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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.5.2023.tde-30052023-112455
Document
Author
Full name
Gabriela Avila de Grazia
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2023
Supervisor
Committee
Villa, Luisa Lina (President)
Fregnani, José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro
Giordano, Ricardo José
Strauss, Bryan Eric
Title in Portuguese
Caracterização de um peptídeo selecionado por Phage Display com atividade anti-tumoral
Keywords in Portuguese
Biblioteca de bacteriófagos
Câncer do colo do útero
CD40
HPV
Mimotopo
Neoplasia
Peptídeos
Phage Display
Abstract in Portuguese
A relação entre infecção persistente de papilomavírus humano (HPV) de alto risco e o desenvolvimento de certos tipos de câncer está bem estabelecida. No entanto, alternativas terapêuticas para infecções e tumores causados por esses vírus são limitadas. Anteriormente, nosso grupo encontrou motivos peptídicos, a partir de um immunescreening de uma biblioteca de Phage display heptapeptídica circular baseada no fago M13, utilizando soros de participantes positivas para HPV provenientes de um estudo prospectivo de HPV e neoplasia cervical. Quatro peptídeos enriquecidos foram encontrados e, um deles, PEP1, foi selecionado para estudos posteriores. As imunizações de camundongos portadores de tumor HPV-16 positivo (linhagem celular TC-1) realizadas com o fago recombinante PEP1 (ØPEP1) resultou em redução do crescimento do tumor, onde essa redução foi associada a células T CD8 (SULAIMAN, 2017). Buscando caracterizar o mecanismo subjacente à atividade anti-tumoral observada, verificamos que ØPEP1 não se liga a linhagens celulares derivadas de tumores do colo uterino HPV positivas (SiHa e HeLa), mas possui a capacidade de se ligar a soros e plasmas derivados de mulheres com esfregaços de cérvice uterina HPV positivos e HPV negativos. A análise da sequência heptapeptidica de PEP1 mostrou que sua sequência é encontrada no CD40 humano, sugerindo que PEP1 poderia atuar como um mimotopo de CD40. Utilizando ferramentas de bioinformática, avaliamos o perfil de expressão de CD40 em tumores da cérvice uterina, onde verificamos que a expressão de CD40 é maior em carcinomas escamosos do colo do útero, quando comparado aos adenocarcinomas do colo uterino, carcinomas mucinosos e carcinomas endometrióides, estando associado a um melhor prognóstico. Em amostras de câncer da cérvice uterina, verificamos coincidência no padrão de marcação por imunohistoquimica entre ØPEP1 e CD40. A hipótese de que PEP1 poderia atuar como um mimotopo de CD40 foi testada em linhagens celulares que expressam o ligante de CD40 (CD40L), observando-se ligação específica do fago recombinante. A especificidade de ligação de ØPEP1 foi verificada por ensaios de competição com o anticorpo anti-CD40L. Em conjunto, esses dados sugerem que ØPEP1 pode atuar como mimotopo de CD40
Title in English
Characterization of a phage-display selected peptide with antitumor activity
Keywords in English
Bacteriophage library
CD40
Cervical cancer
HPV
Mimotope
Neoplasm
Peptides
Phage Display
Abstract in English
The relationship between persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and the development of certain types of cancer is well established. However, therapeutic alternatives for infections and tumors caused by these viruses are limited. Previously, our group found peptide motifs from an immunescreening of a M13 phage-based circular heptapeptide Phage display library using sera from HPV-positive participants from a prospective study of HPV and cervical neoplasia. Four enriched peptides were found and one of them, PEP1, was selected for further studies. Immunizations of mice bearing HPV-16 positive tumor (TC-1 cell line) performed with the recombinant phage PEP1 (ØPEP1) resulted in reduced tumor growth, where this reduction was associated with CD8 T cells (SULAIMAN, 2017). To characterize the mechanism underlying the observed anti-tumor activity, we verified that ØPEP1 does not bind to HPV positive cervical cancer cell lines (SiHa and HeLa), but has the ability to bind to sera and plasmas derived from women with HPV positive and HPV negative cervix smears. Analysis of the heptapeptide sequence of PEP1 showed that its sequence is found on human CD40, suggesting that PEP1 could act as a mimotope of CD40. Using bioinformatics tools, we evaluated the CD40 expression profile in uterine cervix tumors, where we found that CD40 expression is higher in cervical squamous cell carcinomas, when compared to cervical adenocarcinomas, mucinous carcinomas and to endometrioid carcinomas, being associated with a better prognosis. In cervical cancer samples, we found a coincidence in the immunohistochemical staining between ØPEP1 and CD40. The hypothesis that PEP1 could act as a mimotope of CD40 was tested in cell lines that express the CD40 ligand (CD40L), observing specific binding of the recombinant phage. The specificity of ØPEP1 was verified by competition assays using anti-CD40L antibody. Together, these data suggest that ØPEP1 could act as a mimotope of CD40
 
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