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Bacillus Calmette-Gu?rin cell-wall skeleton enhances the killing activity of cytotoxic lymphocyte-activated human dendritic cells transduced with the prostate-specific antigen gene.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20063450     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To determine whether dendritic cells (DC) transduced with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) gene can induce PSA-specific cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTL) against prostate cancer cells, and whether bacillus Calmette-Gu?rin (BCG) cell-wall skeleton (CWS) can enhance the maturation of DC-PSA and the killing activity of subsequently induced PSA-specific CTL. MATERIALS AND METHODS; We generated an adenovirus encoding the PSA gene (AxCA-PSA) using the cosmid-terminal protein complex method. DC were infected with AxCA-PSA using the centrifugal method. The ability of CTL to lyse target cells expressing PSA, i.e the PSA-positive prostate cancer cell line, LNCap, and PSA-transduced autologous phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) blasts expressing PSA, was assessed using the 51Cr-release assay. The maturation of DC-PSA stimulated by BCG-CWS was assayed by flow cytometry. The cytotoxic activity enhanced by BCG-CWS was assessed by the 51Cr-release assay. RESULTS: DC-PSA induced PSA-specific CTL with 85% cytotoxic activity against LNCaP (effector: target ratio, E:T, of 50:1). However, the cytotoxic activity against PSA-negative cells was very low. Anti-CD8 and anti-major histocompatibility (MHC) class I antibodies blocked PSA-specific cytotoxicity. The PSA-specific killing was reproducible against autologous PHA blast cells expressing PSA, independently of human leukocyte antigen haplotype. Furthermore, the combination of DC-PSA with BCG-CWS remarkably enhanced the PSA-specific cytotoxicity against PHA blasts expressing PSA (15-30% at an E:T ratio of 50:1). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that DC-PSA can induce MHC class I-restricted PSA-specific CD8+ CTL responses and that DC-PSA matured by BCG-CWS enhance PSA-specific cytotoxicity. The combination of DC-PSA with BCG-CWS might be a useful approach for treating advanced prostate cancer.
Authors:
Reona Fujii; Makoto Iwahashi; Kazuro Kikkawa; Takeshi Inagaki; Yasuo Kohjimoto; Toshiyasu Ojima; Takashi Mori; Tomomi Kuramoto; Satoshi Nishizawa; Ichiro Azuma; Hiroki Yamaue; Toshiaki Shinka; Isao Hara
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  BJU international     Volume:  104     ISSN:  1464-410X     ISO Abbreviation:  BJU Int.     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-01-08     Completed Date:  2010-02-17     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100886721     Medline TA:  BJU Int     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1766-73     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Departments of Urology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adenoviridae / genetics
Antigens, CD8 / immunology
Cell Line, Tumor
Cell Wall Skeleton / immunology,  pharmacology*
Dendritic Cells / immunology*
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Flow Cytometry
Gene Therapy / methods
Genetic Vectors
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / immunology
Humans
Immunotherapy / methods
Male
Mycobacterium bovis*
Prostate-Specific Antigen / genetics*
Prostatic Neoplasms / therapy*
T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / physiology*
Transduction, Genetic
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antigens, CD8; 0/Cell Wall Skeleton; 0/Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; EC 3.4.21.77/Prostate-Specific Antigen

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