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Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, B-1200 Brussels [E. S. S., B. L., J. V. S., P. C., T. B., P. v. d. B.]; Experimental Medicine Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, B-1200 Brussels [C. L. C.]; and Laboratory of Physiology, Medical School, Free University of Brussels, B-1090 Brussels [J. C., C. H., K. T.], Belgium
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76% of Caucasians. This new epitope may be useful both
for therapeutic vaccination and for the evaluation of the immune
response in cancer patients. Interestingly, the CD4+ T
cells lysed HLA-DP4 tumor cells expressing MAGE-A3,
indicating that this epitope, in contrast to other class-II MAGE-A3
epitopes, is presented at the surface of tumor cells. The study of this
disparity in the presentation of two epitopes from the same protein may
lead to a better understanding of the endogenous class II presentation
pathway. | Introduction |
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Human tumor antigens recognized by CD4+ T cells are being identified with increasing frequency. Some of them are the result of point mutations in ubiquitously expressed genes, whereas others are fusion gene products. Several melanoma antigens recognized by CD4+ T cells are encoded by genes expressed specifically in cells of the melanocytic lineage (3) . Another category of antigens recognized by T cells comprises those encoded by "cancer-germ line genes," such as MAGE genes (4) . These genes are silent in normal cells, except male germ-line cells, which do not express HLA molecules. These antigens are interesting targets for tumor immunotherapy because they are strictly tumor specific and shared by many tumors of various histological types. The first two HLA class II-restricted epitopes of this category were identified for MAGE-A3 (5 , 6) , which is frequently expressed in metastatic melanomas (76%) and in carcinomas of the esophagus (47%), the head and neck (49%), the lung (47%), and the bladder (36%). NY-ESO-1LAGE-2 peptides were also reported to be recognized on HLA-DR molecules by CD4+ T cells (7) .
We report here the isolation of a CD4+ T-cell clone, specific for another MAGE-A3 peptide presented by HLA-DP4 molecules. Interestingly, this new epitope is presented at the surface of HLA-DP4 tumor cells, which are lysed by the CD4+ T-cell clone.
| Materials and Methods |
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The pMFG Retrovirus Encoding Ii-MAGE-A3.
A MAGE-A3 cDNA was ligated downstream of the first 80 amino acids of
the human invariant chain (Ii80; Ref. 5
), followed by an
internal ribosomal entry site sequence derived from the
encephalomyocarditis virus and by the sequence encoding a truncated
form of the human low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (
LNGFr;
kindly provided by Dr. C. Traversari, Istituto Scientifico H. S.
Raffaele, Milan, Italy). The procedure for transducing cell lines has
been described previously (5)
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The Recombinant Adenoviruses.
Adeno-MAGE-A3 was constructed according to the procedures described for
adeno-MAGE-A4 (8)
. To construct adeno-Ii.MAGE-A3, a
MAGE-A3 cDNA was ligated downstream of the first 80 amino acids of the
human invariant chain (Ii80). The Ii80 template was kindly provided by
Dr. J. Pieters (Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland). A
recombinant adenovirus was obtained using the system described by He
et al. (9)
. The vectors and bacterial strains
were kindly provided by Dr. T-C. He (Johns Hopkins Oncology Center,
Baltimore, MD).
Mixed Lymphocyte/Dendritic Cell Culture.
Media, cytokines, peptides, and protocols were described previously
(5)
. Briefly, stimulator dendritic cells were incubated
with protein MAGE-A3insect (10 µg/ml) for
20 h in medium supplemented with IL-4 (200 units/ml),
granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (70 ng/ml) and tumor
necrosis factor-
(5 ng/ml). Cells were washed and added at
104 per round-bottomed microwell to
105 CD4+ T lymphocytes in
200 µl of
IMDM3
(Life Technologies, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD) supplemented with AAG
(5)
and 1% autologous plasma in the presence of IL-6
(1000 units/ml) and IL-12 (10 ng/ml). The CD4+ T
lymphocytes were restimulated on days 7, 14, and 21 with autologous
dendritic cells freshly loaded with protein
MAGE-A3insect and grown in IMDM supplemented with
AAG and 10% human serum (hereafter referred to as complete IMDM)
supplemented with IL-2 (10 units/ml) and IL-7 (5 ng/ml). Aliquots of
each microculture (
4000 cells) were assessed on day 36 for their
capacity to produce IFN-
when stimulated with
10,000 autologous
EBV-B cells and loaded for 20 h with 20 µg/ml of protein
MAGE-A3bacteria or ovalbumin (Sigma Chemical Co.,
Bornem, Belgium). After 20 h of coculture in round-bottomed
microwells and in 100 µl of complete IMDM medium supplemented with
IL-2 (25 units/ml), IFN-
released in the supernatant was measured by
ELISA using reagents from Medgenix Diagnostics-Biosource (Fleurus,
Belgium).
