PMID- 38356658 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240216 IS - 2001-0370 (Print) IS - 2001-0370 (Electronic) IS - 2001-0370 (Linking) VI - 23 DP - 2024 Dec TI - Enhancing Mass spectrometry-based tumor immunopeptide identification: machine learning filter leveraging HLA binding affinity, aliphatic index and retention time deviation. PG - 859-869 LID - 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.01.023 [doi] AB - Accurately identifying neoantigens is crucial for developing effective cancer vaccines and improving tumor immunotherapy. Mass spectrometry-based immunopeptidomics has emerged as a promising approach to identifying human leukocyte antigen (HLA) peptides presented on the surface of cancer cells, but false-positive identifications remain a significant challenge. In this study, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based proteomics and next-generation sequencing were utilized to identify HLA-presenting neoantigenic peptides resulting from non-synonymous single nucleotide variations in tumor tissues from 18 patients with renal cell carcinoma or pancreatic cancer. Machine learning was utilized to evaluate Mascot identifications through the prediction of MS/MS spectral consistency, and four descriptors for each candidate sequence: the max Mascot ion score, predicted HLA binding affinity, aliphatic index and retention time deviation, were selected as important features in filtering out identifications with inadequate fragmentation consistency. This suggests that incorporating rescoring filters based on peptide physicochemical characteristics could enhance the identification rate of MS-based immunopeptidomics compared to the traditional Mascot approach predominantly used for proteomics, indicating the potential for optimizing neoantigen identification pipelines as well as clinical applications. CI - (c) 2024 The Authors. FAU - Wei, Feifei AU - Wei F AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Kouro, Taku AU - Kouro T AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Nakamura, Yuko AU - Nakamura Y AD - Isotope Science Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Ueda, Hiroki AU - Ueda H AD - Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Iiizumi, Susumu AU - Iiizumi S AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Research & Early Development Division, BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan. FAU - Hasegawa, Kyoko AU - Hasegawa K AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Research & Early Development Division, BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan. FAU - Asahina, Yuki AU - Asahina Y AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Kishida, Takeshi AU - Kishida T AD - Department of Urology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Morinaga, Soichiro AU - Morinaga S AD - Department of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Himuro, Hidetomo AU - Himuro H AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Horaguchi, Shun AU - Horaguchi S AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Tsuji, Kayoko AU - Tsuji K AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Mano, Yasunobu AU - Mano Y AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Nakamura, Norihiro AU - Nakamura N AD - Research & Early Development Division, BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan. FAU - Kawamura, Takeshi AU - Kawamura T AD - Isotope Science Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Sasada, Tetsuro AU - Sasada T AD - Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240203 PL - Netherlands TA - Comput Struct Biotechnol J JT - Computational and structural biotechnology journal JID - 101585369 PMC - PMC10864759 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aliphatic index OT - Immunopeptidomics OT - Machine learning OT - Mass spectrometry COIS- Tetsuro Sasada received honoraria from Chugai and Bristol Myers Squibb, and research funds from Taiho. EDAT- 2024/02/15 06:43 MHDA- 2024/02/15 06:44 PMCR- 2024/02/03 CRDT- 2024/02/15 04:00 PHST- 2023/11/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/01/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2024/01/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/15 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/15 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/15 04:00 [entrez] PHST- 2024/02/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2001-0370(24)00023-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.01.023 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2024 Feb 3;23:859-869. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.01.023. eCollection 2024 Dec.