Gheath Alatrash, Alexander A Perakis, Celine Kerros, Haley L Peters, Pariya Sukhumalchandra, Mao Zhang, Haroon Jakher, Madhushree Zope, Rebecca S Patenia, Anna Sergeeva, Shuhua Yi, Ken H Young, Anne V Philips, Amanda C Herrmann, Haven R Garber, Na Qiao, Jinsheng Weng, Lisa S St John, Sijie Lu, Karen Clise-Dwyer, Elizabeth A Mittendorf, Qing Ma, Jeffrey J Molldrem
PURPOSE: PR1 is a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 nonameric peptide derived from neutrophil elastase (NE) and proteinase 3 (P3). We have previously shown that PR1 is cross-presented by solid tumors, leukemia, and antigen presenting cells, including B cells. We have also shown that cross-presentation of PR1 by solid tumors renders them susceptible to killing by PR1-targeting immunotherapies. Since multiple myeloma (MM) is derived from B cells, we investigated whether MM is also capable of PR1 cross-presentation and subsequently capable of being targeted using PR1 immunotherapies...
April 16, 2018: Clinical Cancer Research: An Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research