title: Comparison of the antitumor efficacies of Her-2/neu DNA vaccines inducing contrasting IgG immunity but comparable CTL activity in mice.
abstract: The relative importance of CTL and antibodies in rejecting Her-2/neu-expressing tumors was evaluated in preventive and therapeutic models by DNA vaccination. Four human Her-2/neu-expressing plasmids (pNeu(TM), pNeu(ECD), pNeu(TM-gDs), and pNeu(ECD-gDs)) were generated encoding either the transmembrane and extracellular domains or the extracellular domain. Interestingly, these plasmids demonstrated substantial difference in inducing Her-2/neu-specific serum IgG according to their signal sequence when injected in BALB/c mice. pNeu(TM) and pNeu(ECD) induced high serum IgG titers. pNeu(TM-gDs) and pNeu(ECD-gDs) induced low or very low serum IgG titers, respectively. As a result, mice vaccinated with not only pNeu(ECD) but also pNeu(ECD-gDs) exhibited complete eradication of a small number of tumor cells. Nevertheless, when the number of tumor cells was increased in a therapeutic model, only pNeu(ECD) exhibited statistically significant antitumor immunity. These studies demonstrate that strong CTL may be sufficient in tumor prevention, but the collaboration of CTL and antibody may be required in tumor therapy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Shillim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.
authors.forename: Joon Youb
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong-Hyeon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeonseok
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Seung-Uon
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Chang-Yuil
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002460:Cell Line; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D019444:Vaccines, DNA