PMID- 16019486 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20051005 LR - 20190116 IS - 1042-8194 (Print) IS - 1026-8022 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 4 DP - 2005 Apr TI - Cellular tumor vaccines administered after T cell-depleted allogeneic bone marrow transplantation induce effective anti-tumor immune responses. PG - 571-80 AB - In allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, graft vs. tumor (GVT) activity contributes to the cancer cure. It is closely associated with graft vs. host disease (GVHD), an immune response initiated by transplanted donor T-cell responses against host minor histocompatibility antigens (mHAgs). GVHD is prevented by T-cell depletion of the donor graft, but T-cell depletion also abrogates curative GVT. We wished to test the hypothesis that cellular tumor vaccines administered after T cell-depleted HSC transplant can induce significant GVT effects, despite the absence of transplanted mature donor T cells. In this investigation, a murine model of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-matched, mHAg-mismatched allogeneic HSC transplant was studied. T cell-depleted or normal T cell-containing grafts were given to myeloablated recipients. Following reconstitution the recipients were vaccinated with tumor vaccines. GVT responses were measured in vitro by T-cell function assays and flow cytometry, and in vivo by tumor burden or survival. Post-transplant tumor vaccines induced effective anti-tumor responses in recipients of T cell-depleted transplants, producing cytolytic and cytokine responses, reduced tumor burden and prolonged survival. Recipients of T cell-depleted transplants that still have significant thymic function may be suitable subjects for post-transplant vaccine therapy. FAU - Mundhada, Shailendra AU - Mundhada S AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Shaw, Joanne AU - Shaw J FAU - Mori, Shahram AU - Mori S FAU - Savary, Cherylyn A AU - Savary CA FAU - Mullen, Craig A AU - Mullen CA LA - eng GR - 1R01CA10628-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - 5T32CA073954-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Leuk Lymphoma JT - Leukemia & lymphoma JID - 9007422 RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation/adverse effects/*immunology MH - Cancer Vaccines/*administration & dosage/immunology MH - Cell Line MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Graft vs Host Disease/immunology/prevention & control MH - Graft vs Tumor Effect/immunology MH - Histocompatibility Antigens/immunology MH - Immunotherapy, Active MH - *Lymphocyte Depletion MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C3H MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology/*therapy MH - T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Transplantation, Homologous MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2005/07/16 09:00 MHDA- 2005/10/06 09:00 CRDT- 2005/07/16 09:00 PHST- 2005/07/16 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/10/06 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/07/16 09:00 [entrez] AID - L33L67WX73173W55 [pii] AID - 10.1080/10428190500032596 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leuk Lymphoma. 2005 Apr;46(4):571-80. doi: 10.1080/10428190500032596.