Passive but not active CD8+ T cell-based immunotherapy interferes with liver tumor progression in a transgenic mouse model |
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Authors: | R Romieu M Baratin M Kayibanda V Lacabanne M Ziol JG Guillet M Viguier |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire des Pathologies Infectieuses et Tumorales, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U445, Paris, France. romieu@cochin.inserm.fr |
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Abstract: | To evaluate tumor immunotherapies, we used transgenic mice that harbor a progressive liver tumor associated with the expression of the SV40 large tumor T oncoprotein (SV40-T). To induce "self" tumor Ag-specific CD8+ T cells, mice were injected with an immunodominant SV40-T CTL epitope mixed with a heterologous helper peptide. Despite repeated injections, this vaccine failed to raise a tumor-specific CD8+ T cell response that was efficient enough to counteract tumors. Although coimmunization with SV40-T CTL epitope and heterologous helper peptide efficiently recruited the respective Th cells, only low-avidity SV40-T-specific CD8+ T cells were activated. Furthermore, major alterations in SV40-T-specific B and Th cell responses were characterized. In contrast, transfers of higher-avidity CTLs specific for the same SV40-T epitope were effective in counteracting tumors. These results suggest that passive therapies targeted to self tumor Ag may be more suitable than active immunization in the treatment of spontaneous tumors. |
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