PMID- 14634105 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040301 LR - 20210102 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 171 IP - 11 DP - 2003 Dec 1 TI - Dendritic cells charged with apoptotic tumor cells induce long-lived protective CD4+ and CD8+ T cell immunity against B16 melanoma. PG - 5940-7 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent APCs and attractive vectors for cancer immunotherapy. Using the B16 melanoma, a poorly immunogenic experimental tumor that expresses low levels of MHC class I products, we investigated whether DCs loaded ex vivo with apoptotic tumor cells could elicit combined CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell dependent, long term immunity following injection into mice. The bone marrow-derived DCs underwent maturation during overnight coculture with apoptotic melanoma cells. Following injection, DCs migrated to the draining lymph nodes comparably to control DCs at a level corresponding to approximately 0.5% of the injected inoculum. Mice vaccinated with tumor-loaded DCs were protected against an intracutaneous challenge with B16, with 80% of the mice remaining tumor-free 12 wk after challenge. CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells were efficiently primed in vaccinated animals, as evidenced by IFN-gamma secretion after in vitro stimulation with DCs loaded with apoptotic B16 or DCs pulsed with the naturally expressed melanoma Ag, tyrosinase-related protein 2. In addition, B16 melanoma cells were recognized by immune CD8(+) T cells in vitro, and cytolytic activity against tyrosinase-related protein 2(180-188)-pulsed target cells was observed in vivo. When either CD4(+) or CD8(+) T cells were depleted at the time of challenge, the protection was completely abrogated. Mice receiving a tumor challenge 10 wk after vaccination were also protected, consistent with the induction of tumor-specific memory. Therefore, DCs loaded with cells undergoing apoptotic death can prime melanoma-specific helper and CTLs and provide long term protection against a poorly immunogenic tumor in mice. FAU - Goldszmid, Romina S AU - Goldszmid RS AD - Instituto Leloir, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas Buenos Aires, Argentina. FAU - Idoyaga, Juliana AU - Idoyaga J FAU - Bravo, Alicia I AU - Bravo AI FAU - Steinman, Ralph AU - Steinman R FAU - Mordoh, Jose AU - Mordoh J FAU - Wainstok, Rosa AU - Wainstok R LA - eng GR - 5P01CA84512-03/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (B7-2 Antigen) RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (Cd86 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) SB - IM MH - Adoptive Transfer MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/biosynthesis MH - Apoptosis/*immunology MH - B7-2 Antigen MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Cancer Vaccines/administration & dosage/immunology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement/immunology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology/*pathology/*transplantation MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/biosynthesis MH - Immunity, Cellular MH - Immunity, Innate/immunology MH - Immunologic Memory/immunology MH - Lymph Nodes/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Male MH - Melanoma, Experimental/*immunology/pathology/*prevention & control MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Phagocytosis/*immunology MH - Up-Regulation/immunology EDAT- 2003/11/25 05:00 MHDA- 2004/03/03 05:00 CRDT- 2003/11/25 05:00 PHST- 2003/11/25 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/03/03 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/11/25 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.171.11.5940 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2003 Dec 1;171(11):5940-7. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.11.5940.