title: Generation of cytotoxic antibodies to the B16 murine melanoma using a formalinized vaccine.
abstract: The goal of our experiments was to determine the extent to which the humoral response to a melanoma vaccine elicits the production of cytotoxic antibodies in tumor-challenged mice. Mice were immunized with a vaccine produced from formalinized extracellular antigens (FECA) derived from B16 F10 melanomas. The production of antibodies that recognized the vaccine preparation was determined by ELISA, as was their cross-reactivity with the B700 melanoma antigen. The antibodies were shown to be anti-proliferative by inhibition of tritiated thymidine incorporation into the DNA of cultured target cells and cytotoxic by assays for complement-mediated and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Flow cytometric analyses indicated that approximately 60% of the target cells specifically bound antibody from the immune sera. These results confirm that B700 is a significant antigenic component of the FECA vaccine, and provide encouragement for this approach to developing useful melanoma vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Pathology, Roger Williams Medical Center, Brown University, Providence, RI 02908.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shrayer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kouttab
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maizel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wanebo
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Hearing
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gersten
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000276:immunology; D005557:Formaldehyde; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014612:Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D014612:Vaccines; D005557:Formaldehyde