PMID- 11129426 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010208 LR - 20191210 IS - 1068-9265 (Print) IS - 1068-9265 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 10 DP - 2000 Dec TI - Dendritic cells armed with anti-CD3 mAbs reduce pulmonary metastases, prolong survival, and engender antitumor effector cells demonstrable by adoptive transfer. PG - 771-6 AB - BACKGROUND: Dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with tumor cells or peptides are effective antitumor agents in a number of tumor models. In light of our earlier demonstration that T-cell signaling via the CD3 proteins induces cytolytic activity and constrains tumor progression, we equipped DCs pulsed with tumor cells with anti-CD3 mAbs and tested their antitumor efficacy in a murine renal cell cancer pulmonary metastasis model. METHODS: We investigated the antitumor efficacy of DCs pulsed with whole irradiated tumor cells (DC/R) or DCs pulsed with irradiated tumor cells and armed with anti-CD3 mAbs (DC/R/anti-CD3 mAbs). Experimental end points included the number of pulmonary metastases and survival of tumor-inoculated mice. RESULTS: Our studies demonstrate that arming tumor-pulsed DCs with anti-CD3 mAbs results in a superior outcome compared to that from tumor-pulsed DCs alone in terms of reduction in the number of pulmonary metastases and survival times. Furthermore, adoptive transfer experiments revealed that the splenocytes from DC/R/anti-CD3 mAbs-treated mice are superior to splenocytes from DC/R-treated mice in reducing renal cancer pulmonary metastases in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) beige mice. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that the therapeutic efficacy of DCs pulsed with tumor cells can be augmented by arming them with anti-CD3 mAbs. DC-based treatment regimens that currently are being pursued in clinical trials might be improved by equipping such cells with anti-CD3 mAbs. FAU - Maluccio, M A AU - Maluccio MA AD - Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York 10021, USA. FAU - Rao, J AU - Rao J FAU - Sharma, V AU - Sharma V FAU - Lagman, M AU - Lagman M FAU - Suthanthiran, M AU - Suthanthiran M LA - eng GR - CA75732/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Ann Surg Oncol JT - Annals of surgical oncology JID - 9420840 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (CD3 Complex) SB - IM MH - Adoptive Transfer MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal MH - *CD3 Complex MH - Carcinoma, Renal Cell/immunology/*secondary/*therapy MH - *Dendritic Cells MH - *Immunotherapy, Adoptive MH - Kidney Neoplasms/pathology MH - Lung Neoplasms/*secondary/*therapy MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, SCID MH - Models, Animal MH - Survival Analysis EDAT- 2000/12/29 11:00 MHDA- 2001/03/03 10:01 CRDT- 2000/12/29 11:00 PHST- 2000/12/29 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/03/03 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/12/29 11:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10434-000-0771-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Surg Oncol. 2000 Dec;7(10):771-6. doi: 10.1007/s10434-000-0771-9.