Abstract | BACKGROUND: Adoptive transfer of CD8(+) T-cells specific for tumor-antigens is an attractive strategy for anti- tumor therapy. In the present study, the subsets TA and TB were used to represent the population of CD8(+) T cells generated by culturing the respective cells with irradiated dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with ovalbumin (OVA) protein and transfected with adenoviral vector constructs as described. METHODS: Naïve OVA specific CD8(+) T cells were isolated from the spleen of OVA-specific T-cell receptor transgenic OTI mice. The subsets TA and TB were then generated by in vitro activating the population of CD8(+) T cells with OVA-pulsed DCs transfected with IL-6-expressing adenoviral vector (AdVIL-6 ) or the control vector (AdVNull ). To assess their in vivo immunotherapeutic effects, TA - or TB -cells were intravenously transferred into C57BL/6 mice bearing EG7 thymoma (6-8 mm in diameter). RESULTS: TA -cells displayed a higher level of expression of CD62 l, IL-7R, FasL, perforin and CCR6, and also exhibited more potent in vitro cytotoxicity to OVA-expressing EG7 thymoma cells via perforin- and Fas/FasL-mediated apoptosis than TB -cells. CD8(+) T-cell survival was kinetically analyzed in C57BL/6 mice transferred with TA - or TB -cells by flow cytometry. We found that the adoptively transferred TA -cells had prolonged survival and enhanced T-cell memory development compared to TB -cells. In addition, TA -, but not TB -cells were able to eradicate well-established EG7 thymomas in all eight tumor-bearing mice. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that AdVIL-6 -transfected DC-stimulated CD8(+) T cells with potent cytotoxicity and survival advantage may serve as an effective adoptive CD8(+) T-cell immunotherapy strategy for anti- tumor treatment.
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Authors | Kalpana Kalyanasundaram Bhanumathy, Bei Zhang, Yufeng Xie, Aizhang Xu, Xin Tan, Jim Xiang |
Journal | The journal of gene medicine
(J Gene Med)
2015 Aug-Sep
Vol. 17
Issue 8-9
Pg. 153-60
ISSN: 1521-2254 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 26212685
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
Chemical References |
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Interleukin-6
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Topics |
- Adenoviridae
(genetics)
- Animals
- Antigens, Neoplasm
(immunology)
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
(immunology, metabolism)
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Survival
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Dendritic Cells
(immunology, metabolism)
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genetic Vectors
(genetics)
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive
- Interleukin-6
(genetics)
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets
(immunology, metabolism)
- Thymoma
(genetics, immunology, therapy)
- Transgenes
(genetics)
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