-A33 were selected and tested by computer analysis based on the HLA-A33 binding motif of the deduced amino acid sequence of IEX-1. A these are 8 After culturing these candidate peptides with C1R-A33 cells (C1R human multiple myeloma cells stably transfected with HLA-A * 3303 cDNA) and then adding 850B-CTL The results of measuring IFN ⁇ production in the culture supernatant by ELISA are shown.
- C1R-A33 cells C1R human multiple myeloma cells stably transfected with HLA-A * 3303 cDNA
- ⁇ is the concentration of the three peptides ( ⁇ 47-56, IEX61-69, and ⁇ 65-73 peptides) that induced significant levels of IFN- ⁇ production and one control peptide, and ⁇ -1 reactive CTL-inducing activity. The result of examining the relationship is shown.
- FIG. 5 shows a cellular response to peptides. 147-56, IEX61-69, and ⁇ 65-73 peptides stimulated ⁇ MC in HLA- ⁇ 33 + epithelial cancer patients and HLA- ⁇ 33 + healthy subjects and pulsed with the corresponding peptide C1R— ⁇ 33 cells or negative control HI Stimulation was performed with C1R-A33 cells pulsed with V-peptide and cell responses were tested based on IFN- ⁇ production activity.
- FIG. 6 shows the cytotoxicity of peptide-induced CTL.
- LC-1 HLA-A33 + IE X— 1+
- QG56 HLA— ⁇ 33— ⁇ —1 +
- HGC27 HLA— ⁇ 33— ⁇ — ⁇
- FIG. 7 shows the results of a cytotoxicity inhibition test using a monoclonal antibody.
- Peptide stimulation using anti-HLA class I, anti-HLA class II, anti-CD8 (Nu—TsZc, IgG2a), anti-CD4 (Nu—ThZi, IgGl) and anti-CD14 (JML—H14, IgG2a) mAb as controls The inhibitory effect of PBMC on cytotoxicity was examined.
- the HLA-restricted CTL line infiltrates the tumor tissue of cancer patients with the target HLA allele, collects lymphocytes (TIL), and cultures them with IL-2, a site force-in that promotes T cell proliferation. Obtained by proliferation.
- TIL lymphocytes
- IL-2 a site force-in that promotes T cell proliferation. Obtained by proliferation.
- Tumor antigens recognized by HLA-restricted CTL lines are identified by gene expression cloning.
- the protein encoded by the cDNA library is transiently expressed in mammalian cells, the cDNA that encodes the protein of interest specifically recognized by the established CTL line is screened, and the protein is encoded.
- the gene to be isolated is isolated.
- screening is performed using IFN- ⁇ produced when an established CTL line recognizes a protein-expressing cell as an index.
- the peptide derived from IEX-1 of the present invention is a peptide capable of inducing specific CTL by binding to HLA.
- the peptide of the present invention preferably has a force of 8 to 11 consecutive amino acid residues of IEX-1.
- Specific examples of such a partial peptide of IEX-1 include IEX47-56, (SEQ ID NO: 1), IEX61-69 (SEQ ID NO: 2), or IEX65-73 (SEQ ID NO: 3).
- the complete nucleotide sequence of IEX-1 gene and the deduced amino acid sequence are registered under GeneBank as accession number NM-003897 (SEQ ID NO: 4).
- Other IEX-1-derived peptides that induce specific CTLs can be easily determined and selected by a method according to the examples of the present specification.
- the phrase “can bind to HLA and induce specific CTL” means that the peptide of the present invention binds to HLA to form a complex, and CTL can recognize the complex formed. .
- the peptide of the present invention has a binding activity to HLA and an activity to induce peptide-specific CTL in the form of a complex with HLA.
- the preferred HLA for the present invention is HLA-A33.
- the present invention also includes a mutant peptide of an IEX-1-derived peptide capable of inducing specific CTLs by binding to HLA, and having a similar CTL inducing ability.
- the mutation can be introduced by deleting, replacing, adding, or inserting one or several amino acids into the IEX-1-derived peptide of the present invention, and its means is well known in the art. It is.
- the mutation includes substitutions or additions with other amino acids, the other amino acids may be natural amino acids or amino acid analogs.
- amino acid analogs various amino acid N-acylates, O-acylates, Esterified product, acid amidated product, alkylated product Etc.
