Evidence map›Paper›PMID 12937899›Full record

ArticleJournal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany)2003

Effective induction of therapeutic antitumor immunity by dendritic cells coexpressing interleukin-18 and tumor antigen.

Dajing Xia, Shu Zheng, Weiping Zhang, Long He, Qingqing Wang, Jianping Pan, Lihuang Zhang, Jianli Wang, Xuetao Cao

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Article in Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dajing XiaInstitute of Immunology, Zhejiang University, 310031, Hangzhou, P.R. China.
Shu Zheng
Weiping Zhang
Long He
Qingqing Wang
Jianping Pan
Lihuang Zhang
Jianli Wang
Xuetao Cao
Zhejiang University · CNSecond Military Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cell (DC) based cancer vaccine can induce potent antitumor immunity in murine models; however, objective clinical responses have been observed only in a minority of cancer patients. To improve the antitumor effect of DC vaccine, Th1-biasing cytokine interleukin (IL) 18 and melanoma-associated antigen gp100 were cotransfected into bone marrow-derived DC (IL-18/gp100-DC), which were used as vaccine to induce the protective and therapeutic immunity in a B16 melanoma model. Immunization with IL-18/gp100-DC resulted in tumor resistance in 87.5% of the mice challenged with B16 cells; however, 12.5% and 25% of mice immunized with gp100 gene-modified DC (gp100-DC) or IL-18 gene-modified DC (IL-18-DC) were tumor free, respectively. Most importantly, IL-18/gp100-DC immunization led to the generation of potent therapeutic immunity that significantly inhibited the tumor growth and improved the survival period of mice bearing established melanoma. Immune cell depletion experiments identified that CD4(+) T cells also played an important role in the priming phase of antitumor immunity and CD8(+) T lymphocytes were the primary effectors. gp100-specific CTL response were induced most markedly in the tumor-bearing mice immunized with IL-18/gp100-DC. Administration with such vaccine also significantly increased the production of Th1 cytokine (IL-2 and interferon-gamma) and induced infiltration of inflammatory cells inside and around the tumors. In addition, natural killer cell activity was also augmented. These results indicate that immunization with DC vaccine coexpressing Th1 cytokine IL-18 and tumor antigen gene may be an effective strategy for a successful therapeutic vaccination.

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AnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorCytokinesDendritic Cellsgp100 Melanoma AntigenImmunotherapy, AdoptiveInterleukin-18Killer Cells, NaturalMelanoma, ExperimentalMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCytokinesgp100 Melanoma AntigenInterleukin-18Membrane GlycoproteinsNeoplasm ProteinsPmel protein, mouse

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