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ArticleOncotarget2015

Enhancement of adoptive T cell transfer with single low dose pretreatment of doxorubicin or paclitaxel in mice.

Fei-Ting Hsu, Tzu-Chun Chen, Hui-Yen Chuang, Ya-Fang Chang, Jeng-Jong Hwang

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Article in Oncotarget, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fei-Ting HsuDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tzu-Chun ChenDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hui-Yen ChuangDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ya-Fang ChangDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jeng-Jong HwangDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Yang Ming University Hospital · TWChang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWTaipei Medical University Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ex vivo expansion of CD8+ T-cells has been a hindrance for the success of adoptive T cell transfer in clinic. Currently, preconditioning with chemotherapy is used to modulate the patient immunity before ACT, however, the tumor microenvironment beneficial for transferring T cells may also be damaged. Here preconditioning with single low dose of doxorubicin or paclitaxel combined with fewer CD8+ T-cells was investigated to verify whether the same therapeutic efficacy of ACT could be achieved. An E.G7/OT1 animal model that involved adoptive transfer of OVA-specific CD8+ T-cells transduced with a granzyme B promoter-driven firefly luciferase and tomato fluorescent fusion reporter gene was used to evaluate this strategy. The result showed that CD8+ T-cells were activated and sustained longer in mice pretreated with one low-dose Dox or Tax. Enhanced therapeutic efficacy was found in Dox or Tax combined with 2x106 CD8+ T-cells and achieved the same level of tumor growth inhibition as that of 5x106 CD8+ T-cells group. Notably, reduced numbers of Tregs and myeloid derived suppressor cells were shown in combination groups. By contrast, the number of tumor-infiltrating cytotoxic T lymphocytes and IL-12 were increased. The NF-κB activity and immunosuppressive factors such as TGF-β, IDO, CCL2, VEGF, CCL22, COX-2 and IL-10 were suppressed. This study demonstrates that preconditioning with single low dose Dox or Tax and combined with two fifth of the original CD8+ T-cells could improve the tumor microenvironment via suppression of NF-κB and its related immunosuppressors, and activate more CD8+ T-cells which also stay longer.

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Adoptive TransferAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCoculture TechniquesDose-Response Relationship, DrugDoxorubicinGenes, ReporterGranzymesHEK293 CellsHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsJurkat CellsLuciferases, FireflyLymphocyte ActivationLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingLymphomaDoxorubicinGranzymesImmunosuppressive AgentsLuciferases, FireflyNF-kappa BPaclitaxelRecombinant Fusion Proteinsadoptive T cell transferbioluminescent imagingdoxorubicinImmune responseImmunityImmunology and Microbiology SectionNF-κBpaclitaxel

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PMID26683520
PMCPMC4792547
OpenAlexW2314875707

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