- one or more of the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 1, preferably 1 to 4, more preferably 1 to 3, more preferably Ability to delete one or two amino acid residues A candidate peptide substituted with or added with another amino acid residue or amino acid analog is synthesized, and the candidate peptide and HLA-A33 are synthesized. It can be identified by assessing whether the complex with the molecule is recognized by CTL.
- the assembly can be performed according to the CTL induction method described later. That is, when a candidate peptide is added and stimulated in vitro, it is examined whether or not CTL that specifically recognizes HLA-A33 positive cells pulsed with the candidate peptide can be induced.
- the presence or absence of CTL induction is determined, for example, by measuring the amount of various site force ins (such as IFN-y) produced by CTL in response to antigen peptide-presenting cells by enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) or the like. Can be studied. Alternatively, it can also be examined by a method of measuring the damage of CTL to 51 Cr-labeled antigen peptide-presenting cells ( 51 Cr Release Atsey, Int. J. Cancer, 58: p317,1994). Examples of the HLA-A33 positive cells used in the above assay include the HLA-A33 positive cells described in Examples.
- the number of amino acid residues of the mutant peptide is usually at least about 8 or more, preferably about 9 or more, as long as it is a number that is displayed on the surface of the antigen-presenting cell and has a property as a CTL-recognizing epitope. Thus, it is 12 or less, preferably 11 or less, more preferably 10 or less. Particularly preferred are 9 and 10 amino acid residues.
- the present invention further includes a polypeptide containing the IEX-1-derived peptide of the present invention or a mutant peptide thereof having specific CTL inducing activity.
- the number of amino acids constituting the polypeptide is not particularly limited, and follows the common general technical knowledge in the field to which the present invention belongs. Usually, the length is about 100 or less amino acid residues, preferably about 50 or less, more preferably about 30 or less.
- polypeptide of the present invention can be fragmented in HLA-A33-positive cells to give a peptide fragment having specific CTL inducing activity.
- a polypeptide contains a partial sequence corresponding to the peptide of the present invention represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, or SEQ ID NO: 3, or a sequence corresponding to a variant of the peptide of the present invention. Is particularly preferred.
- the peptides and polypeptides of the present invention can also be modified by modifying the constituent amino acids or carboxyl groups to the extent that the function is not significantly impaired.
- the N-terminus or free amino group may be bound to a formyl group, acetyl group, t-butoxycarbol (t Boc) group, etc.
- t Boc t-butoxycarbol
- a methyl group, an ethyl group, a t-butyl group, a benzyl group or the like may be bonded.
- the peptide of the present invention may be modified so as to facilitate introduction into the living body.
- motifs regular sequences depending on the type of HLA in the amino acid sequence of tumor antigen peptides that bind to HLA molecules. It is preferable that From the viewpoint of not changing the basic properties (physical properties, functions, physiological activities, immunological activities, etc.) of peptides or polypeptides in the introduction of mutations, for example, homologous amino acids (polar amino acids, nonpolar amino acids, Mutual substitution between hydrophobic amino acids, hydrophilic amino acids, positively charged amino acids, negatively charged amino acids and aromatic amino acids is easily envisaged.
- the peptides and polypeptides of the present invention can be produced by general known methods in peptide science.
- Antigen-presenting cell means a cell that presents a complex of HLA and an antigen peptide on the cell surface. Accordingly, the antigen-presenting cell has a function of bringing about the activity of HLA-A33-restricted CTL by presenting the complex of the tumor antigen peptide of the present invention and the HLA A33 molecule on the cell surface. Such cells also include tumor cells that are targets for CTL cytotoxic effects.
- the antigen-presenting cell of the present invention presents a complex of the HLA A33 molecule and the tumor antigen peptide of the present invention on the surface of an isolated cell having antigen-presenting ability.
- Such cells can also be induced in vitro. Specifically, cells having HLA-A33-positive antigen-presenting ability are pulsed with the tumor antigen peptide of the present invention, and HLA-A33 and the peptide can be induced.
- This complex is obtained by presenting the complex on the cell surface.
- the “cell having antigen-presenting ability” is not particularly limited as long as it expresses on the cell surface the HLA-A24 antigen capable of presenting the tumor antigen peptide of the present invention. High, supposed rod cells Is preferred.
- antigen-presenting cells in which a complex of an HLA-A33 molecule and the tumor antigen peptide of the present invention is presented on the surface of an isolated antigen-presenting cell derived from an HLA-A33-positive tumor patient I like it.
