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Mitchell MS Lund TA Sewell AK Marincola FM Paul E Schroder K Wilson DB Kan-Mitchell J 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》2007,56(3):287-301
The mucin MUC1 molecule is overexpressed on a variety of adenocarcinomas and is thus, a potential target for immunotherapy.
Of the MUC1 peptides that bind to HLA-A*0201(A2), M1.2 (LLLLTVLTV) from the signal sequence appears to be the most immunogenic
in humans. Here we have shown that large numbers (109) of tetramer-binding M1.2-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) can be generated ex vivo from circulating precursors, derived
from healthy adults. However, there was significant interpersonal variation in the level of co-stimulatory signal required.
Tetramer-binding cells also required maturation in culture to become proficient killers of the HLA-A2+ MUC1+ MCF7 cell line, known to express a low number of endogenously processed M1.2. The functional avidity of M1.2-specific CTL,
however, was low as compared to CTL specific for an HIV-1 epitope. Despite the low avidity, M1.2-specific CTL were polyfunctional,
secreting multiple cytokines upon degranulation with antigen recognition. To identify potential agonist peptides that may
be superior immunogens, an M1.2-specific CTL culture was used to scan a large nonameric combinatorial peptide library. Of
54 predicted peptides, 4 were “consensus” agonists because they were recognized by CTL from two other donors. Two agonists,
p29 (LLPWTVLTV) and p15 (VLLWTVLTV), were equally stimulatory when loaded onto C1R target cells transfected with wild-type HLA-A2. Both agonists induced
IL-2, TNF-α, IFN-γ, and degranulation with M1.2-specific CTL. In contrast, production of these cytokines, which are tightly
regulated by specific activation through the T cell receptor, was restricted when the CTL were stimulated with peptides loaded
onto C1R cells that were transfected with an HLA-A2 molecule bearing a mutation that abrogates binding to the CD8 co-receptor.
Thus, activation by both M1.2 and its agonists was dependent upon CD8, showing that compensation by the co-receptor was necessary
for the human T cell response to M1.2. 相似文献
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Deciphering the molecular machinery of stem cells: a look at the neoblast gene expression profile
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Rossi L Salvetti A Marincola FM Lena A Deri P Mannini L Batistoni R Wang E Gremigni V 《Genome biology》2007,8(4):R62
Background
Mammalian stem cells are difficult to access experimentally; model systems that can regenerate offer an alternative way to characterize stem cell related genes. Planarian regeneration depends on adult pluripotent stem cells - the neoblasts. These cells can be selectively destroyed using X-rays, enabling comparison of organisms lacking stem cells with wild-type worms. 相似文献13.
Paulo FP Pimenta Alessandra S Orfano Ana C Bahia Ana PM Duarte Claudia M Ríos-Velásquez Fabrício F Melo Felipe AC Pessoa Giselle A Oliveira Keillen MM Campos Luis Martínez Villegas Nilton Barnabé Rodrigues Rafael Nacif-Pimenta Rejane C Sim?es Wuelton M Monteiro Rogerio Amino Yara M Traub-Cseko José BP Lima Maria GV Barbosa Marcus VG Lacerda Wanderli P Tadei Nágila FC Secundino 《Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz》2015,110(1):23-47
In the Americas, areas with a high risk of malaria transmission are mainly located in
the Amazon Forest, which extends across nine countries. One keystone step to
understanding the Plasmodium life cycle in Anopheles species from the Amazon Region
is to obtain experimentally infected mosquito vectors. Several attempts to colonise
Ano- pheles species have been conducted, but with only short-lived success or no
success at all. In this review, we review the literature on malaria transmission from
the perspective of its Amazon vectors. Currently, it is possible to develop
experimental Plasmodium vivax infection of the colonised and field-captured vectors
in laboratories located close to Amazonian endemic areas. We are also reviewing
studies related to the immune response to P. vivax infection of Anopheles aquasalis,
a coastal mosquito species. Finally, we discuss the importance of the modulation of
Plasmodium infection by the vector microbiota and also consider the anopheline
genomes. The establishment of experimental mosquito infections with Plasmodium
falciparum, Plasmodium yoelii and Plasmodium berghei parasites that could provide
interesting models for studying malaria in the Amazonian scenario is important.
Understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of the parasites
in New World vectors is crucial in order to better determine the interaction process
and vectorial competence. 相似文献
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BACKGROUND: Biochemical testing for pheochromocytoma by measurement of fractionated plasma metanephrines is limited by false positive rates of up to 18% in people without known genetic predisposition to the disease. The plasma normetanephrine fraction is responsible for most false positives and plasma normetanephrine increases with age. The objective of this study was to determine if we could improve the specificity of fractionated plasma measurements, by statistically adjusting for age. METHODS: An age-adjusted metanephrine score was derived using logistic regression from 343 subjects (including 33 people with pheochromocytoma) who underwent fractionated plasma metanephrine measurements as part of investigations for suspected pheochromocytoma at Mayo Clinic Rochester (derivation set). The performance of the age-adjusted score was validated in a dataset of 158 subjects (including patients 23 with pheochromocytoma) that underwent measurements of fractionated plasma metanephrines at Mayo Clinic the following year (validation dataset). None of the participants in the validation dataset had known genetic predisposition to pheochromocytoma. RESULTS: The sensitivity of the age-adjusted metanephrine score was the same as that of traditional interpretation of fractionated plasma metanephrine measurements, yielding a sensitivity of 100% (23/23, 95% confidence interval [CI] 85.7%, 100%). However, the false positive rate with traditional interpretation of fractionated plasma metanephrine measurements was 16.3% (22/135, 95% CI, 11.0%, 23.4%) and that of the age-adjusted score was significantly lower at 3.0% (4/135, 95% CI, 1.2%, 7.4%) (p < 0.001 using McNemar's test). CONCLUSION: An adjustment for age in the interpretation of results of fractionated plasma metanephrines may significantly decrease false positives when using this test to exclude sporadic pheochromocytoma. Such improvements in false positive rate may result in savings of expenditures related to confirmatory imaging. 相似文献
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Kan-Mitchell J Bajcz M Schaubert KL Price DA Brenchley JM Asher TE Douek DC Ng HL Yang OO Rinaldo CR Benito JM Bisikirska B Hegde R Marincola FM Boggiano C Wilson D Abrams J Blondelle SE Wilson DB 《Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)》2006,176(11):6690-6701
CD8+ CTL responses are important for the control of HIV-1 infection. The immunodominant HLA-A2-restricted Gag epitope, SLYNTVATL (SL9), is considered to be a poor immunogen because reactivity to it is rare in acute infection despite its paradoxical dominance in patients with chronic infection. We have previously reported SL9 to be a help-independent epitope in that it primes highly activated CTLs ex vivo from CD8+ T cells of seronegative healthy donors. These CTLs produce sufficient cytokines for extended autocrine proliferation but are sensitive to activation-induced cell death, which may cause them to be eliminated by a proinflammatory cytokine storm. Here we identified an agonist variant of the SL9 peptide, p41 (SLYNTVAAL), by screening a large synthetic combinatorial nonapeptide library with ex vivo-primed SL9-specific T cells. p41 invariably immunized SL9-cross-reactive CTLs from other donors ex vivo and H-2Db beta2m double knockout mice expressing a chimeric HLA-A*0201/H2-Db MHC class I molecule. Parallel human T cell cultures showed p41-specific CTLs to be less fastidious than SL9-CTLs in the level of costimulation required from APCs and the need for exogenous IL-2 to proliferate (help dependent). TCR sequencing revealed that the same clonotype can develop into either help-independent or help-dependent CTLs depending on the peptide used to activate the precursor CD8+ T cells. Although Ag-experienced SL9-T cells from two patients were also sensitive to IL-2-mediated cell death upon restimulation in vitro, the loss of SL9 T cells was minimized with p41. This study suggests that agonist sequences can replace aberrantly immunogenic native epitopes for the rational design of vaccines targeting HIV-1. 相似文献
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Reinout Raijmakers Joyce JBC van Beers Mahmoud El-Azzouny Natasja FC Visser Borut Bo?i? Ger JM Pruijn Albert JR Heck 《Arthritis research & therapy》2012,14(3):R114-10
Introduction
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the joints and the presence of autoantibodies directed against proteins containing the non-standard arginine-derived amino acid citrulline. The protein fibrinogen, which has an essential role in blood clotting, is one of the most prominent citrullinated autoantigens in RA, particularly because it can be found in the inflamed tissue of affected joints. Here, we set out to analyze the presence of citrullinated endogenous peptides in the synovial fluid of RA and arthritic control patients.Methods
Endogenous peptides were isolated from the synovial fluid of RA patients and controls by filtration and solid phase extraction. The peptides were identified and quantified using high-resolution liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.Results
Our data reveal that the synovial fluid of RA patients contains soluble endogenous peptides, derived from fibrinogen, containing significant amounts of citrulline residues and, in some cases, also phosphorylated serine. Several citrullinated peptides are found to be more abundantly present in the synovial fluid of RA patients compared to patients suffering from other inflammatory diseases affecting the joints.Conclusions
The increased presence of citrullinated peptides in RA patients points toward a possible specific role of these peptides in the immune response at the basis of the recognition of citrullinated peptides and proteins by RA patient autoantibodies. 相似文献19.
