PMID- 15728465 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050419 LR - 20210102 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 174 IP - 5 DP - 2005 Mar 1 TI - CD8+ T cell immunity against a tumor/self-antigen is augmented by CD4+ T helper cells and hindered by naturally occurring T regulatory cells. PG - 2591-601 AB - CD4(+) T cells control the effector function, memory, and maintenance of CD8(+) T cells. Paradoxically, we found that absence of CD4(+) T cells enhanced adoptive immunotherapy of cancer when using CD8(+) T cells directed against a persisting tumor/self-Ag. However, adoptive transfer of CD4(+)CD25(-) Th cells (Th cells) with tumor/self-reactive CD8(+) T cells and vaccination into CD4(+) T cell-deficient hosts induced autoimmunity and regression of established melanoma. Transfer of CD4(+) T cells that contained a mixture of Th and CD4(+)CD25(+) T regulatory cells (T(reg) cells) or T(reg) cells alone prevented effective adoptive immunotherapy. Maintenance of CD8(+) T cell numbers and function was dependent on Th cells that were capable of IL-2 production because therapy failed when Th cells were derived from IL-2(-/-) mice. These findings reveal that Th cells can help break tolerance to a persisting self-Ag and treat established tumors through an IL-2-dependent mechanism, but requires simultaneous absence of naturally occurring T(reg) cells to be effective. FAU - Antony, Paul A AU - Antony PA AD - Division of Surgery, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Paul.Antony@nih.gov FAU - Piccirillo, Ciriaco A AU - Piccirillo CA FAU - Akpinarli, Akgul AU - Akpinarli A FAU - Finkelstein, Steven E AU - Finkelstein SE FAU - Speiss, Paul J AU - Speiss PJ FAU - Surman, Deborah R AU - Surman DR FAU - Palmer, Douglas C AU - Palmer DC FAU - Chan, Chi-Chao AU - Chan CC FAU - Klebanoff, Christopher A AU - Klebanoff CA FAU - Overwijk, Willem W AU - Overwijk WW FAU - Rosenberg, Steven A AU - Rosenberg SA FAU - Restifo, Nicholas P AU - Restifo NP LA - eng GR - Z01 BC010763-01/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - Z01 SC003811-32/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - Z99 CA999999/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Interleukin-2) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Pmel protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-2) RN - 0 (gp100 Melanoma Antigen) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology/*transplantation MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Homeostasis/immunology MH - Immunity, Innate MH - *Immunotherapy, Adoptive/adverse effects/methods MH - Interleukin-2/physiology/therapeutic use MH - Lymphocyte Activation/immunology MH - Melanoma, Experimental/*immunology/pathology/therapy MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis/*immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis/*immunology MH - Receptors, Interleukin-2/biosynthesis MH - Self Tolerance/*immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology/*transplantation MH - Transplantation Tolerance/immunology MH - Tumor Escape/immunology MH - gp100 Melanoma Antigen PMC - PMC1403291 MID - NIHMS6258 EDAT- 2005/02/25 09:00 MHDA- 2005/04/20 09:00 PMCR- 2008/02/01 CRDT- 2005/02/25 09:00 PHST- 2005/02/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/04/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/02/25 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 174/5/2591 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2591 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2005 Mar 1;174(5):2591-601. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2591.