- the nucleic acid molecule of the present invention includes single-stranded (including complementary strands) and double-stranded polynucleotides encoding the amino acid sequence of the IEX-1-derived peptide of the present invention or a mutant peptide thereof and a polypeptide containing the peptide. including.
- the nucleic acid molecule of the present invention may be DNA or RNA. Peptides having the amino acid sequences encoded by these nucleic acid molecules are recognized by CTLs themselves and can provide peptides that activate the CTLs and peptide fragments having such activities as tumor antigens. Can function.
- the nucleic acid molecule of the present invention may be a polynucleotide having a base strength of at least 24 corresponding to the region encoding the peptide of the present invention and its complementary strand.
- a polynucleotide can be selected, for example, by confirming the expressed peptide using a known protein expression system.
- the antibody of the present invention may be a deviation from a monoclonal antibody or a polyclonal antibody.
- a peptide or polypeptide consisting of at least 5 consecutive amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of one peptide or polypeptide that is also selected for the IEX-1 derived peptide or polypeptide of the present invention is specifically selected. It is something to recognize.
- Antibodies can be generated using these epitope peptides, which are composed of at least 5, preferably at least 8-10 amino acids.
- the present invention also includes a peptide having at least 5 amino acid residues and a nucleic acid molecule encoding the same.
- the antibody of the present invention can induce production by immunizing, for example, mice, rats, rabbits, goats, etc. in the presence or absence of adjuvant, in the presence or absence of an epitope peptide alone or in a form bound to a carrier. it can.
- the obtained polyclonal antibody can be recovered from the serum by a known method.
- Antibody-producing cells can be produced by fusing with permanently proliferating cells. This method is well known in the art.
- polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies can be used as purification antibodies, reagents, labeling markers, and the like. In addition, it may be humanized and used for treatment.
- the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is an antigen-presenting cell, peptide or polypeptide obtained by presenting the IEX-1-derived peptide, mutant peptide, polypeptide, or HLA molecule-peptide complex of the present invention on the cell surface.
- the IEX-1-derived peptide of the present invention or a variant thereof, a polypeptide containing the peptide, and antigen-presenting cells can be used as a cancer vaccine.
- the ability to use even one type of peptide as a cancer vaccine It is preferable to use a combination of multiple types of peptides. This is because the CTL of cancer patients is a population of cells that recognize multiple different types of tumor antigens, so it is expected that it will be more effective to use multiple types of tumor antigens in combination as a cancer vaccine. This is because that.
- a plurality of the peptides according to the present invention may be used in combination with other peptides.
- the cancer vaccine of the present invention can be used alone or in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in the presence or absence of a suitable adjuvant.
- the carrier is not limited as long as it does not adversely affect the human body.
- cellulose, polymerized amino acid, albumin and the like can be used.
- As the dosage form a known dosage form for peptide preparations can be selected. The dosage varies depending on the recognition by CTL, the disease to be treated, the patient's age, weight, etc.
- the active substance is usually O.OOOlmg—1000 mg, preferably O.OOlmg—1000 mg.
- O.lmg-100 mg Preferably O.lmg-100 mg, more preferably 0.1-10 mg / day Z adult human. This is administered once every few days or several weeks or months.
- the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can also be used to incorporate a nucleic acid sequence encoding the peptide of the present invention into an appropriate vector and introduce it in vivo or ex vivo.
- a vector for example, a force retrovirus system including retrovirus, adenovirus, vaccinia virus and the like is preferable.
- the dose is 0.1 ⁇ g-100 mg / day Z adult human, preferably 1 ⁇ g-50 mg Z day Z adult human, as the 1S DNA content varies depending on the recognition by CTL. This is administered once every few days or months.
- IEX-1 reactive CTL means a CTL induced by recognizing a complex of an IEX-1 derived peptide of the present invention or a variant thereof and HLA.
- the CTL is HLA-A33-restricted CTL.
- Such CTLs can be derived, for example, from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of HLA-A33 + gastric cancer patients using the peptides according to the present invention.
- PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cells
- CTL is induced by incubating PBMCs of HLA-A33 + gastric cancer patients with antigen-presenting cells (APC) pulsed with the peptide of the present invention, and evaluated using IFN- ⁇ production as an index. Furthermore, the activity of induced CTL can be confirmed by tumor cell toxicity as an index by 51 Cr release test or the like.
- APC antigen-presenting cells
- the above-described method can be used for adoptive immunotherapy in which antigen-specific CTLs induced in vitro are returned to the body of a patient to injure tumor cells.
