title: Enhancement of antigen-presenting ability of B lymphoma cells by immunostimulatory CpG-oligonucleotides and anti-CD40 antibody.
abstract: Immunostimulatory oligodeoxynucleotides containing the CpG motifs (CpG-ODN) can activate antigen-presenting cells including dendritic cells, macrophages, B cells, and enhance production of Thl cytokines. So, CpG-ODN has been regarded as a promising immune adjuvant. Using the A20 B lymphoma cell model, we investigated the effect of CpG-ODN on the immunogenicity of B lymphoma cells and whether CpG-ODN could enhance the antigen-presenting ability of B lymphoma cells. After incubation with CpG-ODN, proliferation of A20 cells remained unchanged. But CpG-ODN stimulation up-regulated the expression of MHC-I, MHC-II, CD40, ICAM-1 molecules in A20 cells, enhanced the antigen uptake ability of A20 cells, and promoted A20 cell production of IgM and IgG. More importantly, A20 cells activated by CpG-ODN could stimulate allogeneic T cells in MLR and antigen-primed T cells to proliferate more efficiently, suggesting the antigen-presenting ability of A20 B lymphoma cells could be enhanced by CpG-ODN stimulation and CpG-ODN-activated B lymphoma cells might be used as a potent cellular vaccine. Although anti-CD40 mAb was as effective as CpG-ODN at activating A20 cells and A20 cells expressed more CD40 molecules after CpG-ODN stimulation, a combination of CpG-ODN and anti-CD40 mAb had no synergistic effect on A20 cell activation. Our data expanded the potential application of CpG-ODN as an immunotherapeutic agent in cancer treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310031, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D002455:Cell Division; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D019013:CD40 Antigens; C408982:CPG-oligonucleotide; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D013873:Thionucleotides