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We have identified 2 antigens recognized by several melanoma-specific cytolytic T lymphocyte clones isolated from a melanoma patient with a clinical history of tumor regression after immunotherapy. Both antigens are presented by HLA-A2 and encoded by gene MAGE-C2, a cancer-germline gene shown previously to be silent in normal somatic tissues and expressed in 40% of melanomas and in other tumor types. One antigen corresponds to peptide ALKDVEERV(336-344), whereas the other corresponds to peptide LLFGLALIEV(191-200). The CTL clones recognizing these 2 peptides also recognized allogeneic tumor cell lines expressing MAGE-C2 and HLA-A2. These 2 new peptides are the first known MAGE-C antigens and represent promising targets for cancer immunotherapy.

Original publication

DOI

10.1002/ijc.20038

Type

Journal article

Journal

Int J Cancer

Publication Date

01/05/2004

Volume

109

Pages

698 - 702

Keywords

Amino Acid Sequence, Antigens, Neoplasm, DNA, Complementary, DNA, Neoplasm, HLA-A2 Antigen, Humans, Lymphatic Metastasis, Melanoma, Molecular Sequence Data, Neoplasm Proteins, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic