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9456432

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
The human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), which is expressed in several cancer types is a potential target for antigen-specific immunotherapy. In this study, we show that dendritic cells (DC) pulsed with an HLA class I restricted CEA cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) peptide epitope can stimulate T cells to kill CEA peptide loaded T2 target cells as well as CEA expressing tumor lines in the presence of interleukin-7 (IL-7) in an HLA-restricted manner. This has been demonstrated for carcinoma patients as well as healthy donors. The DC-CEA + IL-7 stimulated cultures contained predominantly CD3+CD8+CD56- cells indicative of MHC class I restricted CTL. In addition, DC-CEA + IL-7 stimulated cells showed higher levels of CD69 expression compared with cells stimulated with IL-7 alone, implying an activated phenotype. When the T-cell receptor (TCR) from CTL cultures stimulated with DC-CEA + IL-7 was analyzed, an oligoclonal pattern of expression was found for certain V beta subfamilies compared with the polyclonal patterns shown by IL-7 or phytohemagglutinin stimulated T cells from the same donors. This TCR restriction appeared to be maintained and enhanced after additional rounds of restimulation with DC-CEA + IL-7. The association between cytotoxicity and TCR restriction suggests that TCR analysis may be useful as an in vitro indicator to monitor alterations in the T-cell population in response to antigen-specific immunotherapies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1524-9557
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Dendritic cells pulsed with CEA peptide induce CEA-specific CTL with restricted TCR repertoire.
pubmed:affiliation
RPR GenCell, Santa Clara, California 95054-1114, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article