A chaperone protein-enriched tumor cell lysate vaccine generates protective humoral immunity in a mouse breast cancer model

Mol Cancer Ther. 2008 Mar;7(3):721-9. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-07-2067.

Abstract

We have documented previously that a multiple chaperone protein vaccine termed chaperone-rich cell lysate (CRCL) promotes tumor-specific T-cell responses leading to cancer regression in several mouse tumor models. We report here that CRCL vaccine generated from a mouse breast cancer (TUBO, HER2/neu positive) is also capable of eliciting humoral immunity. Administration of TUBO CRCL triggered anti-HER2/neu antibody production and delayed the progression of established tumors. This antitumor activity can be transferred through the serum isolated from TUBO CRCL-immunized animals and involved both B cells and CD4(+) T lymphocytes. Further evaluation of the mechanisms underlying TUBO CRCL-mediated humoral immunity highlighted the role of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. These results suggest that tumor-derived CRCL vaccine has a wider applicability as a cancer vaccine because it can target both T-cell- and B-cell-specific responses and may represent a promising approach for the immunotherapy of cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm / biosynthesis*
  • Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity
  • Cancer Vaccines / immunology*
  • Cell Line
  • Disease Models, Animal*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Immune Sera
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / immunology*
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Molecular Chaperones / metabolism*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neoplasm
  • Cancer Vaccines
  • Immune Sera
  • Molecular Chaperones