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Sciullo PD, Menay F, Cocozza F, Gravisaco MJ, Waldner CI, Mongini C. Systemic administration of imiquimod as an adjuvant improves immunogenicity of a tumor-lysate vaccine inducing the rejection of a highly aggressive T-cell lymphoma. Clin Immunol 2019; 203:154-161. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2019.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Cocozza F, Menay F, Tsacalian R, Elisei A, Sampedro P, Soria I, Waldner C, Gravisaco MJ, Mongini C. Cyclophosphamide enhances the release of tumor exosomes that elicit a specific immune response in vivo in a murine T-cell lymphoma. Vaccine 2019; 37:1565-1576. [PMID: 30777349 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Exosomes are 60-150 nm small extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by most cells. Tumor-cell-derived exosomes, used as a vaccine, elicit a specific cytotoxic response against tumor cells, usually with a greater immunogenicity than tumor-cell lysates. However, the number of exosomes isolated from culture cells is limited. In recent studies, it was observed that cells respond to different stressor stimuli such as cytotoxic drugs, hypoxia, acidosis, or radiation by increasing the release of EVs. In this study, using the murine LBC T-cell lymphoma, we found that cyclophosphamide significantly increased EVs yield. These EVs express exosome marker proteins such as TSG-101, CD9, CD81, and CD63. Furthermore, similar humoral and cellular immune responses were induced in vivo by EVs isolated from LBC-tumor cells whether they were grown under normal culture conditions (EVs C) or in the presence of cyclophosphamide (EVs CTX). Mice vaccinated either with EVs C or EVs CTX were similarly protected against an intraperitoneal challenge with LBC tumor cells. CD4+ and CD8+ IFN-γ secreting cells were induced in immunized mice and a specific cytotoxic cellular immune response was elicited in vitro. These results demonstrate that a Th1 response was induced by immunization with the EVs. Our findings suggest that treatment of tumor cells with cyclophosphamide is a useful method to enhance the secretion of EVs in sensitive cell lines without altering their antitumor properties and thus may be used to produce antigens for future design of cancer vaccines.
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- Federico Cocozza
- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), CONICET-UBA, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), CONICET-UBA, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), CONICET-UBA, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales Universidad de Morón, Argentina
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- Instituto de Virología, INTA Castelar, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), CONICET-UBA, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), CONICET-UBA, Argentina; Instituto de Virología, INTA Castelar, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales Universidad de Morón, Argentina.
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Menay F, Herschlik L, De Toro J, Cocozza F, Tsacalian R, Gravisaco MJ, Di Sciullo MP, Vendrell A, Waldner CI, Mongini C. Exosomes Isolated from Ascites of T-Cell Lymphoma-Bearing Mice Expressing Surface CD24 and HSP-90 Induce a Tumor-Specific Immune Response. Front Immunol 2017; 8:286. [PMID: 28360912 PMCID: PMC5352668 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including endosome-derived nanovesicles (exosomes), are involved in cell–cell communication. Through transfer of their molecular contents, extracellular nanovesicles can alter the function of recipient cells. Due to these characteristics, EVs have shown potential as a new alternative for cancer immunotherapy. Tumor exosomes isolated from malignant ascites can activate dendritic cells, thereby priming the immune system to recognize and kill cancer cells. However, a suppressive role on tumor immune response has also been reported, suggesting that the neoplastic stage of carcinogenesis and the microenvironment where tumor cells grow may influence the amount of EVs released by the cell. This neoplastic stage and microenvironment may also impact EVs’ components such as proteins and miRNA, determining their biological behavior. Most T-cell lymphomas have an aggressive clinical course and poor prognosis. Consequently, complementary alternative therapies are needed to improve the survival rates achieved with conventional treatments. In this work, we have characterized EVs isolated from ascites of mice bearing a very aggressive murine T-cell lymphoma and have studied their immunogenic properties. Small EVs were isolated by differential centrifugation, ultrafiltration, and ultracentrifugation at 100,000 × g on a sucrose cushion. The EVs were defined as exosomes by their morphology and size analyzed by electron microscopy, their floating density on a sucrose gradient, as well as their expression of endosome marker proteins ALIX, TSG-101; the tetraspanins CD63, CD9, and CD81. In addition, they contain tumor antigens, the marker for malignancy CD24, the heat shock protein HSP-70, and an unusual surface expression of HSP-90 was demonstrated. The administration of EVs isolated from ascites (EVs A) into naïve-syngeneic mice induced both humoral and cellular immune responses that allowed the rejection of subsequent tumor challenges. However, the immunization had no effect on a non-related mammary adenocarcinoma, demonstrating that the immune response elicited was specific and also it induced immune memory. In vitro analysis demonstrated that T-cells from EVs A-immunized mice secrete IFN-γ in response to tumor stimulation. Furthermore, tumor-specific CD4+ and CD8+ IFN-γ secreting cells could be efficiently expanded from mice immunized with EVs A, showing that a T helper 1 response is involved in tumor rejection. Our findings confirm exosomes as promising defined acellular tumor antigens for the development of an antitumor vaccine.
