PMID- 28254787 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180608 LR - 20181113 IS - 2326-6074 (Electronic) IS - 2326-6066 (Print) IS - 2326-6066 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 4 DP - 2017 Apr TI - Serine Proteases Enhance Immunogenic Antigen Presentation on Lung Cancer Cells. PG - 319-329 LID - 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-16-0141 [doi] AB - Immunotherapies targeting immune checkpoints have proven efficacious in reducing the burden of lung cancer in patients; however, the antigenic targets of these reinvigorated T cells remain poorly defined. Lung cancer tumors contain tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) and neutrophils, which release the serine proteases neutrophil elastase (NE) and proteinase 3 (P3) into the tumor microenvironment. NE and P3 shape the antitumor adaptive immune response in breast cancer and melanoma. In this report, we demonstrate that lung cancer cells cross-presented the tumor-associated antigen PR1, derived from NE and P3. Additionally, NE and P3 enhanced the expression of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules on lung cancer cells and induced unique, endogenous peptides in the immunopeptidome, as detected with mass spectrometry sequencing. Lung cancer patient tissues with high intratumoral TAMs were enriched for MHC class I genes and T-cell markers, and patients with high TAM and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) infiltration had improved overall survival. We confirmed the immunogenicity of unique, endogenous peptides with cytotoxicity assays against lung cancer cell lines, using CTLs from healthy donors that had been expanded against select peptides. Finally, CTLs specific for serine proteases-induced endogenous peptides were detected in lung cancer patients using peptide/HLA-A2 tetramers and were elevated in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Thus, serine proteases in the tumor microenvironment of lung cancers promote the presentation of HLA class I immunogenic peptides that are expressed by lung cancer cells, thereby increasing the antigen repertoire that can be targeted in lung cancer. Cancer Immunol Res; 5(4); 319-29. (c)2017 AACR. CI - (c)2017 American Association for Cancer Research. FAU - Peters, Haley L AU - Peters HL AD - Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Tripathi, Satyendra C AU - Tripathi SC AD - Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention-Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Kerros, Celine AU - Kerros C AD - Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Katayama, Hiroyuki AU - Katayama H AD - Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention-Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Garber, Haven R AU - Garber HR AD - Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - St John, Lisa S AU - St John LS AD - Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Federico, Lorenzo AU - Federico L AD - Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Meraz, Ismail M AU - Meraz IM AD - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Roth, Jack A AU - Roth JA AD - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Sepesi, Boris AU - Sepesi B AD - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Majidi, Mourad AU - Majidi M AD - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Ruisaard, Kathryn AU - Ruisaard K AD - Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Clise-Dwyer, Karen AU - Clise-Dwyer K AD - Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Roszik, Jason AU - Roszik J AD - Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. AD - Department of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Gibbons, Don L AU - Gibbons DL AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Heymach, John V AU - Heymach JV AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Swisher, Stephen G AU - Swisher SG AD - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Bernatchez, Chantale AU - Bernatchez C AD - Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Alatrash, Gheath AU - Alatrash G AD - Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Hanash, Samir AU - Hanash S AD - Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention-Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Molldrem, Jeffrey J AU - Molldrem JJ AD - Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. jmolldre@mdanderson.org. LA - eng GR - P30 CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 CA009598/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 CA100632/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 CA070907/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA049639/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA148600/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170302 PL - United States TA - Cancer Immunol Res JT - Cancer immunology research JID - 101614637 RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (HLA-A2 Antigen) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - EC 3.4.- (Serine Proteases) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Antigen Presentation/*immunology MH - Antigens, Neoplasm/*immunology MH - Biomarkers MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - HLA-A2 Antigen/genetics/immunology/metabolism MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics/immunology/metabolism MH - Humans MH - *Immunomodulation MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology/metabolism MH - Lung Neoplasms/*immunology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Peptides/chemistry/immunology/metabolism MH - Serine Proteases/*metabolism MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC5673248 MID - NIHMS857562 COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. EDAT- 2017/03/04 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/09 06:00 PMCR- 2018/04/01 CRDT- 2017/03/04 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/02/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2326-6066.CIR-16-0141 [pii] AID - 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-16-0141 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Immunol Res. 2017 Apr;5(4):319-329. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-16-0141. Epub 2017 Mar 2.