- adoptive immunotherapy in which the patient's own tumor-infiltrating T cells are cultured in large quantities outside the body and then returned to the patient (J. Natl. Cancer. Inst., 86 : 1159, 1994).
- mouse melanoma spleen cells are stimulated in vitro with tumor antigen peptide TRP-2, CTLs specific for tumor antigen peptides are propagated, and the CTLs are administered to melanoma-transplanted mice.
- the tumor antigen peptide of the present invention can be used to stimulate a patient's peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro to increase tumor-specific CTL, and then return the CTL to the patient to treat the tumor.
- Example [0026] The following cancer cell lines were used in the present invention.
- the HLA class I genotypes of these tumor cells have been shown previously (10, 11).
- HLA class I or HLA- ⁇ 33 antigen on these cells is determined by anti-HLA class I (W 6 ⁇ 32) monoclonal antibody (mAb) (recognizing a single region of the HLA class I molecule), or anti-HLA-A33 mAb ( Recognized by flow cytometry on a FACScan (Becton Dickinson, San Jose, Calif.) Using (recognizing the polymorphic region of the HLA-A33 molecule) (IgM, One Lamda, Canoga Park, Calif.).
- mAb monoclonal antibody
- FACScan Becton Dickinson, San Jose, Calif.
- HLA-A33-restricted and tumor-specific CLT strain is a 10% FCS (Equitech Bio, Ingram) for TIL of patients with severe gastric adenocarcinoma (HLA—A * 2402ZA * 3303, B7 / B44, Cw7 / Cwl4) , TX), 100U, mllL-2 (Shionogi Pharmaceutical, Osaka, Japan), and 10 / z gZmlPHA Difco, Detroit, MI) containing culture media (45% RPIM16 40 media, 45% AIM—V media; Life Technologies, Walkersville , MA) for 14 days, followed by further culturing for more than 30 days in the presence of irradiated (30 Gy) allogenic peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) as support cells.
- PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cells
- the phenotype of this CTL line was examined by immunological fluorescence test using FITC-conjugated anti-CD3, CD4, or CD8 monoclonal antibody (mAb) and found to be CD3 + CD4—CD8 + (> 95%) (data not shown) Presentation).
- 850B-CTL showed stronger cytotoxicity against HLA—A33 + LC—1 and KUMA—1 cells, but provided HLA—A33—target cell, COS7 cell, NK target cell line, K562, or healthy HLA— H33 + ⁇ activated normal T cells (PHA immature cells) obtained from the PBMCs of the elderly were not shown.
- Anti-HL A class I W6Z32, IgG2a
- anti-CD8 Nu-Ts / c, IgG2a
- anti-HLA—A24 0041 HA, IgG2a
- anti-CD4 Nu-Th / i, IgGl
- anti-HLA class IB C (Bl-23, IgG2a)
- anti-HLA class II H-DR, IgG2a) mAb (20 ⁇ g / ml) were used in the same manner as described in the literature (10, 11).
- Anti-CD14 JML—H14, IgGl
- anti-CD13 MCS2, IgG2a
- IFN— ⁇ production from 850B—CTL by recognition of HLA—A33 T LC—1 cell was inhibited by anti-HL ⁇ class I and anti-CD8 mAb (20 ⁇ g / ml).
- the gene encoding the tumor antigen recognized by the 850B-CTL strain was identified by the gene expression cloning method (Reference 9).
- RNA from LC-1 lung adenocarcinoma cells was converted to cDNA, Sail adapters were ligated and inserted into the expression vector pSV—SPORT-6 (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif.).
- HLA—A * 3303 or HLA—A * 2601 cDNA is KUMA—1 or KE, respectively.
- RNA force recovered from 4 cells was prepared by RT-PCR, inserted into a eukaryotic cell expression vector pCR 3 (Invitrogen) and cloned.
- LC—lcDNA library plasmid DNA pool or clone (200 ng) and HLA—A * 3303 or HLA—A * 2601 (negative control) cDNA (200 ng) were combined with 1 ⁇ l of lipofucamine (Invitrogen). Mix in 120 ⁇ l Opti-MEM (Invitrogen) for 40 minutes. COS7 cells (5xl0 3) The mixture was incubated 50 mu 1 and 6 hours, followed by 10% FCS-containing RPMI1640 medium 0.99 mu 1 was added Caro.
