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Lorenz, F.K.* ; Wilde, S. ; Voigt, K.* ; Kieback, E.* ; Mosetter, B. ; Schendel, D.J. ; Uckert, W.*

Codon optimization of the human papillomavirus E7 oncogene induces a CD8+ T cell response to a cryptic epitope not harbored by wild-type E7.

PLoS ONE 10:e0121633 (2015)
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Codon optimization of nucleotide sequences is a widely used method to achieve high levels of transgene expression for basic and clinical research. Until now, immunological side effects have not been described. To trigger T cell responses against human papillomavirus, we incubated T cells with dendritic cells that were pulsed with RNA encoding the codon-optimized E7 oncogene. All T cell receptors isolated from responding T cell clones recognized target cells expressing the codon-optimized E7 gene but not the wild type E7 sequence. Epitope mapping revealed recognition of a cryptic epitope from the +3 alternative reading frame of codon-optimized E7, which is not encoded by the wild type E7 sequence. The introduction of a stop codon into the +3 alternative reading frame protected the transgene product from recognition by T cell receptor gene-modified T cells. This is the first experimental study demonstrating that codon optimization can render a transgene artificially immunogenic through generation of a dominant cryptic epitope. This finding may be of great importance for the clinical field of gene therapy to avoid rejection of gene-corrected cells and for the design of DNA- and RNA-based vaccines, where codon optimization may artificially add a strong immunogenic component to the vaccine.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Antigen-presenting Cells; Antitumor-activity; Human-lymphocytes; Dendritic Cells; Cancer; Mhc; Gene; Expression; Receptors; Molecules
Language english
Publication Year 2015
HGF-reported in Year 2015
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1932-6203
Journal PLoS ONE
Quellenangaben Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: , Article Number: e0121633 Supplement: ,
Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publishing Place Lawrence, Kan.
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Molecular Immunology (IMI)
POF-Topic(s) 30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
Research field(s) Immune Response and Infection
PSP Element(s) G-501700-001
PubMed ID 25799237
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0121633
WOS ID WOS:000351987300278
Scopus ID 84925711178
Erfassungsdatum 2015-03-25
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