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  • Title: Immunotherapy of murine colon cancer using receptor tyrosine kinase EphA2-derived peptide-pulsed dendritic cell vaccines.
    Author: Yamaguchi S, Tatsumi T, Takehara T, Sakamori R, Uemura A, Mizushima T, Ohkawa K, Storkus WJ, Hayashi N.
    Journal: Cancer; 2007 Oct 01; 110(7):1469-77. PubMed ID: 17685394.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Further optimization of dendritic cell (DC)-based vaccines is required clinically against advanced stage cancer. Given the broad range of expression levels observed in the recently defined tumor antigen EphA2 in a diverse types of cancers, especially in advanced stage or metastatic cancers, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of vaccination using DCs pulsed with EphA2-derived peptides (Eph-DCs) in a murine colon cancer model. METHODS: EphA2 protein expression levels were evaluated in advanced colorectal carcinoma tissues from 10 patients by Western blot analysis. C57BL/6 mice were immunized with Eph-DCs twice weekly. Interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) ELISPOT assays were used for the analysis of CD8-positive T cells that were specific for EphA2-derived peptide. Immunized mice were challenged subcutaneously with EphA2-positive murine colorectal adenocarcinoma (MC38) mouse colon tumors or with EphA2-negative BL6 melanoma tumors. In some experiments, mice were injected with anti-CD8, anti-CD4, or antiasialo GM1 antibody to deplete corresponding lymphocyte subsets. RESULTS: Among 10 samples of advanced colorectal carcinoma, 6 samples (60%) overexpressed EphA2. IFN-gamma ELISPOT assays revealed that EphA2-derived peptide-specific CD8-positive T cells were generated by immunization with Eph-DCs. Immunization with Eph-DCs inhibited MC38 tumor growth compared with immunization using unpulsed DCs or phosphate-buffered saline. In contrast, Eph-DC vaccination had no effect on BL6 growth. Antibody depletion studies revealed that both CD8-positive T cells and CD4-positive T cells, but not natural killer cells, played critical roles in the efficacy observed for immunizations with Eph-DCs. Eph-DC vaccines resulted in long-term antitumor immunity against a rechallenge with MC38 tumor cells. CONCLUSIONS: The current results demonstrated that Eph-DC vaccines may represent a promising preventative/therapeutic modality in the cancer setting.
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