IMR Press / FBL / Volume 12 / Issue 9 / DOI: 10.2741/2335

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Article
Dendritic cell vaccine but not idiotype-KLH protein vaccine primes therapeutic tumor-specific immunity against multiple myeloma
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1 Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, and the Center for Cancer Immunology Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer, USA
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2007, 12(9), 3566–3575; https://doi.org/10.2741/2335
Published: 1 May 2007
Abstract

Idiotype protein (Id) secreted by myeloma cells is the best-characterized tumor-specific antigen and is widely used in clinical trials of immunotherapy in B-cell tumors. In this study, we used a myeloma murine model to compare the efficacy of two commonly used vaccines in human trials, Id-keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) protein versus Id-KLH-pulsed DC vaccines in preventing or treating myeloma and priming tumor-specific immune responses. Although both vaccines were able to protect mice from developing myeloma, only the DC vaccine induced therapeutic immunity in tumor-bearing mice. DC vaccinations not only retarded tumor growth but also eradicated established myeloma in 60% of mice. The therapeutic efficacy of the DC vaccine was associated with increased tumor-specific IFN-γ and IL-4 T-cell responses and cytolytic activity of splenic T cells. Moreover, the vaccines induced tumor-specific immune responses that protected surviving mice from tumor rechallenge. Thus, our results demonstrate that Id-based DC vaccine but not Id-KLH protein vaccine can be therapeutic to established myeloma. Further studies are needed to optimize methods of DC-based vaccines to improve the efficacy of clinical trials.

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