Induction of regulatory T cell-resistant helper CD4+ T cells by bacterial vector
Induction of regulatory T cell-resistant helper CD4+ T cells by bacterial vector
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2007-09-113761
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发表时间:
2008-02-01
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Gnjatic, Sacha
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作者:
Nishikawa, Hiroyoshi;Tsuji, Takernasa;Gnjatic, Sacha
Salmonella typhimurium engineered to deliver cancer/testis antigen NY-ESO-1 through type III secretion (S typhimurium-NY-ESO-1) was shown to be an efficient cancer vaccine construct in mice and to stimulate NY-ESO-1-specific CD8(+)/CD4(+) T cells in vitro in patients with cancer with NY-ESO-1 spontaneous immunity. We also showed that individuals without spontaneous immunity to NY-ESO-1 had specific CD4(+) T-cell precursors with high avidity to NY-ESO-1 under tight control by CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells. We now found that in healthy donors and patients with melanoma without NY-ESO-1 spontaneous immunity, S typhimurium-NY-ESO-1 elicits CD4(+) T helper 1 (Th1) cells in vitro recognizing naturally processed antigen from these high-avidity NY-ESO-1-specific naive precursors. In contrast to peptide stimulation, induction of specific Th1 cells with S typhimurium-NY-ESO-1 did not require in vitro depletion of CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg cells, and this prevailing effect was partially blocked by disruption of interieukin-6 or glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptor (GITR) signals. Furthermore, S typhimurium.-induced Th1 cells had higher GITR expression than peptide-induced Th1 cells and were resistant to suppression by CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg cells in a GITR-dependent fashion. We propose that S typhimurium-NY-ESO-1 induces antigen-specific T-cell responses that are resistant to suppression by CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg cells.