A novel tumor-vaccine cell therapy using bone marrow-derived dendritic cell type 1 and antigen-specific Th1 cells.
Dendritic cell (DC)-based tumor-vaccine therapy is a rational strategy for tumor immunotherapy. However, using this protocol, it is still difficult to induce long-term regression in established tumor-bearing mice. To overcome this problem we developed a novel tumor-vaccine therapy, combining inactivated tumor cells with bone marrow-derived DC type 1 (BMDC1) and antigen-specific T(h)1 cells. BALB/c mice were intradermally inoculated with A20-OVA tumor cells expressing ovalbumin (OVA) as a model tumor antigen. After A20-OVA tumor mass became palpable (6-8 mm), mice were treated with DC-based vaccine therapy in various protocols. A complete cure of tumor-bearing mice was induced only when mice were repeatedly vaccinated with inactivated A20-OVA cells, OVA-pulsed BMDC1 and OVA-specific T(h)1 cells. Regression of tumor cells was associated with induction of T(h)1/T(c)1-dominant antitumor immunity. Removal of one of these cellular components during vaccination resulted in failure to completely cure tumor-bearing mice. Moreover, BMDC2 cells could not replace the therapeutic effect of BMDC1 cells combined with T(h)1 cells. Thus, we propose a novel tumor-vaccine cell therapy using DC1 and T(h)1 cells.
Sato
Marimo
M
Division of Immunoregulation, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-0815, Japan.
Chamoto
Kenji
K
Nishimura
Takashi
T
D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000637:transplantation*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology*
D019496:Cancer Vaccines