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Prediction of immunogenic neoantigens based on pHLA structure

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K21528
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 49:Pathology, infection/immunology, and related fields
Research InstitutionSapporo Medical University

Principal Investigator

KANASEKI Takayuki  札幌医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (50531266)

Project Period (FY) 2020-07-30 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords腫瘍免疫 / 腫瘍抗原 / ネオアンチゲン / HLA / CD8 T細胞 / 免疫監視 / T細胞 / 免疫原性
Outline of Research at the Start

遺伝子変異量はがんタイプを超えた免疫チェックポイント阻害剤バイオマーカーとして認知されるが、実際には例外が少なからず存在する。どのような変異が臨床的に意義のあるネオアンチゲンとなりうるのかは未だ不明である。我々はマススペクトロメトリーを用いて免疫原性の高いナチュラルなHLA提示ネオアンチゲンを同定する技術を確立し論文報告した。本課題では、同定したネオアンチゲンをモデルに、ペプチドHLA複合体の立体構造3Dモデリングを行い、in silico解析からネオアンチゲン免疫原性を予測する新しい技術を開発する。本研究の成果はがん免疫治療における効果予測バイオマーカーおよび標的探索に貢献できると考える。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

CD8 T cells recognize neoantigens that arise from somatic mutations, discriminating cancer cells. However, the nature of neoantigens that confer immunogenicity on wild-type peptides remains unclear. Here, we conducted proteogenomic HLA ligandome analysis and identified a series of neoantigens naturally displayed by a human colon cancer line. We found that the antigenicity to induce healthy donor-derived CD8 T cells varies among the identified neoantigens. Further, we prepared a panel of neoantigen variants that differed in substituted amino acids, and assessed their antigenicity. As a result, we found that the antigenicity was positively associated with the difference between the neoantigen variants and wild-type peptides in their pHLA 3D structure. Delta ASA (accessible surface are of pHLAs between neoantigen and wild type) scores based on 3D structure may benefit immunogenicity prediction of neoantigens.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

腫瘍の体細胞遺伝子変異量(TMB)は免疫チェックポイント阻害剤の効果バイオマーカーである。しかし、多くのがん種類で奏効率は20%程度にとどまっている。今回、免疫応答を惹起する変異を予測する新しい方法を開発できた。pHLAの立体構造差に基づくアルゴリズムである。つまり、従来バイオマーカーである変異「量」に変異の「質」的評価を上乗せすることが出来る。本法は新しい免疫チェックポイントバイオマーカーとして役立つ可能性があり、免疫チェックポイント阻害剤患者コホートを用いた検証を検討している。臨床応用による社会貢献を目指す。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Characterization of Proteasome-Generated Spliced Peptides Detected by Mass Spectrometry2022

    • Author(s)
      Kato Koji、Nakatsugawa Munehide、Tokita Serina、Hirohashi Yoshihiko、Kubo Terufumi、Tsukahara Tomohide、Murata Kenji、Chiba Hirofumi、Takahashi Hiroki、Hirano Naoto、Kanaseki Takayuki、Torigoe Toshihiko
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Immunology

      Volume: 208 Issue: 12 Pages: 2856-2865

    • DOI

      10.4049/jimmunol.2100717

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Combined chemoradiotherapy and programmed cell death-ligand 1 blockade leads to changes in the circulating T-cell receptor repertoire of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.2022

    • Author(s)
      Someya M, Tokita S, Kanaseki T, Kitagawa M, Hasegawa T, Tsuchiya T, Fukushima Y, Gocho T, Kozuka Y, Mafune S, Ikeuchi Y, Takahashi M, Moniwa K, Matsuo K, Hasegawa T, Torigoe T, Sakata KI.
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Sci.

      Volume: 113(12) Issue: 12 Pages: 4394-4400

    • DOI

      10.1111/cas.15566

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] CD8+ T?cell Immune Surveillance against a Tumor Antigen Encoded by the Oncogenic Long Noncoding RNA <i>PVT1</i>2021

    • Author(s)
      Kikuchi Yasuhiro、Tokita Serina、Hirama Tomomi、Kochin Vitaly、Nakatsugawa Munehide、Shinkawa Tomoyo、Hirohashi Yoshihiko、Tsukahara Tomohide、Hata Fumitake、Takemasa Ichiro、Sato Noriyuki、Kanaseki Takayuki、Torigoe Toshihiko
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Immunology Research

      Volume: 9 Issue: 11 Pages: 1342-1353

    • DOI

      10.1158/2326-6066.cir-20-0964

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Proteogenomic identification of an immunogenic HLA class I neoantigen in mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer tissue2021

    • Author(s)
      Hirama Tomomi、Tokita Serina、Nakatsugawa Munehide、Murata Kenji、Nannya Yasuhito、Matsuo Kazuhiko、Inoko Hidetoshi、Hirohashi Yoshihiko、Hashimoto Shinichi、Ogawa Seishi、Takemasa Ichiro、Sato Noriyuki、Hata Fumitake、Kanaseki Takayuki、Torigoe Toshihiko
    • Journal Title

      JCI Insight

      Volume: 6 Issue: 14 Pages: 146356-146356

    • DOI

      10.1172/jci.insight.146356

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Characterization of CD8+ T-cell responses to non-anchor-type HLA class I neoantigens with single amino-acid substitutions2021

    • Author(s)
      Shinkawa Tomoyo、Tokita Serina、Nakatsugawa Munehide、Kikuchi Yasuhiro、Kanaseki Takayuki、Torigoe Toshihiko
    • Journal Title

      OncoImmunology

      Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 1870062-1870062

    • DOI

      10.1080/2162402x.2020.1870062

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] がん免疫療法とプレシジョン医療2022

    • Author(s)
      金関 貴幸
    • Organizer
      第26回日本がん免疫学会総会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ネオアンチゲンと 免疫チェックポイント阻害剤2021

    • Author(s)
      金関貴幸
    • Organizer
      日本臨床腫瘍学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] プロテオゲノミクスによるHLA提示ペプチド解析と非コード領域遺伝子に由来する新しいがん抗原クラスの同定2020

    • Author(s)
      金関貴幸
    • Organizer
      第24回日本がん免疫学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2020-08-03   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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