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- Florencia Menay
- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Vendrell A, Mongini C, Gravisaco MJ, Canellada A, Tesone AI, Goin JC, Waldner CI. An Oral Salmonella-Based Vaccine Inhibits Liver Metastases by Promoting Tumor-Specific T-Cell-Mediated Immunity in Celiac and Portal Lymph Nodes: A Preclinical Study. Front Immunol 2016; 7:72. [PMID: 26973649 PMCID: PMC4771756 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Primary tumor excision is one of the most widely used therapies of cancer. However, the risk of metastases development still exists following tumor resection. The liver is a common site of metastatic disease for numerous cancers. Breast cancer is one of the most frequent sources of metastases to the liver. The aim of this work was to evaluate the efficacy of the orally administered Salmonella Typhi vaccine strain CVD 915 on the development of liver metastases in a mouse model of breast cancer. To this end, one group of BALB/c mice was orogastrically immunized with CVD 915, while another received PBS as a control. After 24 h, mice were injected with LM3 mammary adenocarcinoma cells into the spleen and subjected to splenectomy. This oral Salmonella-based vaccine produced an antitumor effect, leading to a decrease in the number and volume of liver metastases. Immunization with Salmonella induced an early cellular immune response in mice. This innate stimulation rendered a large production of IFN-γ by intrahepatic immune cells (IHIC) detected within 24 h. An antitumor adaptive immunity was found in the liver and celiac and portal lymph nodes (LDLN) 21 days after oral bacterial inoculation. The antitumor immune response inside the liver was associated with increased CD4+ and dendritic cell populations as well as with an inflammatory infiltrate located around liver metastatic nodules. Enlarged levels of inflammatory cytokines (IFN-γ and TNF) were also detected in IHIC. Furthermore, a tumor-specific production of IFN-γ and TNF as well as tumor-specific IFN-γ-producing CD8 T cells (CD8+IFN-γ+) were found in the celiac and portal lymph nodes of Salmonella-treated mice. This study provides first evidence for the involvement of LDLN in the development of an efficient cellular immune response against hepatic tumors, which resulted in the elimination of liver metastases after oral Salmonella-based vaccination.
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- Alejandrina Vendrell
- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFyBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFyBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni (IDEHU). Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFyBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFyBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFyBO-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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Vendrell A, Gravisaco MJ, Pasetti MF, Croci M, Colombo L, Rodríguez C, Mongini C, Waldner CI. A novel Salmonella Typhi-based immunotherapy promotes tumor killing via an antitumor Th1-type cellular immune response and neutrophil activation in a mouse model of breast cancer. Vaccine 2011; 29:728-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2010] [Revised: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Castro M, Molina M, Di Sciullo P, Azpiroz M, Leocata Nieto F, Sterín-Speziale N, Mongini C, Manghi M. Beneficial activity of Enterococcus faecalis CECT7121 in the anti-lymphoma protective response. J Appl Microbiol 2010; 109:1234-43. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04747.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Frick LR, Rapanelli M, Bussmann UA, Klecha AJ, Arcos MLB, Genaro AM, Cremaschi GA. Involvement of thyroid hormones in the alterations of T-cell immunity and tumor progression induced by chronic stress. Biol Psychiatry 2009; 65:935-42. [PMID: 19167703 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2008] [Revised: 12/04/2008] [Accepted: 12/06/2008] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Stress alters the neuroendocrine system, immunity, and cancer. Although the classic stress hormones are glucocorticoids and catecholamines, thyroid hormones have also been related to stress. We recently reported that chronic restraint stress impairs T-cell mediated immunity and enhances tumor growth in mice. METHODS To study the participation of these hormones on the stress-induced alterations of the immune function and lymphoma growth, mice were subjected to acute or chronic stress, with or without thyroxin supplementation. Hormone levels, immune status, and cancer progression were evaluated. RESULTS Differential endocrine alterations were observed in response to acute and chronic stress. Although corticosterone and noradrenaline levels were increased by acute stress, they were restored after prolonged exposure to the stressor. Instead, thyroid hormone levels were only reduced in chronically stressed animals in comparison with control subjects. Correlating, chronic but not acute stress impaired T-cell reactivity. Thyroxin replacement treatment of chronic restraint stress-exposed mice, which restored the euthyroid status, reversed the observed reduction of T-cell lymphoproliferative responses. Moreover, therapeutic thyroid replacement also reversed the alterations of lymphoma growth induced by chronic stress in syngeneic mice bearing tumors as well as Interleukin-2 production and specific cytotoxic response against tumor cells. Finally, we found that the isoforms theta and alpha of the protein kinase C are involved in these events. CONCLUSIONS These results show for the first time that thyroid hormones are important neuroendocrine regulators of tumor evolution, most probably acting through the modulation of T-cell mediated immunity affected by chronic stress.
