| First Author | Romieu R | Year | 1998 |
| Journal | J Immunol | Volume | 161 |
| Issue | 10 | Pages | 5133-7 |
| PubMed ID | 9820481 | Mgi Jnum | J:50908 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:1313033 | Doi | 10.4049/jimmunol.161.10.5133 |
| Citation | Romieu R, et al. (1998) Passive but not active CD8+ T cell-based immunotherapy interferes with liver tumor progression in a transgenic mouse model. J Immunol 161(10):5133-7 |
| abstractText | To evaluate tumor immunotherapies, we used transgenic mice that harbor a progressive liver tumor associated with the expression of the SV40 large tumor T oncoprotein (SV40-T). To induce self tumor Ag-specific CD8+ T cells, mice were injected with an immunodominant SV40-T CTL epitope mixed with a heterologous helper peptide. Despite repeated injections, this vaccine failed to raise a tumor-specific CD8+ T cell response that was efficient enough to counteract tumors. Although coimmunization with SV40-T CTL epitope and heterologous helper peptide efficiently recruited the respective Th cells, only low-avidity SV40-T-specific CD8+ T cells were activated. Furthermore, major alterations in SV40-T-specific B and Th cell responses were characterized. In contrast, transfers of higher-avidity CTLs specific for the same SV40-T epitope were effective in counteracting tumors. These results suggest that passive therapies targeted to self tumor Ag may be more suitable than active immunization in the treatment of spontaneous tumors. |
