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ArticleActa neurochirurgica2013

Incomplete tumour control following DNA vaccination against rat gliomas expressing a model antigen.

Christian Ginzkey, Sven Eicker, Matthias Marget, Jörg Krause, Stefan Brecht, Manfred Westphal, Heinz-Hermann Hugo, Maximilian Mehdorn, Jörg Steinmann, Wolfgang Hamel

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Article in Acta neurochirurgica, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christian GinzkeyDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Sven Eicker
Matthias Marget
Jörg Krause
Stefan Brecht
Manfred Westphal
Heinz-Hermann Hugo
Maximilian Mehdorn
Jörg Steinmann
Wolfgang Hamel
Kiel University · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVaccination against tumour-associated antigens is one approach to elicit anti-tumour responses. We investigated the effect of polynucleotide (DNA) vaccination using a model antigen (E. coli lacZ) in a syngeneic gliosarcoma model (9L).

methodsFisher 344 rats were vaccinated thrice by intramuscular injection of a lacZ-encoding or a control plasmid in weekly intervals. One week after the last vaccination, lacZ-expressing 9L cells were implanted into the striatum.

resultsAfter 3 weeks, in lacZ-vaccinated animals the tumours were significantly smaller than in control-vaccinated animals. In cytotoxic T cell assays lysis rates of >50 % could only be observed in a few of the lacZ-vaccinated animals. This response was directed against lacZ-expressing and parental 9L cells but not against syngeneic MADB 106 adenocarcinoma cells. In Elispot assays interferon-γ production was observed upon stimulation with 9LlacZ and 9L wild-type but not MADB 106 cells. This response was higher for lacZ-immunized animals. All animals revealed dense infiltrates with CD8+ lymphocytes and, to a lesser extent, with NK cells. CD25-staining indicated cells possibly associated with the maintenance of peripheral tolerance to self-antigens. All tumours were densely infiltrated by microglia consisting mostly of ramified cells. Only focal accumulation of macrophage-like cells expressing ED1, a marker for phagocytic activity, was observed.

conclusionProphylactic DNA vaccination resulted in effective but incomplete suppression of brain tumour formation. Mechanisms other than cytotoxic T cell responses as measured in the generally used in vitro assays appear to play a role in tumour suppression.

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Cancer VaccinesVaccines, DNAAnimalsAntigens, Bacterialbeta-GalactosidaseBrain NeoplasmsDisease Models, AnimalEscherichia coliGliosarcomaMaleRatsRats, Inbred F344Antigens, Bacterialbeta-GalactosidaseCancer VaccinesVaccines, DNA

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PMID23132370
PMCPMC3535398
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