title: The N-terminal flanking region of the TRP2360-368 melanoma antigen determines proteasome activator PA28 requirement for epitope liberation.
abstract: Proteasomes are known to produce major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I ligands from endogenous antigens. The interferon-gamma-inducible proteasome activator PA28 plays an important role in the generation of MHC ligands by proteasomes. Generation of the HLA-A(*)0201 restricted melanoma antigen TRP2(360-368) by the proteasome has been shown to be dependent on the function of PA28 in vitro and in vivo (Sun, Y., Sijts, A. J., Song, M., Janek, K., Nussbaum, A. K., Kral, S., Schirle, M., Stevanovic, S., Paschen, A., Schild, H., Kloetzel, P. M., and Schadendorf, D. (2002) Cancer Res. 62, 2875-2882). Here we analyzed the role of the epitope sequence environment in determining this PA28 dependence. Experiments using the melanoma TRP2(288-296) epitope and the murine cytomegalovirus-derived pp89 epitope precursor peptide for epitope replacement revealed that the TRP2(360-368) flanking sequences can transfer PA28 dependence onto otherwise PA28 independent epitopes. Moreover, the N-terminal flanking sequence is sufficient to establish PA28 dependence of an epitope by allowing PA28-induced coordinated dual cleavages. These results show that N-terminal flanking sequences strongly influence epitope generation efficiency and that PA28 function is particularly relevant for the generation of normally poorly excised peptide products.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Textoris-Taube
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Henklein
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pollmann
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bergann
authors.forename: Hardy
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weisshoff
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Drung
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mügge
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sijts
authors.forename: Peter-Michael
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kloetzel
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kuckelkorn
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000276:immunology; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000939:Epitopes; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; C435939:HLA-A*02:01 antigen; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C085047:PSME1 protein, human; D010455:Peptides; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex