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- Title
Identification of a sperm protein 17 CTL epitope restricted by HLA-A1.
- Authors
Maurizio Chiriva-Internati; Zhiqing Wang; Stephanie Pochopien; Emanuela Salati; Seah H. Lim
- Abstract
Sperm protein 17 (Sp17) is a novel cancer-testis antigen. We previously reported the successful generation of Sp17-specific HLA-A1-restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) from the peripheral blood of a healthy donor using a recombinant Sp17 protein. These CTLs were able to kill not only target cells pulsed with the recombinant protein but also fresh Sp17+ tumor cells. In the present study, we have identified a nonapeptide sequence within the Sp17 protein that is predicted to have a high binding affinity for the HLA-A1 molecules. We generated the synthetic nonapeptide and successfully propagated a peptide-specific CTL line. We confirmed that peptide Sp17103111 (ILDSSEEDK) contains an Sp17 CTL epitope restricted by HLA-A1 and identified amino acid residues 104, 107, 109 and 110 as crucial for the CTL lysis. Our findings therefore provide the tool for the characterization of CD8 T-cell function in vivo and generation of epitope-specific treatment strategies. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; HLA histocompatibility antigens; T cells
- Publication
International Journal of Cancer, 2003, Vol 107, Issue 5, p863
- ISSN
0020-7136
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ijc.11486