Induction of tumor cell apoptosis in vivo increases tumor antigen cross-presentation, cross-priming rather than cross-tolerizing host tumor-specific CD8 T cells
- Author(s)
- Nowak, AK; Lake, RA; Marzo, AL; Scott, B; Heath, WR; Collins, EJ; Frelinger, JA; Robinson, BWS;
- Details
- Publication Year 2003-05-15,Volume 170,Issue #10,Page 4905-4913
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
- Publication Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- Cross-presentation of cell-bound Ags from established, solid tumors to CD8 cells is efficient and likely to have a role in determining host response to tumor. A number of investigators have predicted that when tumor Ags are derived from apoptotic cells either no response, due to Ag "sequestration," or CD8 cross-tolerance would ensue. Because the crucial issue of whether this happens in vivo has never been addressed, we induced apoptosis of established hemagglutinin (HA)-transfected AB1 tumors in BALB/c mice using the apoptosis-inducing reagent gemcitabine. This shrank the tumor by similar to80%. This induction of apoptosis increased cross-presentation of HA to CD8 cells yet neither gross deletion nor functional tolerance of HA-specific CD8 cells were observed, based on tetramer analysis, proliferation of specific CD8 T cells, and in vivo CTL activity. Interestingly, apoptosis primed the host for a strong antitumor response to a second, virus-generated HA-specific signal in that administration of an RA-expressing virus after gemcitabine administration markedly decreased tumor growth compared with viral administration without gemcitabine. Thus tumor cell apoptosis in vivo neither sequesters tumor Ags nor cross-tolerizes tumor-specific CD8 cells. This observation has fundamental consequences for the development of tumor immunotherapy protocols and for understanding T cell reactivity to tumors and the in vivo immune responses to apoptotic cells.
- Publisher
- AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
- Keywords
- DENDRITIC CELLS; IN-VIVO; PRESENTING CELLS; LYMPH-NODES; TOLERANCE; GEMCITABINE; MELANOMA; IMMUNITY; MODEL; ALPHA
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