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Systemic targeting of CpG-ODN to the tumor microenvironment with anti-neu-CpG hybrid molecule and T regulatory cell depletion induces memory responses in BALB-neuT tolerant mice.


ABSTRACT: We have shown that neu transgenic mice are immunotolerant and that immunizations with dendritic cells (DC) pulsed with neu-derived antigens were not able to control tumor growth in these animals. We tested whether, by modulating the tumor microenvironment with Toll-like receptor ligands, it could be possible to induce the activation of antitumor responses in neu mice. Our results indicate that only intratumoral (i.t.) injections of CpG-ODN induce an antitumor response in neu mice. To target the CpG-ODN to the tumor site anywhere within the body, we chemically conjugated an anti-Her-2/neu monoclonal antibody (mAb) with CpG-ODN. The anti-neu-CpG hybrid molecule retained its ability to bind to Her-2/neu(+) tumors, activate DCs, and induce antitumor responses. Our results indicated that injections of anti-neu-CpG induced the rejection of primary tumors in 100% of BALB/c mice and only in approximately 30% of BALB-neuT mice. After challenging the BALB/c and BALB-neuT mice, we observed that BALB/c mice developed a protective memory response; in contrast, BALB-neuT mice succumbed to the challenge. After injections of anti-neu-CpG, T regulatory cells (T-reg) were drastically reduced at the tumor site, but a large number were still present in the lymphoid organs. When BALB-neuT mice were treated with anti-neu-CpG plus anti-GITR mAb, but not with anti-CD25 mAb, 100% of the BALB-neuT mice rejected the primary tumor and developed a protective memory response indicating the critical role of T-regs in regulating the repertoire against self antigens. Taken together, these results indicate that CpG-ODN-targeted therapy and depletion of T-regs optimally activate a primary response and generate a protective memory response against self-tumor antigens.

SUBMITTER: Sharma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2596586 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Systemic targeting of CpG-ODN to the tumor microenvironment with anti-neu-CpG hybrid molecule and T regulatory cell depletion induces memory responses in BALB-neuT tolerant mice.

Sharma Sanjay S   Sharma Sanjay S   Dominguez Ana Lucia AL   Manrique Soraya Zorro SZ   Cavallo Federica F   Sakaguchi Shimon S   Lustgarten Joseph J  

Cancer research 20080901 18


We have shown that neu transgenic mice are immunotolerant and that immunizations with dendritic cells (DC) pulsed with neu-derived antigens were not able to control tumor growth in these animals. We tested whether, by modulating the tumor microenvironment with Toll-like receptor ligands, it could be possible to induce the activation of antitumor responses in neu mice. Our results indicate that only intratumoral (i.t.) injections of CpG-ODN induce an antitumor response in neu mice. To target the  ...[more]

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