PMID- 22082029 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120509 LR - 20211021 IS - 1479-5876 (Electronic) IS - 1479-5876 (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2011 Nov 14 TI - Optimizing parameters for clinical-scale production of high IL-12 secreting dendritic cells pulsed with oxidized whole tumor cell lysate. PG - 198 LID - 10.1186/1479-5876-9-198 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cell population for activating tumor-specific T cells. Due to the wide range of methods for generating DCs, there is no common protocol or defined set of criteria to validate the immunogenicity and function of DC vaccines. METHODS: Monocyte-derived DCs were generated during 4 days of culture with recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor and interleukin-4, and pulsed with tumor lysate produced by hypochlorous acid oxidation of tumor cells. Different culture parameters for clinical-scale DC preparation were investigated, including: 1) culture media; 2) culture surface; 3) duration of activating DCs with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interferon (IFN)-gamma; 4) method of DC harvest; and 5) cryomedia and final DC product formulation. RESULTS: DCs cultured in CellGenix DC media containing 2% human AB serum expressed higher levels of maturation markers following lysate-loading and maturation compared to culturing with serum-free CellGenix DC media or AIM-V media, or 2% AB serum supplemented AIM-V media. NunclonDelta surface, but not Corning((R)) tissue-culture treated surface and Corning((R)) ultra-low attachment surface, were suitable for generating an optimal DC phenotype. Recombinant trypsin resulted in reduced major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I and II expression on mature lysate-loaded DCs, however presentation of MHC Class I peptides by DCs was not impaired and cell viability was higher compared to cell scraping. Preservation of DCs with an infusible cryomedia containing Plasma-Lyte A, dextrose, sodium chloride injection, human serum albumin, and DMSO yielded higher cell viability compared to using human AB serum containing 10% DMSO. Finally, activating DCs for 16 hours with LPS and IFN-gamma stimulated robust mixed leukocyte reactions (MLRs), and high IL-12p70 production in vitro that continued for 24 hours after the cryopreserved DCs were thawed and replated in fresh media. CONCLUSIONS: This study examined criteria including DC phenotype, viability, IL-12p70 production and the ability to stimulate MLR as metrics of whole oxidized tumor lysate-pulsed DC immunogenicity and functionality. Development and optimization of this unique method is now being tested in a clinical trial of autologous oxidized tumor lysate-pulsed DC in clinical-scale in recurrent ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube cancer (NCT01132014). FAU - Chiang, Cheryl L-L AU - Chiang CL AD - Ovarian Cancer Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104, USA. FAU - Maier, Dawn A AU - Maier DA FAU - Kandalaft, Lana E AU - Kandalaft LE FAU - Brennan, Andrea L AU - Brennan AL FAU - Lanitis, Evripidis AU - Lanitis E FAU - Ye, Qunrui AU - Ye Q FAU - Levine, Bruce L AU - Levine BL FAU - Czerniecki, Brian J AU - Czerniecki BJ FAU - Powell, Daniel J Jr AU - Powell DJ Jr FAU - Coukos, George AU - Coukos G LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT01132014 GR - P50-CA083638/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111114 PL - England TA - J Transl Med JT - Journal of translational medicine JID - 101190741 RN - 0 (Cell Extracts) RN - 0 (Culture Media) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) RN - 712K4CDC10 (Hypochlorous Acid) RN - EC 3.4.21.4 (Trypsin) SB - IM MH - Cell Culture Techniques/*methods MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cell Extracts/*pharmacology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cryopreservation MH - Culture Media/pharmacology MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hypochlorous Acid/pharmacology MH - Interleukin-12/biosynthesis/*metabolism MH - Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed MH - Oxidation-Reduction/drug effects MH - Phenotype MH - Time Factors MH - Trypsin/metabolism PMC - PMC3283529 EDAT- 2011/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2012/05/10 06:00 PMCR- 2011/11/14 CRDT- 2011/11/16 06:00 PHST- 2011/06/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/11/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/11/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/05/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/11/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1479-5876-9-198 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1479-5876-9-198 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Transl Med. 2011 Nov 14;9:198. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-198.