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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Tumor-cell apoptosis is the basis of many cancer therapies, and tumor-specific T cells are the principal effectors of successful antitumor immunotherapies. Here we show that induction of tumor-cell apoptosis by an agonistic monoclonal antibody to DR5, the apoptosis-inducing receptor for TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), combined with T-cell activation by agonistic monoclonal antibodies to the costimulatory molecules CD40 and CD137, potently and rapidly stimulated tumor-specific effector CD8+ T cells capable of eradicating preestablished tumors. Primary fibrosarcomas initiated with the carcinogen 3-methylcholanthrene (MCA), multiorgan metastases and a primary tumor containing as many as 90% tumor cells resistant to DR5-specific monoclonal antibody were rejected without apparent toxicity or induction of autoimmunity. This combination therapy of three monoclonal antibodies (trimAb) rapidly induced tumor-specific CD8+ T cells producing interferon (IFN)-gamma in the tumor-draining lymph node, consistent with a crucial requirement for CD8+ T cells and IFN-gamma in the tumor rejection process. These results in mice indicate that a rational monoclonal antibody-based therapy that both causes tumor-cell apoptosis through DR5 and activates T cells may be an effective strategy for cancer immunotherapy in humans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1078-8956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
693-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:16680149-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Eradication of established tumors in mice by a combination antibody-based therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't