Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40339010›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

Pancreatic cancer-restricted cryptic antigens are targets for T cell recognition.

Zackery A Ely, Zachary J Kulstad, Gurcan Gunaydin, Sudarsana Addepalli, Eva K Verzani, Marta Casarrubios, Karl R Clauser, Xilin Wang, Isabelle E Lippincott, Cedric Louvet and 18 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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55 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Zackery A Ely *Koch Institute at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9694-0341
Zachary J Kulstad *Koch Institute at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-2253-6366
Gurcan GunaydinDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6751-2217
Sudarsana AddepalliDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-3769-7562
Eva K VerzaniThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-0846-4878
Marta CasarrubiosDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2872-9552
Karl R ClauserThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1052-9456
Xilin WangDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-8863-3297
Isabelle E LippincottThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-9034-5150
Cedric LouvetDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5668-2448
Thomas SchmittProgram in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0736-4195
Kevin S KapnerDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2306-2373
Miles P AgusKoch Institute at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-3533-6466
Connor J HennesseyDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5579-1220
James M ClearyDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Sine R HadrupDepartment of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-5937-4344
Susan KlaegerThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0074-5163
Jennifer SuKoch Institute at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1798-6542
Alex M JaegerKoch Institute at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4319-4330
Brian M WolpinDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0455-1032
Srivatsan RaghavanDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5374-9918
Eric L SmithDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0296-7587
Philip D GreenbergProgram in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Andrew J AguirreDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0701-6203
Jennifer G AbelinDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5262-7241
Steven A CarrThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7203-4299
Tyler JacksKoch Institute at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5785-8911
William A Freed-PastorKoch Institute at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7377-2111

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Jacqueline A. Lees · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32GM007287 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BELL, STEPHEN P., KEATING, AMY E · 1985 to 2019
$40.8M
Physician Scientist Training in Cancer ResearchT32CA009172 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI Jennifer R Brown, James A. DeCaprio · 1985 to 2026
$17.1M
ProteomicsP01CA206978 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SIMON, JEREMY M. · 2016 to 2025
$17.0M
Center of Excellence for High Throughput Proteogenomic CharacterizationU24CA270823 · NCI · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI STEVEN A CARR, MICHAEL A GILLETTE · 2022 to 2026
$5.3M
Proteogenomic Predictors of Recurrence in Non-small Cell Lung CancerU01CA271402 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI STEVEN A CARR, MICHAEL A GILLETTE · 2022 to 2026
$5.0M
Studying factors controlling cancer progression and immune recognition in mouse modelsR35CA274464 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI TYLER E. JACKS · 2022 to 2026
$4.6M
Mechanisms of response and resistance to KRAS inhibition in pancreatic cancerR01CA276268 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Andrew James Aguirre · 2023 to 2026
$2.2M
Regulation and targeting of tumor cell states and plasticity in pancreatic cancerK08CA260442 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Srivatsan Raghavan · 2022 to 2026
$1.5M
Elucidating the molecular and cellular mechanisms of immune evasion in pancreatic cancerK08CA259621 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI WILLIAM A FREED-PASTOR · 2022 to 2026
$1.1M
Comprehensive modeling of tumor suppressor gene-derived neoantigens in pancreatic cancerF31CA268835 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ELY, ZACKERY · 2022 to 2022
$30k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA268835NCI NIH HHS K08 CA259621NCI NIH HHS K08 CA260442NCI NIH HHS P01 CA206978NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NCI NIH HHS R01 CA276268NCI NIH HHS R35 CA274464NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009172NCI NIH HHS U01 CA271402NCI NIH HHS U24 CA270823NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Translation of the noncoding genome in cancer can generate cryptic (noncanonical) peptides capable of presentation by human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I); however, the cancer specificity and immunogenicity of noncanonical HLA-I-bound peptides (ncHLAp) are incompletely understood. Using high-resolution immunopeptidomics, we discovered that cryptic peptides are abundant in the pancreatic cancer immunopeptidome. Approximately 30% of ncHLAp exhibited cancer-restricted translation, and a substantial subset were shared among patients. Cancer-restricted ncHLAp displayed robust immunogenic potential in a sensitive ex vivo T cell priming platform. ncHLAp-reactive, T cell receptor-redirected T cells exhibited tumoricidal activity against patient-derived pancreatic cancer organoids. These findings demonstrate that pancreatic cancer harbors cancer-restricted ncHLAp that can be recognized by cytotoxic T cells. Future therapeutic strategies for pancreatic cancer, and potentially other solid tumors, may include targeting cryptic antigens.

Indexed as

Antigens, NeoplasmHistocompatibility Antigens Class IPancreatic NeoplasmsPeptidesT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicAntigen PresentationCell Line, TumorHumansOrganoidsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellAntigens, NeoplasmHistocompatibility Antigens Class IPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID40339010
PMCPMC12163983

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