TY - JOUR AB - Cancer immunotherapy has become one of the most important therapeutic approaches to cancer in the past two decades. Tumor antigen-derived peptides have been widely used to elicit tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Antigen-specific CTLs induced by MAGE-derived peptides have proven to be highly efficacious in the prevention and treatment of various types of tumor. MAGE-n is a new member of the MAGE gene family and has been shown to be closely associated with hepatocellular carcinoma. It is highly homologous to the MAGE-A gene subfamily, particularly to MAGE-3 (93%). MAGE-n-derived peptide QLVFGIEVV is a novel HLA-A2.1-restricted CTL epitope that induces MAGE-n-specific CTLs in vitro. Identification of these CTL epitopes may lead to clinical applications of these peptides as cancer vaccines for patients with MAGE-n+/HLA-A2+ tumors. In the present study, HLA-A/A24-restricted CTL epitopes of antigen MAGE-n were predicted using the NetCTL1.2 Server on the web, COMB >0.85. The results showed that the NetCTL1.2 Server prediction method improved prediction efficacy and accuracy. Additionally, 8 HLA-A2- and 9 HLA-A24-restricted CTL epitope candidates (nonamers) derived from the tumor antigen MAGE-n were predicted. These nonamers, following identification via experimentation, may contribute to the development of potential antigen peptide tumor vaccines. AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Department of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China Department of Emergency Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China AU - Zhang,Xiu-Min AU - Huang,Yang AU - Li,Zeng-Shan AU - Lin,Hui AU - Sui,Yan-Fang DA - 2010/11/01 DO - 10.3892/ol.2010.193 EP - 1100 IS - 6 JO - Oncol Lett KW - MAGE-n HLA-A2/A24 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitope prediction PY - 2010 SN - 1792-1074 1792-1082 SP - 1097 ST - Prediction and analysis of HLA-A2/A24-restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes of the tumor antigen MAGE-n using the artificial neural networks method on NetCTL1.2 Server T2 - Oncology Letters TI - Prediction and analysis of HLA-A2/A24-restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes of the tumor antigen MAGE-n using the artificial neural networks method on NetCTL1.2 Server UR - https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2010.193 VL - 1 ER -