title: The kinetics of in vivo priming of CD4 and CD8 T cells by dendritic/tumor fusion cells in MUC1-transgenic mice.
abstract: Previous work has demonstrated that dendritic/tumor fusion cells induce potent antitumor immune responses in vivo and in vitro. However, little is known about the migration and homing of fusion cells after s.c. injection or the kinetics of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell activation. In the present study, fluorescence-labeled dendritic/MUC1-positive tumor fusion cells (FC/MUC1) were injected s.c. into MUC1-transgenic mice. The FC/MUC1 migrated to draining lymph nodes and were closely associated with T cells in a pattern comparable with that of unfused dendritic cells. Immunization of MUC1-transgenic mice with FC/MUC1 resulted in proliferation of T cells and induced MUC1-specific CD8+ CTL. Moreover, CD4+ T cells activated by FC/MUC1 were multifunctional effectors that produced IL-2, IFN-gamma, IL-4, and IL-10. These findings indicate that both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells can be primed in vivo by FC/MUC1 immunization.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koido
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Dongshu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kufe
authors.forename: Jianlin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gong
mesh_terms: D019264:Adoptive Transfer; D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002459:Cell Fusion; D002465:Cell Movement; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D018396:Mucin-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D018396:Mucin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger