Dendritic cells transduced with full-length wild-type p53 generate antitumor cytotoxic T lymphocytes from peripheral blood of cancer patients.
Clin Cancer Res
; 7(1): 127-35, 2001 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-11205900
ABSTRACT
Accumulation of wild-type or mutant p53 protein occurs in approximately 50% of human malignancies. This overexpression may generate antigenic epitopes recognized by CTLs. Because normal cells have undetectable levels of p53, these CTLs are likely to be tumor specific. Here, for the first time, we test the hypothesis that full-length wild-type p53 protein can be used for generation of an immune response against tumor cells with p53 overexpression. T cells obtained from nine HLA-A2-positive cancer patients and three HLA-A2-positive healthy individuals were stimulated twice with dendritic cells (DCs) transduced with an adenovirus wild-type p53 (Ad-p53) construct. Significant cytotoxicity was detected against HLA-A2-positive tumor cells with accumulation of mutant or wild-type p53 but not against HLA-A2-positive tumor cells with normal (undetectable) levels of p53 or against HLA-A2-negative tumor cells. This response was specific and mediated by CD8+ CTLs. These CTLs recognized HLA-A2-positive tumor cells expressing normal levels of p53 protein after their transduction with Ad-p53 but not with control adenovirus. Stimulation of T cells with Ad-p53-transduced DCs resulted in generation of CTLs specific for p53-derived peptide. These data demonstrate that DCs transduced with the wild-type p53 gene were able to induce a specific antitumor immune response. This offers a new promising approach to immunotherapy of cancer.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Células Dendríticas
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Linfocitos T Citotóxicos
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Proteína p53 Supresora de Tumor
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Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas
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Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Cancer Res
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos