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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 164-173Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1758
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB521705]
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2006A-A02A245]
- Nature Science Foundation of China [30672097-30300413]
- Technology Plan Emphasis Item of Peking [D0206011000091]
- Portes Center/Institute of Medicine of Chicago
- American Cancer Society, Illinois [08-22]
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Purpose: Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a potent immunosuppressor that has been associated with tumor evasion from the host immune surveillance and, thus, tumor progression. We tested a novel immunotherapy for human renal cell cancer (RCC) using a technique that involves the adoptive transfer of autologous tumor-reactive, TGF-beta-insensitive CD8(+) T cells into human RCC-challenged immunodeficient mice to identify its potent antitumor responses. Experimental Design: The present study was conducted using a one-to-one adoptive transfer strategy to treat tumor-bearing severe combined immunodeficient (SCID/beige) mouse. The SCID/beige mice were humanized with peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with RCC (Hu-PBMC-SCID) before adoptive transfer. Autologous CD8(+) T cells were expanded ex vivo using autologous patient's dendritic cells pulsed with the tumor lysate and rendered TGF-beta insensitive by dominant-negative TGF-beta type II receptor. In addition, human RCC cell lines were generated using patients' tumor cells injected into SCID/beige mice. Results: Using flow cytometry analysis, we confirmed the expression of the tumor-reactive, TGF-beta-insensitive CD8(+) T cells were the effector CD8(+) cells (CD27(-)CDRA(+)). Adoptive transfer of autologous TGF-beta- insensitive CD8(+) T cells into tumor-bearing Hu-PBMC-SCID mice induced robust tumor-specific CTL responses in vitro, were associated with tumor apoptosis, suppressed lung metastasis, and prolonged survival times in vivo. Conclusion: The one-to-one adoptive transfer strategy is an ideal in vivo murine model for studying the relationship between TGF-beta and immunosurveillance in RCC in vivo. Furthermore, this technique may offer the promise of a novel therapeutic option for the treatment of human patients with RCC. Clin Cancer Res; 16(1); 164-73. (C)2010 AACR.
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