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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 10, Pages 2807-2816Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200635910
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danger signal; glioma; immunotherapy; RNA; TLR
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Stabilized synthetic RNA oligonucleotides (ORN) and protected messenger RNA (mRNA) were recently discovered to possess an immunostimulatory capacity through their recognition by TLR 7 and 8. We wanted to find out whether this danger signal is capable of triggering anti-tumor immunity when injected locally into an established tumor. Using the mouse glioma tumor cell line SMA-560 in syngenic VM/Dk mice, we were able to show that intra-tumor injections of protamine-stabilized mRNA do indeed induce tumor regression and long-term anti-tumor immunity. Residual RNA-injected tumors show CD8 infiltration. Distant injections of protamine-protected mRNA and intra-tumor injection of naked mRNA also result in anti-tumor immunity. Although they are strong danger signals, RNA are labile molecules with a short half-life: they do not trigger side effects such as long-term, uncontrolled immunostimulation evidenced by splenomegaly in CpG DNA-treated mice. In conclusion, RNA molecules are potent and safe danger signals that are relevant for active immunotherapy strategies aimed at the eradication of solid tumors.
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