Breast and ovarian cancer-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize the same HER2/neu-derived peptide.
The identification of antigenic peptides presented on the tumor cell surface by HLA class I molecules and recognized by tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes may lead to a peptide vaccine capable of inducing protective cellular immunity. We demonstrate that both HLA-A2-restricted breast and ovarian tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize shared antigenic peptides. At least one of these peptides is derived from the oncogene product of HER2/neu, which is overexpressed in 30-40% of all breast and ovarian cancers. T cells sensitized against this nine-amino acid sequence demonstrate significant recognition of HLA-A2+, HER2/neu+ tumors. Since 50% of the tumor-cell population is HLA-A2+ and many different tumors express HER2/neu, this peptide may be widely recognized and have many clinical applications.
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
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D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology*; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; C091577:HER2-neu-derived peptide (654-662)