title: In vivo anti-melanoma efficacy of allo-restricted CTLs specific for melanoma expanded by artificial antigen-presenting cells.
abstract: Cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells are key effectors in the immunotherapy of malignant and viral diseases. However, autologous T cell responses to tumor antigens presented by self-MHC are usually weak and ineffective. Allo-restricted T cells represent a potent source of tumor-specific T cells for adoptive immunotherapy. This study reports in vivo anti-melanoma efficacy of the pTRP2-specific allo-restricted CTLs expanded from the BALB/c splenocytes by multiple stimulations with aAPCs made by coating H-2K(b)-Ig/pTRP2 dimeric complexes, anti-CD28 antibody, 4-1BBL molecules and CD83 molecules to cell-sized latex beads. The induced allo-restricted CTLs exhibited specific lysis against RMA-S cells pulsed with the peptide pTRP2 and H-2K(b+) melanoma cells expressing TRP2, while a murine Lewis lung carcinoma cell line 3LL could not be recognized by the CTLs. The peptide-specific activity was inhibited by anti-H-2K(b) monoclonal antibody Y3. Adoptive transfer of the allo-restricted CTLs specific for malignant melanoma expanded by the aAPCs can mediate effective anti-melanoma response in vivo. These results suggested that the specific allo-restricted CTLs expanded by aAPCs coated with an MHC-Ig/peptide complex, anti-CD28 antibody, 4-1BBL and CD83 could be a potential option of specific immunotherapy for patients with malignant melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 13 Hangkong Rd., 430030 Wuhan, China. zhihuiliang67@163.com [corrected]
authors.forename: Xiao-ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiao-bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ru-en
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Sheng-min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z-h
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology*