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Tumor cell apoptosis induces tumor‐specific immunity in a CC chemokine receptor 1‐ and 5‐dependent manner in mice
Author(s) -
Iida Noriho,
Nakamoto Yasunari,
Baba Tomohisa,
Kakinoki Kaheita,
Li YingYi,
Wu Yu,
Matsushima Kouji,
Kaneko Shuichi,
Mukaida Naofumi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of leukocyte biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.819
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1938-3673
pISSN - 0741-5400
DOI - 10.1189/jlb.1107791
Subject(s) - suicide gene , biology , chemokine receptor , cancer research , ccl3 , chemokine , ccr1 , cytotoxic t cell , apoptosis , immunology , cc chemokine receptors , population , immune system , genetic enhancement , ccl2 , medicine , in vitro , biochemistry , environmental health , gene
The first step in the generation of tumor immunity is the migration of dendritic cells (DCs) to the apoptotic tumor, which is presumed to be mediated by various chemokines. To clarify the roles of chemokines, we induced apoptosis using suicide gene therapy and investigated the immune responses following tumor apoptosis. We injected mice with a murine hepatoma cell line, BNL 1ME A.7R.1 (BNL), transfected with HSV‐thymidine kinase (tk) gene and then treated the animals with ganciclovir (GCV). GCV treatment induced massive tumor cell apoptosis accompanied with intratumoral DC infiltration. Tumor‐infiltrating DCs expressed chemokine receptors CCR1 and CCR5, and T cells and macrophages expressed CCL3, a ligand for CCR1 and CCR5. Moreover, tumor apoptosis increased the numbers of DCs migrating into the draining lymph nodes and eventually generated a specific cytotoxic cell population against BNL cells. Although GCV completely eradicated HSV‐tk‐transfected BNL cells in CCR1‐, CCR5‐, or CCL3‐deficient mice, intratumoral and intranodal DC infiltration and the subsequent cytotoxicity generation were attenuated in these mice. When parental cells were injected again after complete eradication of primary tumors by GCV treatment, the wild‐type mice completely rejected the rechallenged cells, but the deficient mice exhibited impairment in rejection. Thus, we provide definitive evidence indicating that CCR1 and CCR5 and their ligand CCL3 play a crucial role in the regulation of intratumoral DC accumulation and the subsequent establishment of tumor immunity following induction of tumor apoptosis by suicide genes.