PMID- 16585547 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060516 LR - 20210102 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 176 IP - 8 DP - 2006 Apr 15 TI - Immune complex-loaded dendritic cells are superior to soluble immune complexes as antitumor vaccine. PG - 4573-80 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in the induction of T cell responses. Fc gammaRs, expressed on DCs, facilitate the uptake of complexed Ag, resulting in efficient MHC class I and MHC class II Ag presentation and DC maturation. In the present study, we show that prophylactic immunization with DCs loaded with Ag-IgG immune complexes (ICs) leads to efficient induction of tumor protection in mice. Therapeutic vaccinations strongly delay tumor growth or even prevent tumors from growing out. By depleting CD4+ and CD8+ cell populations before tumor challenge, we identify CD8+ cells as the main effector cells involved in tumor eradication. Importantly, we show that DCs that are preloaded in vitro with ICs are at least 1000-fold more potent than ICs injected directly into mice or DCs loaded with the same amount of noncomplexed protein. The contribution of individual Fc gammaRs to Ag presentation, T cell response induction, and induction of tumor protection was assessed. We show that Fc gammaRI and Fc gammaRIII are capable of enhancing MHC class I-restricted Ag presentation to CD8+ T cells in vitro and that these activating Fc gammaRs on DCs are required for efficient priming of Ag-specific CD8+ cells in vivo and induction of tumor protection. These findings show that targeting ICs via the activating Fc gammaRs to DCs in vitro is superior to direct IC vaccination to induce protective tumor immunity in vivo. FAU - Schuurhuis, Danita H AU - Schuurhuis DH AD - Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. FAU - van Montfoort, Nadine AU - van Montfoort N FAU - Ioan-Facsinay, Andreea AU - Ioan-Facsinay A FAU - Jiawan, Reshma AU - Jiawan R FAU - Camps, Marcel AU - Camps M FAU - Nouta, Jan AU - Nouta J FAU - Melief, Cornelis J M AU - Melief CJ FAU - Verbeek, J Sjef AU - Verbeek JS FAU - Ossendorp, Ferry AU - Ossendorp F LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Antigen-Antibody Complex) RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (Receptors, IgG) RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation MH - Antigen-Antibody Complex/*administration & dosage MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Cancer Vaccines/*administration & dosage MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Melanoma, Experimental/immunology/therapy MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Ovalbumin/immunology MH - Receptors, IgG/deficiency/genetics/metabolism MH - Solubility EDAT- 2006/04/06 09:00 MHDA- 2006/05/17 09:00 CRDT- 2006/04/06 09:00 PHST- 2006/04/06 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/05/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/04/06 09:00 [entrez] AID - 176/8/4573 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.176.8.4573 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2006 Apr 15;176(8):4573-80. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.8.4573.