期刊
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOTHERAPY
卷 32, 期 2, 页码 129-139出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/CJI.0b013e31819144d7
关键词
melanoma; T cells; adoptive immunotherapy; T-cell receptor transgene
资金
- NCI, NIH
Many antigens recognized by tumor-reactive cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells are self-antigens. Tyrosinase-related protein 2 (TRP-2) is a melanogenic enzyme expressed by both melanocytes and melanoma,.; that is reported to be a candidate melanoma rejection antigen. To study the role of self-reactive CD8(+) T cells in tumor immunity and autoimmunity, we generated mice that bear I T-cell receptor transgene (TCR Tg) specific for the TRP-2((180-188)) epitope. TRP-2 TCR Tg mice did not spontaneously develop depigmentation despite systemic expression of TRP-2 in the skin. Peripheral T cells from these TCR Tg mice exhibited a naive phenotype and proliferated in response to TRP-2 in vitro. In addition, transfer of in vitro-activated Tg T cells reduced 1316 Pulmonary tumor burden, but not subcutaneous tumors. We next sought to determine the in vivo responses or the Tg T cells to endogenous and tumor-derived TRP-2. Adoptive transfer of naive TCR Tg T cells into wild-type C57BL/6 mice, in combination with a TRP-2-pulsed dendritic cell vaccines induced proliferation of the Tg T cells and resulted in migration of the Tg T cells into a subcutaneous B16 melanoma tumor. Although these tumor-infiltrating Tg T cells remained reactive against TRP-2, they did not reduce growth of the primary subcutaneous tumor; similarly, these in vivo-primed effector cells had no significant effect on the growth of pulmonary nodules. These data demonstrate that despite in vivo priming, tumor-infiltrating T cells may fail to reduce tumor burden. Determining the basis for the inability of the tumor microenvironment to sustain effective antitumor responses will be critical for designing newer, more potent antitumor immunotherapies.
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