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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
We have previously shown that vaccination of HLA-A2 metastatic melanoma patients with the analogue Melan-A(26-35(A27L)) peptide emulsified in a mineral oil induces ex vivo detectable specific CD8 T cells. These are further enhanced when a TLR9 agonist is codelivered in the same vaccine formulation. Interestingly, the same peptide can be efficiently recognized by HLA-DQ6-restricted CD4 T cells. We used HLA-DQ6 multimers to assess the specific CD4 T-cell response in both healthy individuals and melanoma patients. We report that the majority of melanoma patients carry high frequencies of naturally circulating HLA-DQ6-restricted Melan-A-specific CD4 T cells, a high proportion of which express FOXP3 and proliferate poorly in response to the cognate peptide. Upon vaccination, the relative frequency of multimer+ CD4 T cells did not change significantly. In contrast, we found a marked shift to FOXP3-negative CD4 T cells, accompanied by robust CD4 T-cell proliferation upon in vitro stimulation with cognate peptide. A concomitant reduction in TCR diversity was also observed. This is the first report on direct ex vivo identification of antigen-specific FOXP3+ T cells by multimer labeling in cancer patients and on the direct assessment of the impact of peptide vaccination on immunoregulatory T cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1538-7445
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8085-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Cancer Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Forkhead Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-HLA-A2 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-HLA-DQ Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Immunotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-MART-1 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19808957-Vaccination
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor antigen-specific FOXP3+ CD4 T cells identified in human metastatic melanoma: peptide vaccination results in selective expansion of Th1-like counterparts.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd, Lausanne Branch, Hôpital Orthopédique, Lausanne, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't