- the primary screening all lxlO 5 clones obtained from the LC-lcDNA library were transfected into COS7 cells with HLA-A * 3303 cDNA, and then stimulated IFN- ⁇ production by 850B-CTL. Tested for ability. That is, the cDNA pool (lxlO 5 clones) was duplicated into approximately 2000 different wells in 96 flat-bottom plates (expected number of clones for each well: 100 clones Z-well). The primary screening yielded significant levels of IFN- ⁇ production in 10 different wells. As a secondary screen, each cDNA pool obtained by cloning from positive wells was divided into about 200 different wells on 96 flat-bottom plates in duplicate and tested for IFN- ⁇ production stimulating activity.
- DNA sequencing was performed by the dideoxynucleotide sequencing method using DN A sequence kit and ABI PRISM 377 DNA sequencer (Perkin-Elmer, Foster, CA). For one of the isolated genes!
- COS7 cells transfected with clone 1 and HLA—A * 3303 induced clones of clone 1 as a force-negative control that induced IFN- ⁇ production in 850B-CTL in a dose-dependent manner.
- HLA- ⁇ * 2601 transfected cells did not induce.
- COS7 cells transfected with either clone 1 or HLA -— * 3303 alone were not recognized by 850B-CTL (data not shown).
- other clones used as negative controls that also gained the full LC-lcDNA library include HLA-A * 3303 Both were unable to induce IFN- ⁇ production in 850B-CTL when transferred to COS7 cells (data not shown). This suggests that clone 1 encodes a tumor antigen that is specifically recognized by 850 ⁇ -CTL.
- a GeneBank search revealed that the nucleotide sequence of clone 1 was identical to the sequence of IEX-1 (Reference 17) reported as a stress-induced anti-apoptosis gene o
- a band of approximately 1.3 kb was clearly detected in all normal tissues tested except the brain (lane 1), and the heart (lane 2), kidney (lane 7), and lung (lane 11).
- PBL peripheral blood lymphocytes
- HCG27 gastric cancer cell line (lane 5), the stomach (lanes 2-4, 12), lungs (lanes 6, 7), head and neck (lane 8), spleen (lane 9), and colon ( It was highly expressed in most test adenocarcinoma and SCC cell lines derived from various organs including lanes 10 and 11).
- FIG. 3C IEX-1 protein expression was selectively enhanced in cancer cells, but not in surrounding normal epithelium or connective tissue. IEX-1 protein is also highly and selectively expressed in various types of cancer tissues, including breast cancer ( Figure 3D), lung cancer ( Figure 3E), and colon cancer (data not shown). It was. In FIG. 3C-E, IEX-1 protein is stained brown, and normal cells and connective tissue are not stained brown. These brown spots are indicated by arrows for convenience.
- IEX-1 is one of the ideal target molecules for cancer treatment.
- RMA—S— ⁇ 33 cells HLA—A * 3303 cDNA stably transferred RMA—S tap (transporter involved in peptide processing) -deficient mouse lymph 1 £ Takedatsu, et ai., Identification of Peptide Vaccine and anmdates Sharing Among HLA—A3, -Al l, —A31, and -A33 Cancer Patients., Clin Can Res, 2004, in press) (lxlO 4 cell Z-tool) Briefly, cells were incubated for 18 hours at 26 ° C.
- C1R A33 cells for detection of antigenic peptides recognized by the 850B-CTL line
- HLA-A * 3303 cDNA was stably transferred to C1R human multiple myeloma cells (Hiroko Takedatsu, et al., Clin Can Res, 2004, in press) with the indicated concentration of peptide. after cultured. two hours, 850B- added CTL (2xl0 5 cells / Ueru), 18 hours were incubated further. the production of IFN-gamma in the culture supernatant was measured by ELISA.
- HLA— ⁇ 33 transformer The optimal concentration of the three peptides to load on the fetal C1R cells varied from 0.1 to 1 ⁇ for each peptide (Fig. 4 ⁇ ), but the RMA- S ⁇ 33 cells The determined HLA — ⁇ 33 molecules did not depend on their binding affinity (Table 1).
- HLA- ⁇ 33 + cancer patients and HLA- ⁇ 33 + healthy people PBMC (1 ⁇ 10 5 uel) were incubated with each peptide (10 M) in IL 2-containing culture medium 200 1 in 96-well microculture plates (Nunc, Roskiide, Denmark) (Reference 13).