CD4+ T Cell Clones.
Microcultures that were tested positive were cloned by limiting
dilution, using irradiated autologous EBV-B cells loaded for 20 h
with 20 µg/ml of protein MAGE-A3bacteria
(5 x 103
to
104 cells/round-bottomed microwells) as
stimulator cells. Irradiated allogeneic LG2-EBV (5 x 103
104 cells/well) were
used as feeder cells. CD4+ T-cell clones were
restimulated once per week with 0.5 µg/ml purified PHA (HA16; Murex
Diagnostics, Dartford, United Kingdom) in complete IMDM supplemented
with IL-2 (50 units/ml) and feeder cells.
Recognition Assays with Peptides and Tumor Cells.
EBV-B or tumor cells were distributed at 20,000 cells per
round-bottomed microwell and incubated (or not) for 2 h at 37°C
in the presence of the different peptides, the indicated concentrations
representing their concentrations during the incubation step.
CD4+ T lymphocytes (3000) were added in 100 µl
of complete IMDM medium supplemented with IL-2 (25 units/ml).
Supernatants were harvested after 20 h, and IFN-
production was
measured by ELISA. For cytotoxicity assays, target cells were labeled
with 100 µCi of
Na(51Cr)O4 for 1 h,
washed, and incubated with the CD4+ effector
cells at various E:T ratios. Chromium release was measured after
incubation at 37°C for 4 h.
| Results |
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to induce their
maturation. These cells were then used to stimulate autologous
CD4+ T lymphocytes. In previous experiments, a
large number of the CD4+ T-cell clones obtained
with the same method were apparently directed against bacterial
contaminants in the batch of protein (5)
. Therefore, we
have used here a MAGE-A3 protein produced in S. frugiperda
insect cells (MAGE-A3insect) to stimulate the
lymphocytes and a MAGE-A3 protein produced in E. coli
(MAGE-A3bacteria) to test the specificity of the
responder lymphocytes. Their specificity was further tested on
presenting cells in which the MAGE-A3 protein was targeted into the
endosomal compartments. This was achieved by transducing cells with a
retroviral construct, retro-Ii.MAGE-A3, which encodes a truncated human
invariant chain (Ii) fused with MAGE-A3 (5
, 10)
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A CD4+ T-Cell Clone Directed against a MAGE-A3 Antigen.
A total of 96 microcultures were set up, each containing
105 CD4+ T cells and
104 autologous stimulator DCs loaded with protein
MAGE-A3insect as stimulator cells. Responder
cells were restimulated three times at weekly intervals with DCs loaded
with the protein. After a resting period of 2 weeks, responder cells of
each microculture were tested for IFN-
production after stimulation
with autologous EBV-B cells loaded with protein
MAGE-A3bacteria, or with ovalbumin as a negative
control. Only one microculture specifically produced a high level of
IFN-
after stimulation with protein
MAGE-A3bacteria (Fig. 1)
. It was cloned by limiting dilution, using autologous EBV-B cells
loaded with protein MAGE-A3bacteria as stimulator
cells. Several positive clones were obtained, including clone 22 that
recognized autologous EBV-B cells loaded with protein MAGE-A3 or
transduced with retro-Ii.MAGE-A3 (Fig. 1)
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after
stimulation with two overlapping peptides, namely
MAGE-A3243258 and
MAGE-A3247262. These two peptides also
stimulated clone 22 (Fig. 2)
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(data
not shown). Importantly, clone 22 was stimulated by DPB1*0402 cells
transduced with retro-Ii.MAGE-A3 (Fig. 3)
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(data not shown). It
lysed the three cell lines, but only if they were pretreated with
IFN-
(Fig. 4C)
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| Discussion |
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In a previous report on MAGE-A3 antigens presented by class II molecules, we described two antigenic peptides, MAGE-A3114127 and MAGE-A3121134, that were not expressed at the surface of tumor cells expressing MAGE-A3 (5) . One explanation for these results was that protein MAGE-A3 was unable to follow the endogenous class II presentation pathway, because it contains neither a signal peptide nor an endosomal targeting sequence. However, Manici et al. (6) identified another epitope, MAGE-A3281295, that was recognized on tumor cells by a CD4+ T cell line. The results obtained in the present study with a CD4+ T-cell clone further confirm that some MAGE-A3 peptides are presented by class II molecules at the surface of tumor cells. This is in line with a detailed study on peptides eluted from HLA-DR molecules that revealed that peptides were derived from several cytosolic proteins (14) . It remains to be determined where the loading of peptides derived from cytosolic proteins takes place. For instance, do peptides compete for the binding on class II molecules with the invariant chain in the endoplasmic reticulum? Are they loaded on class II molecules in endosomes, and do they reach them by autophagy or by other mechanisms? Our results suggest that the entire MAGE-A3 protein does not have access to endosomes. Otherwise, all antigenic peptides would have been presented at the surface, as is the case for cells loaded with protein or transduced with retro-Ii.MAGE-A3. This disparity in the presentation of two epitopes from the same protein provides us with the opportunity of a further study of the presentation mechanisms that may improve our understanding of the endogenous class II presentation pathway.
