title: Presentation of synthetic peptide antigen encoded by the MAGE-1 gene by granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating-factor-cultured macrophages from HLA-A1 melanoma patients.
abstract: The recent identification of the sequences of the peptides derived from a number of human melanoma-associated antigens has presented opportunities for developing a specific-peptide-based vaccine in this form of cancer. Since antigen-presenting cells (APC) play a crucial role in the induction of the T-cell-mediated immune response, we examined whether or not ex vivo cultured APC, bearing the appropriate MHC restricting elements, when pulsed with a relevant melanoma-specific cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte (CTL)-determined peptide, can present the peptide to the CTL. Here we show that a population of cells, derived from the monocyte/macrophage lineage from peripheral blood and grown in granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor, exhibit many essential characteristics of "professional" APC (dendritic-type morphology with a proportion of the population, the B7 molecule, and high levels of MHC class I and class II molecules, CD11b and CD54 molecules) and are capable of efficiently presenting the nonapeptide, EADPTGHSY, encoded by the melanoma antigen MAGE-1 gene, to the MAGE-1-specific CTL clone, 82/30. These results suggest that this type of autologous ex vivo cultured population of professional APC, when pulsed with the relevant-CTL-determined peptide, can serve as a novel type of candidate vaccine for active specific immunization against HLA-A1-positive patients with melanoma expressing the MAGE-1 antigen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-3210, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okino
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Adkisson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sampieri
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Padula
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mauri
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mukherji
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; C072011:MAGEA1 protein, human; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor