Targeting of multiple tumor-associated antigens by individual T cell receptors during successful cancer immunotherapy

Garry Dolton, Cristina Rius, Aaron Wall, Barbara Szomolay, Valentina Bianchi, Sarah A E Galloway, Md Samiul Hasan, Théo Morin, Marine E Caillaud, Hannah L Thomas, Sarah Theaker, Li Rong Tan, Anna Fuller, Katie Topley, Mateusz Legut, Meriem Attaf, Jade R Hopkins, Enas Behiry, Joanna Zabkiewicz, Caroline AlvaresAngharad Lloyd, Amber Rogers, Peter Henley, Christopher Fegan, Oliver Ottmann, Stephen Man, Michael D Crowther, Marco Donia, Inge Marie Svane, David K Cole, Paul E Brown, Pierre Rizkallah, Andrew K Sewell

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Abstract

The T cells of the immune system can target tumors and clear solid cancers following tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy. We used combinatorial peptide libraries and a proteomic database to reveal the antigen specificities of persistent cancer-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) following successful TIL therapy for stage IV malignant melanoma. Remarkably, individual TCRs could target multiple different tumor types via the HLA A∗02:01-restricted epitopes EAAGIGILTV, LLLGIGILVL, and NLSALGIFST from Melan A, BST2, and IMP2, respectively. Atomic structures of a TCR bound to all three antigens revealed the importance of the shared x-x-x-A/G-I/L-G-I-x-x-x recognition motif. Multi-epitope targeting allows individual T cells to attack cancer in several ways simultaneously. Such "multipronged" T cells exhibited superior recognition of cancer cells compared with conventional T cell recognition of individual epitopes, making them attractive candidates for the development of future immunotherapies.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftCell
Vol/bind186
Udgave nummer16
Sider (fra-til)3333-3349.e27
ISSN0092-8674
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 3 aug. 2023

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