Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against lung cancer, including NSCLC, SCLC and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
1. A method of treating a patient who has lung cancer, comprising administering to said patient a population of activated T cells that kill cancer cells that present a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of VWSDVTPLNF (SEQ ID NO: 10).
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activated T cells are cytotoxic T cells produced by contacting T cells with an antigen presenting cell that expresses the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule on the surface of the antigen presenting cell, for a period of time sufficient to activate said T cell.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the T cells are autologous to the patient.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising administering to said patient an adjuvant selected from anti-CD40 antibody, imiquimod, resiquimod, GM-CSF, cyclophosphamide, sunitinib, bevacizumab, interferon-alpha, interferon-beta, CpG oligonucleotides and derivatives, poly-(I:C) and derivatives, RNA, sildenafil, particulate formulations with poly(lactide co-glycolide) (PLG), virosomes, interleukin (IL)-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-12, IL-13, IL-15, IL-21, and IL-23.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-2.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-4.
7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-7.
8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-12.
9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-15.
10. The method of claim 4 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-21.
11. A method of eliciting an immune response in a patient who has lung cancer, comprising administering to said patient a population of activated T cells that kill cancer cells that present a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of VWSDVTPLNF (SEQ ID NO: 10).
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the activated T cells are cytotoxic T cells produced by contacting T cells with an antigen presenting cell that expresses the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule on the surface of the antigen presenting cell, for a period of time sufficient to activate said T cell.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the T cells are autologous to the patient.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising administering to said patient an adjuvant selected from anti-CD40 antibody, imiquimod, resiquimod, GM-CSF, cyclophosphamide, sunitinib, bevacizumab, interferon-alpha, interferon-beta, CpG oligonucleotides and derivatives, poly-(I:C) and derivatives, RNA, sildenafil, particulate formulations with poly(lactide co-glycolide) (PLG), virosomes, interleukin (IL)-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-12, IL-13, IL-15, IL-21, and IL-23.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-2.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-4.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-7.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-12.
19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-15.
20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the adjuvant is IL-21.