Abrogation of local cancer recurrence after radiofrequency ablation by dendritic cell-based hyperthermic tumor vaccine.
Local recurrence is a therapeutic challenge for radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in treatment of small solid focal malignancies. Here we show that RFA induced heat shock proteins (HSPs) expression and high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) translocation in xenografted melanoma, which might create a proinflammatory microenvironment that favors tumor antigen presentation and activation of the effector T cells. On this basis, we investigate whether a prime-boost strategy combining a prime with heat-shocked tumor cell lysate-pulsed dendritic cell (HT-DC) followed by an in situ boost with radiofrequency thermal ablation can prevent local tumor recurrence. The combination treatment with HT-DC and RFA showed potent antitumor effects, with >or=90% of tumor recurrence abrogated following RFA treatment. By contrast, prevaccination with unheated tumor lysate-pulsed DC had little effect on tumor relapse. Analysis of the underlying mechanism revealed that splenocytes from mice treated with HT-DC plus RFA contained significantly more tumor-specific, IFN-gamma-secreting T cells compared with control groups. Moreover, adoptive transfer of splenocytes from successfully treated tumor-free mice protected naive animals from tumor recurrence following RFA, and this was mediated mainly by CD8(+) T cells. Therefore, the optimal priming for the DC vaccination before RFA is important for boosting antigen-specific T cell responses and prevention of cancer recurrence.
Liu
Qiong
Q
International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Zhai
Bo
B
Yang
Wen
W
Yu
Le-Xing
LX
Dong
Wei
W
He
Ya-Qin
YQ
Chen
Lei
L
Tang
Liang
L
Lin
Yan
Y
Huang
Dan-Dan
DD
Wu
Hong-Ping
HP
Wu
Meng-Chao
MC
Yan
He-Xin
HX
Wang
Hong-Yang
HY
D019264:Adoptive Transfer; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000637:transplantation; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*
D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D007371:Interferon-gamma