title: Activation of antitumor cytotoxic T lymphocytes by fusions of human dendritic cells and breast carcinoma cells.
abstract: We have reported that fusions of murine dendritic cells (DCs) and murine carcinoma cells reverse unresponsiveness to tumor-associated antigens and induce the rejection of established metastases. In the present study, fusions were generated with primary human breast carcinoma cells and autologous DCs. Fusion cells coexpressed tumor-associated antigens and DC-derived costimulatory molecules. The fusion cells also retained the functional potency of DCs and stimulated autologous T cell proliferation. Significantly, the results show that autologous T cells are primed by the fusion cells to induce MHC class I-dependent lysis of autologous breast tumor cells. These findings demonstrate that fusions of human breast cancer cells and DCs activate T cell responses against autologous tumors.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Avigan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koido
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kashiwaba
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kufe
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002459:Cell Fusion; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D020014:K562 Cells; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D010641:Phenotype; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured