Department of Hepatitis and AIDs, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Hepatitis and AIDs, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Mol Immunol. 2019 Apr;108:102-110. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2019.02.016. Epub 2019 Feb 23.
Immunotherapy with DCs as antigen-presenting vehicles have already improved patients' outcome against a variety of tumors. Moreover, MSCs were recently used to develop anti-cancer therapeutic or anti-microbial prophylactic vaccines. The current study evaluated immune responses and anti-tumor effects generated by DCs and MSCs derived from mouse bone marrow which were modified with small heat shock proteins 27 and 20 (sHsp27 and sHsp20) and also E7 oncoprotein in tumor mouse model. Two vaccination strategies were utilized including homologous DC or MSC prime/ DC or MSC boost, and heterologous MSC or DC prime/ protein boost vaccinations. Our data revealed that DCs pulsed with E7+Hsp27 and/or E7+Hsp20 in homologous and heterologous prime/ boost vaccinations could stimulate high levels of IgG2a, IgG2b, IFN-γ and IL-10 directed toward Th1 responses. Moreover, these regimens induced an increased level of Granzyme B, and displayed complete protection more than 60 days after treatment. On the other hand, MSCs transfected with E7+Hsp27 DNA in homologous and heterologous prime/ boost vaccinations could significantly enhance the E7-specific T-cell responses and suppress tumor growth in mice. However, MSCs transfected with E7+Hsp20 DNA did not induce a complete protection against TC-1 tumor compared to DCs pulsed with E7+Hsp20 protein complexes. These results indicated that DC- and MSC-based vaccinations with specific modalities will be a useful approach for immunotherapy and protection against HPV-associated cancers.
树突状细胞(DCs)作为抗原呈递载体的免疫疗法已经改善了患者对多种肿瘤的预后。此外,间充质干细胞(MSCs)最近被用于开发抗癌治疗或抗微生物预防性疫苗。本研究评估了源自小鼠骨髓的 DCs 和 MSCs 经小热休克蛋白 27 和 20(sHsp27 和 sHsp20)以及 E7 癌蛋白修饰后在肿瘤小鼠模型中产生的免疫反应和抗肿瘤作用。采用了两种疫苗接种策略,包括同源 DC 或 MSC 初免/DC 或 MSC 加强免疫,以及异源 MSC 或 DC 初免/蛋白加强免疫。我们的数据显示,在同源和异源初免/加强免疫中,用 E7+Hsp27 和/或 E7+Hsp20 脉冲的 DC 可以刺激针对 Th1 反应的高水平 IgG2a、IgG2b、IFN-γ 和 IL-10。此外,这些方案诱导高水平的 Granzyme B,并在治疗后 60 天以上显示出完全保护。另一方面,在同源和异源初免/加强免疫中,用 E7+Hsp27 DNA 转染的 MSCs 可以显著增强 E7 特异性 T 细胞反应并抑制小鼠肿瘤生长。然而,与用 E7+Hsp20 蛋白复合物脉冲的 DC 相比,用 E7+Hsp20 DNA 转染的 MSCs 并不能完全保护 TC-1 肿瘤。这些结果表明,基于 DC 和 MSC 的特定方式的疫苗接种将是 HPV 相关癌症免疫治疗和保护的一种有用方法。