PMID- 9769115 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19981022 LR - 20240426 IS - 0340-7004 (Print) IS - 1432-0851 (Electronic) IS - 0340-7004 (Linking) VI - 47 IP - 2 DP - 1998 Oct TI - Irradiated tumor cells adenovirally engineered to secrete granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor establish antitumor immunity and eliminate pre-existing tumors in syngeneic mice. PG - 72-80 AB - The specific aim of this study was to examine the prophylactic as well as the therapeutic efficacies of irradiated mouse CT26 colon cancer cells, infected with recombinant adenoviruses harboring cDNAs specific for granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interferon (IFN-gamma) and monocyte chemotactic protein1 (MCP-1). Results showed that tumor cells secrete the respective cytokines for several days after infection and subsequent irradiation. Vaccination with irradiated GM-CSF-secreting CT26 cells protected 90% of syngeneic mice challenged with live parental cells. On the other hand, vaccination with irradiated IFNgamma or MCP-1-secreting CT26 cells totally failed to protect mice from tumor development after challenge with parental cells. None of the tumor-free mice initially vaccinated with irradiated GM-CSF-producing CT26 cells developed tumor upon repeated challenge with parental cells during the entire observation period. The establishment of specific and long-lasting antitumor immunity following vaccination with GM-CSF-producing tumor cells requires the simultaneous presence of GM-CSF and tumor antigen at the vaccine site. Depletion of CD8+ cells, but not CD4+ cells, blocked the vaccine efficacy of GM-CSF-producing tumor cells. Subcutaneous injection of irradiated GM-CSF-producing CT26 cells also effectively prevented the growth of a small load of parental tumor that was implanted 3 days earlier or the development of metastatic foci in the lung from intravenously injected parental cells either 7 days before or 3 days after vaccination. Our data thus show that, in these experimental tumor models, subcutaneous injection of irradiated tumor cells adenovirally, transduced with the GM-CSF gene leads not only to prevention of growth of subsequently implanted tumor but also to elimination of pre-existing and metastatic tumors. FAU - Nagai, E AU - Nagai E AD - Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7420, USA. FAU - Ogawa, T AU - Ogawa T FAU - Kielian, T AU - Kielian T FAU - Ikubo, A AU - Ikubo A FAU - Suzuki, T AU - Suzuki T LA - eng GR - P01 CA54474/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 - Germany TA - Cancer Immunol Immunother JT - Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII JID - 8605732 RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (DNA, Complementary) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - 83869-56-1 (Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) SB - IM MH - 3T3 Cells/metabolism/virology MH - Adenoviridae/genetics MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology/metabolism MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Cancer Vaccines/*genetics/*immunology/therapeutic use MH - Chemokine CCL2/genetics/immunology/metabolism MH - Colonic Neoplasms/*genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - DNA, Complementary/genetics/metabolism MH - Female MH - Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics/*immunology/*metabolism MH - Immunotherapy/*methods MH - Interferon-gamma/genetics/immunology/metabolism MH - Lung Neoplasms/secondary/therapy MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured/radiation effects PMC - PMC11037337 EDAT- 1998/10/13 00:00 MHDA- 1998/10/13 00:01 PMCR- 1998/09/01 CRDT- 1998/10/13 00:00 PHST- 1998/10/13 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/10/13 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/10/13 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1998/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 80470072.262 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s002620050506 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Immunol Immunother. 1998 Oct;47(2):72-80. doi: 10.1007/s002620050506.