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. 2016 Aug;55(1):146-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2016.06.001. Epub 2016 Jun 6.

Induction of anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses by experimental ECP-induced human dendritic antigen presenting cells

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Induction of anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses by experimental ECP-induced human dendritic antigen presenting cells

N Kibbi et al. Transfus Apher Sci. 2016 Aug.

Abstract

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP), or photopheresis, is distinguished by the specificity of the clinically potent immunologic reactions it initiates or regulates. The selectivity of ECP-induced immunoprotection for the malignant clone in cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL), and for the pathogenic clones in allograft rejection and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), has suggested a central mechanistic role for dendritic antigen presenting cells (DC). Discovery of ECP's induction of monocyte-derived DC, via monocyte signaling by ECP-plate activated platelets, and the absolute dependency of experimental ECP on such induced DC, supports that premise. Herein, we show that ECP-induced DC are capable of stimulating CD8 T cell responses to tumor antigens with which they are loaded. They internalize an antigen-specific melanoma-associated protein then present it onto a class I major histocompatibility, which then stimulates expansion of anti-tumor CD8 T cell populations. We conclude that ECP-induced DC prominently contribute to its initiation of anti-tumor immunity and raise the possibility that the therapy may be applicable to the immunotherapeutic management of a broader spectrum of cancers.

Keywords: Antigen-presenting cell (APC); CD8 T cell proliferation; Extracorporeal photochemotherapy; Melanoma antigen recognized by T cells-1 (MART-1).

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