Activated natural killer cell-mediated immunity is required for the inhibition of tumor metastasis by dendritic cell vaccination
- Authors
- Kim, A; Noh, YW; Kim, KD; Jang, YS; Choe, YK; Lim, JS
- Issue Date
- Oct-2004
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC MED BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
- Citation
- EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE, v.36, no.5, pp 428 - 443
- Pages
- 16
- Journal Title
- EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
- Volume
- 36
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 428
- End Page
- 443
- URI
- https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/148893
- DOI
- 10.1038/emm.2004.55
- ISSN
- 1226-3613
2092-6413
- Abstract
- Immunization with dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with tumor antigen can activate tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), which is responsible for tumor protection and regression. In this study, we examined whether (DCs) pulsed with necrotic tumor lysates can efficiently prevent malignant melanoma tumor cell metastasis to the lung. DCs derived from mouse bone marrow were found to produce remarkably elevated levels of IL-12 after being pulsed with the tumor lysates. Moreover, immunization with these DCs induced CTL activation and protected mice from metastasis development by intravenously inoculated tumor cells. In addition, these DCs activated NK cells in vitro in a contact-dependent manner, and induced NK activities in vivo. Furthermore, NK cell depletion before DC vaccination significantly reduced the tumor-specific CTL activity, IFN-gamma production, and IFN-gamma-inducible gene expression, and eventually interfered with the antitumor effect of tumor-pulsed DCs. Finally, similar findings with respect to NK cell dependency were obtained in the C57BU 6J-bglbg mice, which have severe deficiency in cytolytic activity of NK cells. These data suggest that the antitumor effect elicited by DC vaccination, at least in a B16 melanoma model, requires the participation of both cytolytic NK and CD8(+) T cells. The find
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