J. Exp. Med., Volume 189, Number 5, March 1, 1999 871-876

Melanoma Cells Present a MAGE-3 Epitope to CD4⁺ Cytotoxic T Cells in Association with Histocompatibility Leukocyte Antigen DR11

By Simona Manici,^* Tiziana Sturniolo,^¶ Maria Adele Imro,^* Juergen Hammer,^** Francesco Sinigaglia,^¶ Christoph Noppen, Giulio Spagnoli, Benedetta Mazzi,^§ Matteo Bellone,^* Paolo Dellabona, and Maria Pia Protti^*

From the ^* Laboratory of  Tumor Immunology, the  Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, and the ^§ Laboratory of Molecular Tissue Typing and  Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biology and Technology (DIBIT), Scientific Institute H. San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy; ^¶ Roche Milano Ricerche, 20132 Milan, Italy; ^** Roche Discovery Technologies, Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., Nutley, New Jersey 07110; and  Departement Chirurgie, Kantonsspital, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

In this study we used TEPITOPE, a new epitope prediction software, to identify sequence segments on the MAGE-3 protein with promiscuous binding to histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR molecules. Synthetic peptides corresponding to the identified sequences were synthesized and used to propagate CD4⁺ T cells from the blood of a healthy donor. CD4⁺ T cells strongly recognized MAGE-3_281-295 and, to a lesser extent, MAGE-3_141-155 and MAGE-3_146-160. Moreover, CD4⁺ T cells proliferated in the presence of recombinant MAGE-3 after processing and presentation by autologous antigen presenting cells, demonstrating that the MAGE-3 epitopes recognized are naturally processed. CD4⁺ T cells, mostly of the T helper 1 type, showed specific lytic activity against HLA-DR11/MAGE-3-positive melanoma cells. Cold target inhibition experiments demonstrated indeed that the CD4⁺ T cells recognized MAGE-3_281-295 in association with HLA-DR11 on melanoma cells. This is the first evidence that a tumor-specific shared antigen forms CD4⁺ T cell epitopes. Furthermore, we validated the use of algorithms for the prediction of promiscuous CD4⁺ T cell epitopes, thus opening the possibility of wide application to other tumor-associated antigens. These results have direct implications for cancer immunotherapy in the design of peptide-based vaccines with tumor-specific CD4⁺ T cell epitopes.

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