Proteogenomic analysis reveals RNA as a source for tumor-agnostic neoantigen identification

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Contributors

  • Celina Tretter - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Niklas de Andrade Krätzig - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Matteo Pecoraro - , Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (Author)
  • Sebastian Lange - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Philipp Seifert - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Clara von Frankenberg - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Johannes Untch - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Gabriela Zuleger - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Mathias Wilhelm - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Daniel P Zolg - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Florian S Dreyer - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Eva Bräunlein - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Thomas Engleitner - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Sebastian Uhrig - , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) (Author)
  • Melanie Boxberg - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Katja Steiger - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Julia Slotta-Huspenina - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Sebastian Ochsenreither - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Berlin (Author)
  • Nikolas von Bubnoff - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Freiburg (Author)
  • Sebastian Bauer - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Essen / Düsseldorf (Author)
  • Melanie Boerries - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Freiburg (Author)
  • Philipp J Jost - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Kristina Schenck - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Iska Dresing - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Florian Bassermann - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Helmut Friess - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Daniel Reim - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Konrad Grützmann - , Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, German Cancer Consortium (Partner: DKTK, DKFZ), National Center for Tumor Diseases (Partners: UKD, MFD, HZDR, DKFZ), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden (Author)
  • Katrin Pfütze - , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) (Author)
  • Barbara Klink - , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) (Author)
  • Evelin Schröck - , German Cancer Consortium (Partner: DKTK, DKFZ), Institute of Clinical Genetics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), ERN GENTURIS, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (Author)
  • Bernhard Haller - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Bernhard Kuster - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Matthias Mann - , Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (Author)
  • Wilko Weichert - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Stefan Fröhling - , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) (Author)
  • Roland Rad - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Michael Hiltensperger - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)
  • Angela M Krackhardt - , German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Munich (Author)

Abstract

Systemic pan-tumor analyses may reveal the significance of common features implicated in cancer immunogenicity and patient survival. Here, we provide a comprehensive multi-omics data set for 32 patients across 25 tumor types for proteogenomic-based discovery of neoantigens. By using an optimized computational approach, we discover a large number of tumor-specific and tumor-associated antigens. To create a pipeline for the identification of neoantigens in our cohort, we combine DNA and RNA sequencing with MS-based immunopeptidomics of tumor specimens, followed by the assessment of their immunogenicity and an in-depth validation process. We detect a broad variety of non-canonical HLA-binding peptides in the majority of patients demonstrating partially immunogenicity. Our validation process allows for the selection of 32 potential neoantigen candidates. The majority of neoantigen candidates originates from variants identified in the RNA data set, illustrating the relevance of RNA as a still understudied source of cancer antigens. This study underlines the importance of RNA-centered variant detection for the identification of shared biomarkers and potentially relevant neoantigen candidates.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number4632
JournalNature communications
Volume14
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2 Aug 2023
Peer-reviewedNo

External IDs

PubMedCentral PMC10397250
Scopus 85166433845

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Humans, Proteogenomics, Neoplasms/genetics, Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics, Peptides

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