title: [Activation of anti-tumor cytotoxic T lymphocytes by fusion of human dendritic cells and melanoma cells].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effect of activation of specific anti-tumor cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and the ability of cross-presentation in vitro by fusion of HLA-A2+ human dendritic cells (DCs) with HLA-A2- melanoma cells.
  
  
  METHODS
  The HLA-A2+ human dendritic cells and HLA-A2- melanoma cells were fused by PEG and were cultivated in complete RPMI1640 media containing FCS (10%) and GM-CSF for 24-48 h, and then co-cultured fusion cells with Melan-A specific T cells. HLA-A2- melanoma cells were negative control,While T2 cells and DC+Pts were positive control. The activation of anti-tumor CTL elicited by the fusion cells was detected by intracellular cytokine staining.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The immature DC could express CD80, CD83, CD86, HLA-DR, and HLA-ABC,but the mature DC induced by TNF-alpha, PGE-2, and CD40L further highly expressed above molecules. The rate of specific CTL cells primed by the fusion cells was 16.72%+/-4.26%, negative control was 0.21%+/-1.84%,and positive control was 28.60%+/-5.67%. The CTL from vaccine by fusing DC and LAR6 induced lysis of HLA-A2+ LAR1 cells.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The HLA-A2 restricted specific anti-tumor CTL can be induced in vitro by fusion of HLA-A2+ human dendritic cells with HLA-A2- melanoma cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China. zhuhecheng1954@yahoo.com
authors.forename: He-cheng
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Shang-hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Bai-ying
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Huan-hua
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Xue-bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Zhuang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Wei-san
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D002459:Cell Fusion; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D058965:MART-1 Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen; D058965:MART-1 Antigen; C548667:MLANA protein, human