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Title: HER2/neu-based peptide vaccination-pulsed with B-cell epitope induced efficient prophylactic and therapeutic antitumor activities in TUBO breast cancer mice model
Authors: Muhammad Luqman Nordin
Abdin Shakirin Mohamad Norpi
Ng, Pei Yuen
Khatijah Yusoff
Nadiah Abu
Lim, Kue Peng
Fazren Azmi
(UniKL RCMP)
Keywords: Antitumor
B-cell epitope
Breast cancer
HER2/neu
Multi-epitope
Peptide vaccines
Issue Date: Oct-2021
Publisher: MDPI   
Citation: Muhammad Luqman Nordin, Abdin Shakirin Mohamad Norpi, Ng, P. Y., Khatijah Yusoff, Nadiah Abu, Lim, K. P., & Fazren Azmi (2021). HER2/neu-Based Peptide Vaccination-Pulsed with B-Cell Epitope Induced Efficient Prophylactic and Therapeutic Antitumor Activities in TUBO Breast Cancer Mice Model. Cancers, 13(19), 4958. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13194958
Abstract: Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer diagnosed among women. A cancer vaccine has been recognized as a form of immunotherapy with a prominent position in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. The majority of current breast cancer vaccination strategies aim to stimulate antitumor T-cell responses of the HER2/neu oncogene, which is abnormally expressed in breast cancer cells. However, the role of the B-cell humoral response is often underappreciated in the cancer vaccine design. We have advanced this idea by elucidating the role of B-cells in cancer vaccination by designing a chimeric antigenic peptide possessing both cytotoxic T lymphocytes (GP2) and B-cell (P4) peptide epitopes derived from HER2/neu. The chimeric peptide (GP2–P4) was further conjugated to a carrier protein (KLH), forming a KLH–GP2–P4 conjugate. The immunogenicity of KLH–GP2–P4 was compared with KLH–GP2 (lacking the B-cell epitope) in BALB/c mice. Mice immunized with KLH–GP2–P4 elicited more potent antigen-specific neutralizing antibodies against syngeneic TUBO cells (cancer cell line overexpressing HER2/neu) that was governed by a balanced Th1/Th2 polarization in comparison to KLH–GP2. Subsequently, these immune responses led to greater inhibition of tumor growth and longer survival in TUBO tumor-bearing mice in both prophylactic and therapeutic challenge experiments. Overall, our data demonstrated that the B-cell epitope has a profound effect in orchestrating an efficacious antitumor immunity. Thus, a multi-epitope peptide vaccine encompassing cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, T-helper and B-cell epitopes represents a promising strategy in developing cancer vaccines with a preventive and therapeutic modality for the effective management of breast cancer
URI: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/19/4958
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/26330
ISSN: 20726694   
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