title: Human CTL epitopes prostatic acid phosphatase-3 and six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of prostate-3 as candidates for prostate cancer immunotherapy.
abstract: Specific immunotherapy of prostate cancer may be an alternative or be complementary to other approaches for treatment of recurrent or metastasized disease. This study aims at identifying and characterizing prostate cancer-associated peptides capable of eliciting specific CTL responses in vivo. Evaluation of peptide-induced CTL activity in vitro was done following immunization of HLA-A2 transgenic (HHD) mice. An in vivo tumor rejection was tested by adoptive transfer of HHD immune lymphocytes to nude mice bearing human tumors. To confirm the existence of peptide-specific CTL precursors in human, lymphocytes from healthy and prostate cancer individuals were stimulated in vitro in the presence of these peptides and CTL activities were assayed. Two novel immunogenic peptides derived from overexpressed prostate antigens, prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) and six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of prostate (STEAP), were identified; these peptides were designated PAP-3 and STEAP-3. Peptide-specific CTLs lysed HLA-A2.1+ LNCaP cells and inhibited tumor growth on adoptive immunotherapy. Furthermore, peptide-primed human lymphocytes derived from healthy and prostate cancer individuals lysed peptide-pulsed T2 cells and HLA-A2.1+ LNCaP cells. Based on the results presented herein, PAP-3 and STEAP-3 are naturally processed CTL epitopes possessing anti-prostate cancer reactivity in vivo and therefore may constitute vaccine candidates to be investigated in clinical trials.
authors: Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors: Arthur
authors: A
authors: Machlenkin
authors: Adrian
authors: A
authors: Paz
authors: Erez
authors: E
authors: Bar Haim
authors: Ofir
authors: O
authors: Goldberger
authors: Eran
authors: E
authors: Finkel
authors: Boaz
authors: B
authors: Tirosh
authors: Ilan
authors: I
authors: Volovitz
authors: Ezra
authors: E
authors: Vadai
authors: Gilles
authors: G
authors: Lugassy
authors: Shmuel
authors: S
authors: Cytron
authors: Francois
authors: F
authors: Lemonnier
authors: Esther
authors: E
authors: Tzehoval
authors: Lea
authors: L
authors: Eisenbach
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016219:Immunotherapy, Adoptive / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C432763:STEAP1 protein, human; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; C428439:prostatic acid phosphatase; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases