PMID- 17235318 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070626 LR - 20201222 IS - 1525-0016 (Print) IS - 1525-0016 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 2 DP - 2007 Feb TI - Dendritic cell function after gene transfer with adenovirus-calcium phosphate co-precipitates. PG - 386-92 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential for initiating and directing antigen-specific T-cell responses. Genetic modification of DC is under study for cancer immunotherapy, vaccine development, and antigen-targeted immunosuppression. Adenovirus (Ad) type 5 (Ad5)-mediated gene transfer to mouse bone marrow DCs and human monocyte-derived DCs is inefficient because neither express the cognate high-affinity Ads receptor. We show that co-precipitating adenoviral vectors with calcium phosphate (CaPi) increased gene expression (2000-fold) and transduction efficiency (50-fold) in mouse DC, primarily owing to receptor-independent viral uptake. Moreover, Ad5:CaPi-treated DCs were activated to express the maturation surface molecules CD40 and CD86, and to secrete proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin 6. However, neither DC transduction nor maturation was dependent on viral protein interactions with cell surface integrin. Ad5:CaPi also transduced human DC more efficiently than Ad5 alone, similar to a genetically modified vector (Ad5f35) targeted to the CD46 receptor. As such, this approach combines the efficiency of adenoviral-mediated endosomal escape and nuclear trafficking with the receptor independence of nonviral gene delivery. Importantly, CaPi co-precipitation could be used to functionally modify DC to activate and expand cytomegalovirus-specific memory cytotoxic T lymphocytes. This study identifies a simple technique to improve the efficacy of current Ad5 gene transfer, in support of clinical adoptive immunotherapy. FAU - Seiler, Michael P AU - Seiler MP AD - Interdepartmental Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. FAU - Gottschalk, Stephen AU - Gottschalk S FAU - Cerullo, Vincenzo AU - Cerullo V FAU - Ratnayake, Maheshika AU - Ratnayake M FAU - Mane, Viraj P AU - Mane VP FAU - Clarke, Christian AU - Clarke C FAU - Palmer, Donna J AU - Palmer DJ FAU - Ng, Philip AU - Ng P FAU - Rooney, Cliona M AU - Rooney CM FAU - Lee, Brendan AU - Lee B LA - eng GR - 5P30DK056338/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK56787/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK56787/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Mol Ther JT - Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy JID - 100890581 RN - 0 (Calcium Phosphates) RN - 0 (Capsid Proteins) RN - 0 (Integrins) RN - 97Z1WI3NDX (calcium phosphate) SB - IM MH - Adenoviridae/*genetics MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Cells/cytology/metabolism MH - Calcium Phosphates/*pharmacology MH - Capsid Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Genetic Vectors/genetics MH - Humans MH - Integrins/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Protein Binding MH - T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/metabolism MH - Transfection/*methods EDAT- 2007/01/20 09:00 MHDA- 2007/06/27 09:00 CRDT- 2007/01/20 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/20 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/06/27 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/01/20 09:00 [entrez] AID - S1525-0016(16)31293-X [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.mt.6300029 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Ther. 2007 Feb;15(2):386-92. doi: 10.1038/sj.mt.6300029.