title: CD40-targeted recombinant adenovirus significantly enhances the efficacy of antitumor vaccines based on dendritic cells and B cells.
abstract: Despite the advantages of using adenoviral vectors for specific antigenic gene delivery in the development of antigen-presenting cell (APC)-based vaccines, the lack of the coxsackievirus-adenovirus receptor (CAR) on APCs limits the use of adenoviral vectors for in vitro gene delivery. In this study, we used a recombinant adapter protein, CFm40L, which consists of the ectodomain of CAR genetically fused to the ectodomain of CD40 ligand (CD40L) via a trimerization motif, to target Her-2/neu- or human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) E6/E7-encoding adenoviruses to CD40 on dendritic cells (DCs) and B cells. Targeting CD40 enabled the enhancement of tumor antigen delivery and simultaneous activation of APCs via the CD40-CD40L interaction. We found that these transduced DCs and B cells substantially enhanced the CTL response against human Her-2/neu- and HPV16 E6/E7-expressing tumors, resulting in significant inhibition of tumor growth in a murine tumor model. In addition, the use of the CFm40L adapter protein in combination with gemcitabine treatment allowed for a successful immune response against a self-tumor antigen, murine Her-2/neu. Our results suggest that targeting adenovirus to APCs via CD40, using CFm40L, represents a great improvement in anticancer cellular vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Seoul National University, Korea.
authors.forename: Yun-Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeon-Jeong
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung-Mi
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hyun-Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Hae-Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pereboev
authors.forename: Huan H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Chang-Yuil
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000637:transplantation; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D023201:CD40 Ligand / Q000235:genetics; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000637:transplantation; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D052162:Human papillomavirus 16; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D050725:Papillomavirus E7 Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000276:immunology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D047368:Tumor Burden
chemical_list: D019013:CD40 Antigens; D023201:CD40 Ligand; D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D050725:Papillomavirus E7 Proteins; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C494066:CFm40L fusion protein; C068651:E6 protein, Human papillomavirus type 16; C059731:oncogene protein E7, Human papillomavirus type 16; C508053:ERBB2 protein, human