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- Luciana Romina Frick
- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Primera Cátedra de Farmacología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Frick LR, Arcos MLB, Rapanelli M, Zappia MP, Brocco M, Mongini C, Genaro AM, Cremaschi GA. Chronic restraint stress impairs T-cell immunity and promotes tumor progression in mice. Stress 2009; 12:134-43. [PMID: 18609297 DOI: 10.1080/10253890802137437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Long-term exposure to stressful situations can affect the immune system. The T-cell response is an important component of anti-tumoral immunity. Hence, impairment of the immune function induced by a chronic stressor has been postulated to alter the immunosurveillance of tumors, thus leading to a worse neoplastic prognosis. Here, we show that chronic restraint stress affects T-cell mediated immunity in mice. This was evidenced by a decrease of mitogen-induced T-cell proliferation, a reduction in CD4(+)T lymphocyte number and a decrease of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production in stressed mice. Additionally, mice subjected to chronic restraint stress displayed an enhancement of tumor growth in a syngeneic lymphoma model, i.e. an increase of tumor proliferation and a reduction of animal survival. Finally, stressed mice had a reduced specific cytotoxic response against these tumor cells. These results suggest that chronic exposure to stress promotes cancer establishment and subsequent progression, probably by depressing T-cell mediated immunity. The T-cell immunity impairment as well as the tumor progression enhancement emphasize the importance of the therapeutic management of stress to improve the prognosis of cancer patients.
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- L R Frick
- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas, 1 Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Frick LR, Palumbo ML, Zappia MP, Brocco MA, Cremaschi GA, Genaro AM. Inhibitory effect of fluoxetine on lymphoma growth through the modulation of antitumor T-cell response by serotonin-dependent and independent mechanisms. Biochem Pharmacol 2008; 75:1817-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2007] [Revised: 01/25/2008] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ruybal P, Gravisaco MJ, Barcala V, Escalada A, Di Sciullo P, Waldner C, Mongini C. Complete rejection of a T-cell lymphoma due to synergism of T-cell receptor costimulatory molecules, CD80, CD40L, and CD40. Vaccine 2007; 26:697-705. [PMID: 18155328 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2007] [Revised: 10/20/2007] [Accepted: 11/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The equal importance of the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of antigen presentation as well as the set of costimulatory signals provided by antigen presenting cells to T-cells in determining the outcome of T-cell responses at the time of antigen recognition is now clear. Moreover, an important function in innate mechanisms has been recently attributed to costimulatory molecules demonstrating their relevant role in different stages of immune response. In this paper, we demonstrated the ability of CD40L (CD154) and CD80 costimulatory molecules expression in a T-cell lymphoma to induce both T-cell dependent and independent immune responses leading to an important anti-tumor effect. CD40 expression by LBC cells enhanced only T-cell dependent anti-tumor immune response resulting in tumor rejection. Furthermore, this work represents the first report to describe complete tumor rejection after co-inoculation of lymphoma cells transfected with CD40L and CD80 in either presence or absence of CD40 expressing lymphoma cells. In addition, this synergistic effect resulted in long lasting immunity to parental tumor cells. Co-inoculation of tumor cells each genetically modified to express a different costimulatory molecule circumvents the need to co-transfect genetically unstable tumor cells and represents an option for those weakly or non-immunogenic tumors where either treatment alone proved to be inefficient. This strategy represents a promising approach for inducing anti-tumor immunity and provides a new rational design of cancer therapies.
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- Paula Ruybal
- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular y Molecular, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos, CEFyBO-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina, Paraguay 2155, 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ruybal P, Gravisaco MJ, Barcala V, Escalada A, Cremaschi G, Taboga O, Waldner C, Mongini C. Transgene expression enhancement in T-lymphoma cell lines. Int Immunopharmacol 2005; 5:1685-92. [PMID: 16102518 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2005.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2005] [Revised: 04/01/2005] [Accepted: 04/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In transfection protocols, the expression levels of the transgene is important to define, still is difficult to obtain in certain cell lines such as those derived from T-lymphoma cells. In this study we evaluate transgene expression kinetics in the presence and absence of two well known transcription activators such as phorbol-12-myristate13-acetate (PMA) and Ionomicin (IO). Three murine T lymphoma cell lines (LBC, EL4 and BW5147) were transfected by electroporation using green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a reporter gene and analyzed by flow cytometry. Addition of PMA/IO resulted in a significant increase of the Mean Fluorescence Intensity but not in GFP-positive cell percentages, either in transient or stable transfected LBC and EL4 cells. Remarkable, BW5147 cells showed low GFP induction with a significant increment only in stable transfected cells. Our results demonstrated that CMV promoter activity can be enhanced in transfected lymphoma cells by PMA/IO suggesting that transgene expression levels can be optimized by means of the use of transcription activators.
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- Paula Ruybal
- Laboratorio de Inmunología Molecular y Celular, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos, CEFYBO-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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