Identification of SART3-derived peptides having the potential to induce cancer-reactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes from prostate cancer patients with HLA-A3 supertype alleles

Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2007 May;56(5):689-98. doi: 10.1007/s00262-006-0216-9. Epub 2006 Aug 26.

Abstract

SART3-derived peptides applicable to prostate cancer patients with HLA-A3 supertype alleles were identified in order to expand the possibility of an anti-cancer vaccine, because the peptide vaccine candidates receiving the most attention thus far have been the HLA-A2 and HLA-A24 alleles. Twenty-nine SART3-derived peptides that were prepared based on the binding motif to the HLA-A3 supertype alleles (HLA-A11, -A31, and -A33) were first screened for their recognizability by immunoglobulin G (IgG) of prostate cancer patients and subsequently for the potential to induce peptide-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) from HLA-A3 supertype(+) prostate cancer patients. As a result, five SART3 peptides were frequently recognized by IgG, and two of them-SART3 (511-519) and SART3 (734-742)-efficiently induced peptide-specific and cancer-reactive CTLs. Their cytotoxicity toward prostate cancer cells was ascribed to peptide-specific and CD8(+) T cells. These results indicate that these two SART3 peptides could be promising candidates for peptide-based immunotherapy for HLA-A3 supertype(+) prostate cancer patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibody Specificity
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology*
  • Flow Cytometry
  • HLA-A3 Antigen / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Male
  • Peptides / immunology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / immunology*
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / immunology*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • HLA-A3 Antigen
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Peptides
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • SART3 protein, human