Therapeutic vaccinations of cancer patients based on MAGE-A3 peptides presented by class I molecules have been tested (16, 17, 18) . In one of these trials, 25 melanoma patients received s.c. injections of a MAGE-A3 peptide presented by HLA-A1 (17) . Seven patients showed significant tumor regressions, three of which were complete. A major limitation of such a class I peptide-based approach could be that the peptide-specific CTLs reach the tumor but fail to be restimulated properly at the tumor site so that a massive CTL amplification does not occur. This could be attributable to the lack of help by tumor-specific CD4+ T cells. Vaccination strategies with MAGE-A3 products may benefit from the induction of anti-MAGE-A3 CD4+ T cells. Results obtained in mice support this concept (19 , 20) . Besides providing help for the induction and maintenance of tumor-specific CD8+ CTLs, CD4+ T cells may also play a broader role in mediating activation of dendritic cells, macrophages, and eosinophils (2 , 21, 22, 23) . Furthermore, direct killing of class II-expressing tumor cells by CD4+ T cells has been demonstrated (6 , 24 , 25) . This is also confirmed by our results.
The new MAGE-A3 epitope described here is presented to the
CD4+ T-cell clone by HLA-DPB1*0401 molecules,
which are expressed by 64% of Caucasians. We demonstrated that the
epitope can also be presented by the second allele of
HLA-DP4, HLA-DPB1*0402, which is expressed in
21% of Caucasians. Thus,
76% of Caucasians could be vaccinated
with this peptide. The choice of the optimal length of a class
II-restricted peptide used in vaccinations deserves further study
because, in a murine model with hen egg white lysozyme, it was shown
that the life span of peptide-MHC class II complexes is influenced by
the length of the peptides (26)
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In clinical trials using proteins, reliable monitoring of the anti-MAGE-A3 CD4+ T cell response will be important. To avoid possible misinterpretation of in vitro assays and of delayed-type hypersensitivity assays, a protein produced in another organism should be used for these assays. Another possibility for the monitoring, which narrows the analysis to certain epitopes, is the use of a set of relevant peptides, that can either be used to select and amplify peptide-specific T cells in vitro or to label directly T-cell receptors with soluble HLA class II tetramers presenting the relevant peptide (27) . This approach requires prior identification of these antigenic peptides, as described in this report.
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| FOOTNOTES |
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1 Supported in part by grants from the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (to E. S. S.); from the Association Contre le
Cancer, Brussels, Belgium; from the BIOMED 2 Programme of the European
Community; from the Caisse Générale dEpargne et de
Retraite-Assurances and VIVA, Brussels, Belgium; and also
by the Belgian Programme on Interuniversity Poles of Attraction
initiated by the Belgian State, Prime Ministers Office, Science
Policy Programming. ![]()
2 To whom requests for reprints should be
addressed, at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Avenue Hippocrate
74, UCL 74.59, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. Phone: 32-2-764-74-31; Fax:
32-2-762-94-05; E-mail: pierre.vanderbruggen{at}bru.licr.org ![]()
3 The abbreviations used are: IMDM, Iscoves
modified Dulbeccos medium; IL, interleukin; AAG,
asparagine-arginine-glutamine; DC, dendritic cell. ![]()
Received 5/ 5/00. Accepted 10/ 3/00.
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