Neoplasma Vol.54, p.326-333, 2007
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Title: Combination of Intratumoral injections of vaccinia virus MVA expressing
GM-CSF and immunization with DNA vaccine prolongs the survival
of mice bearing HPV16 induced tumors with downregulated expression
of MHC class I molecules |
Author: S. NEMECKOVA, M. SMAHEL, P. HAINZ, J. MACKOVA, K. ZURKOVA, P. GABRIEL, M. INDROVA, L. KUTINOVA |
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Abstract: it is the major obstacle to T-cell based immunotherapy of tumors. In our experimental model, the C57BL/6 mice bearing tumors induced by TC-1/A9 cells characterized by expression of HPV16 oncogenes and downregulation of H-2b molecules were immunized with highly immunogenic E7GGG.GUS DNA vaccine expressing the fused gene of modified HPV16 E7 (E7GGG) with E.coli β-glucuronidase (GUS). The DNA vaccine was administered by gene gun on days 7 and 14 after s.c. injection of tumor cells. The tumors in situ were injected with recombinant vaccinia virus MVA expressing the gene for murine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (MVA-GM-CSF). Two doses of the DNA vaccine combined with at least two consecutive local treatments with MVA-GM-CSF were able to inhibit significantly the growth of tumors. We have shown by ELISPOT-IFNγ that in situ expression of the GM-CSF gene did not enhance the E7 specific systemic Tcell response. We found that local injections of MVA-GM-CSF induced an increase of intratumoral CD3+ T cell counts and that the DNA vaccination resulted in up-regulation of MHC type I molecules on tumor cells in vivo. We suppose that i.t. delivery of MVA-GM-CSF changed the local tumor microenvironment and rendered tumors more attractive and better accessible to effector T cells.
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Keywords: GM-CSF, vaccinia virus, MVA, DNA vaccine, HPV16 E7, tumor |
Year: 2007, Volume: 54, Issue: |
Page From: 326, Page To: 333 |
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