PMID- 11691812 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20011204 LR - 20210102 IS - 0008-5472 (Print) IS - 0008-5472 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 21 DP - 2001 Nov 1 TI - Efficient antigen gene transduction using Arg-Gly-Asp fiber-mutant adenovirus vectors can potentiate antitumor vaccine efficacy and maturation of murine dendritic cells. PG - 7913-9 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs), the most effective antigen-presenting cells, are being studied as adjuvants or antigen delivery vehicles for eliciting T-cell-mediated antitumor immunity. Gene delivery to DCs provides an intracellular source of antigen for efficient and persistent loading to MHC class I molecules capable of activating CD8(+) CTLs, which play a central role in antitumor immunity. We previously reported that the fiber-mutant adenovirus vector (Ad) harboring the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequence in the HI loop of its fiber knob could more efficiently transduce the LacZ gene into both murine DC lines and normal human DCs than conventional Ad. In the present study, we compared immunological properties and vaccine efficacy of DC2.4 cells, an immature murine DC line, transduced with an ovalbumin (OVA) gene by fiber-mutant Ad (Ad-RGD-OVA) or conventional Ad (Ad-OVA). Ad-RGD-OVA-infected DC2.4 cells could more efficiently present OVA peptides via MHC class I molecules in a vector particle-dependent manner and induce OVA-specific CTL response by vaccination than Ad-OVA-infected DC2.4 cells. This result was correlated with the efficiency of gene transduction into DC2.4 cells by both types of Ad. Moreover, vaccination with Ad-RGD-OVA-infected DC2.4 cells could achieve an equal or greater antitumor effect against challenge with E.G7-OVA tumor cells with lower doses of Ad on infection or fewer cells for immunization than the vaccination procedure using Ad-OVA-infected DC2.4 cells. In addition, the maturation of DC2.4 cells was promoted by efficient expression of the antigen gene by the Arg-Gly-Asp fiber-mutant Ad. Flow cytometric analysis indicated enhanced expression of MHC class I and II molecules as well as CD80, CD86, CD40, and CD54, and reverse transcription-PCR analysis revealed increased levels of interleukin 12 p40 mRNA. However, infection by Ad-OVA or Ad that did not contain the cDNA of interest (Ad-Null and Ad-RGD-Null) contributed little to phenotypical changes in DC2.4 cells. On the basis of these results, we propose that DC manipulation using the Arg-Gly-Asp fiber-mutant Ad system could advance the development of more effective vaccines and allow for more convenient administration of DC-based gene immunotherapy. FAU - Okada, N AU - Okada N AD - Department of Biopharmaceutics, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan. okada@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp FAU - Saito, T AU - Saito T FAU - Masunaga, Y AU - Masunaga Y FAU - Tsukada, Y AU - Tsukada Y FAU - Nakagawa, S AU - Nakagawa S FAU - Mizuguchi, H AU - Mizuguchi H FAU - Mori, K AU - Mori K FAU - Okada, Y AU - Okada Y FAU - Fujita, T AU - Fujita T FAU - Hayakawa, T AU - Hayakawa T FAU - Mayumi, T AU - Mayumi T FAU - Yamamoto, A AU - Yamamoto A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cancer Res JT - Cancer research JID - 2984705R RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Luminescent Proteins) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) RN - 78VO7F77PN (arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid) RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) SB - IM MH - Adenoviridae/*genetics/immunology MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation/immunology MH - Cancer Vaccines/genetics/*immunology MH - Cell Differentiation/physiology MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/metabolism/physiology MH - Female MH - Genetic Vectors/genetics MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology MH - Immunotherapy, Adoptive MH - Interleukin-12/genetics/immunology MH - Luminescent Proteins/genetics MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology/prevention & control MH - Oligopeptides/*genetics/immunology MH - Ovalbumin/genetics/immunology MH - RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis/genetics MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology MH - Transduction, Genetic EDAT- 2001/11/03 10:00 MHDA- 2002/01/05 10:01 CRDT- 2001/11/03 10:00 PHST- 2001/11/03 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/01/05 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/11/03 10:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Res. 2001 Nov 1;61(21):7913-9.