- the peptide-stimulated PBMC 80-120xl0 4 Z well was collected, washed and divided into 4 equal parts. Two were stimulated with C1R-A33 cells loaded with the corresponding peptide and the other two were C1R-A33 cells loaded with the negative control HIV peptide. After 18 hours, supernatants were collected and tested for their IFN- ⁇ producing activity.
- Figure 5 shows a representative example of four patients. IFN- ⁇ production (50 pg / ml) against HIV peptide was subtracted as background. PBMCs from cancer patients stimulated with these three peptides recognized HLA-A33 transfect C1R cells loaded with the corresponding peptide in most cases and produced significant amounts of IFN- ⁇ ( Figure 5). In contrast, PBMCs from 5 HDs did not produce significant amounts of IFN- ⁇ against them (data not shown).
- LC— 1 HLA— A3 3 IEX-1
- QG56 HLA—A33—IEX—1
- HGC27 HLA—A33—IEX— ⁇
- PBMC stimulated with IEX-1 derived peptides showed a significant level of cytotoxicity against HLA—A33 + IEX—1 + LC—1 tumor cells HLA—A33— Not shown for HGC27 or QG56 cells.
- IEX43-51 (negative control peptide) did not show specific CTL activity.
- This result indicates that IEX47-56, IEX61-69, and IEX65-73 are antigenic epitopes that can induce specific CTL in HLA-A33-restricted PBMC in patients with epithelial cancer! Suggests.
- anti-HLA class I W6Z32, IgG2a
- anti-HLA class II H—DR, IgG2a
- anti-CD8 Nu-Ts / c, IgG2a
- anti-CD4 Nu-Th / i, IgGl ) (20 ⁇ g / ml
- Anti-CD14 JML—H14, IgG2a
- mAb was used as a control.
- cytotoxicity of these peptide-stimulated PBMCs was not inhibited by anti-HLA class or anti-CD8 antibody in all cases tested by other mAbs (Fig. 7).
- the present invention relates to an HLA-restricted protein in which IEX-1 is isolated from T cells infiltrating gastric adenocarcinoma. And a tumor antigenic epitope recognized by a tumor-specific CTL.
- the present invention also discloses that IEX-1-derived antigenic peptide can induce HLA-restricted tumor-specific CTL in PBMC cultures of cancer patients.
- IEX-1 is also expressed in normal tissues, particularly heart, kidney, lung and PBL, these organs may be adverse events of specific immunotherapy with IEX-1-derived antigenic epitopes .
- the present invention does not limit the CTL induced by the 850-BCTL strain and the IEX-1-derived peptide, although both lyse HLA-A33 + tumor cells while an excess of the corresponding peptide is present in the culture. It was clarified that normal HLA-A33 + T cells were not damaged. In clinical trials using tumor antigen-derived peptide vaccines conducted by the inventors, serious adverse events have been observed even though some tumor antigens are widely expressed in normal tissues or organs. (Reference 47) Therefore, the above results suggest that the IEX-1-derived peptide of the present invention can be used as a peptide vaccine suitable for cancer treatment.
- HLA—A33 is one of the most common HLA—A alleles for Asians and blacks! 13% of Japanese, 14% of Koreans, 14% of whites, and 16% of blacks (References 14 and 15).
- IEX-1 is highly expressed in cancer tissues. Therefore, the antigenic peptide of the present invention will be widely available for specific immunotherapy for HLA-A33 + cancer patients.
- Reference 5 Mine, ⁇ ⁇ , Gouhara, R., Hida, ⁇ ⁇ , Imai, ⁇ ⁇ , Azuma, ⁇ ⁇ , Rikimaru, ⁇ ⁇ ,
- Literature ll Ito, M., Shichijo, S., Tsuda, ⁇ ⁇ , Ochi, M., Harashima, ⁇ ⁇ , Saito, ⁇ ⁇ , and Itoh, K. Molecular basis of T cell-mediated recognition of pancreatic cancer cells Cancer Res, 61: 2038-2046, 2001.
- Reference 13 Takedatsu, ⁇ ⁇ , Shichijo, S., Katagiri, ⁇ ⁇ , Sawamizu, ⁇ ⁇ , Sata, M., and Itoh, K. Identification of peptide vaccine candidates sharing among HLA— A3 +, — A11 +, — A31 +, — A33 + cancer patients. Clin Cancer Res, in press.
- Reference 30 Kondratyev, A. D., Chung, K. ⁇ , and Jung, M. ⁇ . Identification and characterization of a radiation— inducible glycosylated human early-response gene. Cancer Res, 56: 1498—1502, 1996.
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