E Wang Y Zhao A Monaco L Uccellini JM Kirkwood M Spyropoulou-Vlachou MC Panelli FM Marincola H Gogas 《PloS one》2012,7(7):e40805
Purpose
IFNa was the first cytokine to demonstrate anti-tumor activity in advanced melanoma. Despite the ability of high-dose IFNa reducing relapse and mortality by up to 33%, large majority of patients experience side effects and toxicity which outweigh the benefits. The current study attempts to identify genetic markers likely to be associated with benefit from IFN-a2b treatment and predictive for survival.Experimental design
We tested the association of variants in FOXP3 microsatellites, CTLA4 SNPs and HLA genotype in 284 melanoma patients and their association with prognosis and survival of melanoma patients who received IFNa adjuvant therapy.Results
Univariate survival analysis suggested that patients bearing either the DRB1*15 or HLA-Cw7 allele suffered worse OS while patients bearing either HLA-Cw6 or HLA-B44 enjoyed better OS. DRB1*15 positive patients suffered also worse RFS and conversely HLA-Cw6 positive patients had better RFS. Multivariate analysis revealed that a five-marker genotyping signature was prognostic of OS independent of disease stage. In the multivariate Cox regression model, HLA-B38 (p = 0.021), HLA-C15 (p = 0.025), HLA-C3 (p = 0.014), DRB1*15 (p = 0.005) and CT60*G/G (0.081) were significantly associated with OS with risk ratio of 0.097 (95% CI, 0.013–0.709), 0.387 (95% CI, 0.169–0.889), 0.449 (95% CI, 0.237–0.851), 1.948 (95% CI, 1.221–3.109) and 1.484 (95% IC, 0.953–2.312) respectively.Conclusion
These results suggest that gene polymorphisms relevant to a biological occurrence are more likely to be informative when studied in concert to address potential redundant or conflicting functions that may limit each gene individual contribution. The five markers identified here exemplify this concept though prospective validation in independent cohorts is needed. 相似文献20.
Kanduc D Tessitore L Lucchese G Kusalik A Farber E Marincola FM 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》2008,57(8):1215-1223
We recently compared the HCV polyprotein to the human proteome in order to test whether amino acid sequences unique to the virus could represent immunodominant epitopic determinants of the human humoral immune response against HCV. We identified a relatively limited number of HCV fragments with no/low similarity to the human host that represented exclusive HCV motifs. In this study, the peptides corresponding to low/zero similarity sequences were synthesized and assayed with HCV-infected sera. With different patterns, the synthetic HCV peptides corresponding to low/zero similarity sequences were found to be immunoreactive. In particular, the HCV E1 (315-323) HRMAWDMMM, HCV E2/NS1 (547-555) NWFGCTWMN, and HCV NS5 (2638-2646) YDTRCFDST sequences were immunodominant in the HCV-infected cohort under study. These three peptides correspond to sequences that are endowed with low-similarity to the human proteome, are highly conserved among various HCV strains, and have, potentially, a scarce susceptibility to proteolytic attacks. These data may be of help in defining the multiple factors which concur in the modulation of the human immune response against HCV, eventually providing information for the design of effective anti-HCV vaccines. 相似文献