In Vitro Anti-tumor Immune Response Induced by Dendritic Cells Transfected with Recombinant Adenovirus Carrying Mutant K-ras Genes
- Author:
Feng ZHAO
1
;
Qinghua ZHOU
;
Yanrong LU
;
Yang QIN
;
Jie ZHANG
;
Jinsong LI
;
Jianjun WANG
Author Information
1. Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Keywords:
adenovirus vector;
mutant k-ras gene;
dendritic cell;
T lymphocyte
- From:
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences)
2005;25(4):378-381
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The specific anti-tumor immune response induced by mouse bone marrow dendritic cells (DCs) transfected with recombinant adenovirus carrying mutant k-ras genes was investigated. DCs were generated from mouse bone marrow in the presence of rmGM-CSF (3.3 ng/mL) and rmIL-4 (1.3 ng/mL) and detected by FACS, and then transfected with the recombinant adenovirus encoding mutant k-ras gene. The efficacy of transfection and T cell stimulating activity of DCs were detected. CTL activity of the mice vaccinated with DCs was observed. The results showed that DCs had dendritic veiled morphology. BmDCs highly expressed B7-1 (80 %), B7-2 (77 %), MHC Ⅱ (70 %), CD11c (65 %), CD40 (70 %) and CD54 (96 %) with FACS, and no significant difference in the expression was observed before and after the transfection (P>0.05). The DCs transfected by mutant k-ras gene could significantly stimulate lymphocytes proliferation as compared with those transfected by Ad-c or non-modified DCs (P<0.05). DC vaccine transfected by mutant k-ras gene could induce CTL activity against Lewis lung cancer, but not against B16. The specific cytotoxicity against Lewis lung cancer in Ad-k-ras/12-transduced DC group was significantly higher than those in the control, vector and non-transfected DCs groups (P<0.05). It was concluded that special antitumor response could be induced by DCs transfected with recombinant adenovirus carrying mutant k-ras genes.
