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Am J Cancer Res. 2011 Aug 30;1(7):882-96.

Synergy of brief activation of CD8 T-cells in the presence of IL-12 and adoptive transfer into lymphopenic hosts promotes tumor clearance and anti-tumor memory.

American journal of cancer research

C Marcela Díaz-Montero, Osama Naga, Abdel-Aziz A Zidan, Mohamed L Salem, Maria Pallin, Anita Parmigiani, Gail Walker, Eric Wieder, Krishna Komanduri, David J Cole, Alberto J Montero, Mathias G Lichtenheld

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL33136, USA.

PMID: 21915391 PMCID: PMC3170749

Abstract

Adoptive T-cell therapy holds great promise for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. However, prohibitive costs associated with current technology required for culture and expansion of tumor-reactive T-cells, the need for intense preconditioning regimens to induce lymphopenia, and the unpredictable anti-tumor effect of adoptively transferred T-cells remain significant impediments for its clinical implementation. Here we report a simplified combinatorial approach that involves short activation of CD8(+) T cells in the presence of IL-12 followed by adoptive transfer into tumor bearing animals after a single injection of cyclophosphamide. This approach resulted in complete eradication of B16 melanoma, and the establishment of long term immunological memory capable of fully protecting mice after a second B16 melanoma challenge. The activated donor cells were unique because they simultaneously exhibited traits for cytotoxic effector function, central memory-like, homing, and senescence. After tumor eradication and within three months after transfer, CD8+ cells exhibited a conventional memory CTL phenotype. Moreover, these memory CTLs acquired functional attributes characteristic of memory stem cells, including the ability to resist chemotherapy-induced toxicity. Our results suggest that short-term T-cell receptor signaling in the presence of IL-12 promotes promiscuous qualities in naïve CTL which - upon transfer into lymphopenic hosts- are sufficient to eradicate tumors and generate life-long tumor-specific memory.

Keywords: ACT; CD8; IL-12; Pmel; T cell therapy; melanoma; memory

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