Article ; Online: Lack of shared neoantigens in prevalent mutations in cancer.
Journal of translational medicine
2024 Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 344
Abstract: Tumors are mostly characterized by genetic instability, as result of mutations in surveillance mechanisms, such as DNA damage checkpoint, DNA repair machinery and mitotic checkpoint. Defect in one or more of these mechanisms causes additive accumulation ... ...
Abstract | Tumors are mostly characterized by genetic instability, as result of mutations in surveillance mechanisms, such as DNA damage checkpoint, DNA repair machinery and mitotic checkpoint. Defect in one or more of these mechanisms causes additive accumulation of mutations. Some of these mutations are drivers of transformation and are positively selected during the evolution of the cancer, giving a growth advantage on the cancer cells. If such mutations would result in mutated neoantigens, these could be actionable targets for cancer vaccines and/or adoptive cell therapies. However, the results of the present analysis show, for the first time, that the most prevalent mutations identified in human cancers do not express mutated neoantigens. The hypothesis is that this is the result of the selection operated by the immune system in the very early stages of tumor development. At that stage, the tumor cells characterized by mutations giving rise to highly antigenic non-self-mutated neoantigens would be efficiently targeted and eliminated. Consequently, the outgrowing tumor cells cannot be controlled by the immune system, with an ultimate growth advantage to form large tumors embedded in an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). The outcome of such a negative selection operated by the immune system is that the development of off-the-shelf vaccines, based on shared mutated neoantigens, does not seem to be at hand. This finding represents the first demonstration of the key role of the immune system on shaping the tumor antigen presentation and the implication in the development of antitumor immunological strategies. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Neoplasms/genetics ; Neoplasms/therapy ; Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics ; Cancer Vaccines/genetics ; Mutation/genetics ; Cell Cycle Checkpoints ; Immunotherapy ; Tumor Microenvironment |
Chemical Substances | Antigens, Neoplasm ; Cancer Vaccines |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-04-10 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2118570-0 |
ISSN | 1479-5876 ; 1479-5876 |
ISSN (online) | 1479-5876 |
ISSN | 1479-5876 |
DOI | 10.1186/s12967-024-05110-0 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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