Expansion of HER2/neu-specific T cells ex vivo following immunization with a HER2/neu peptide-based vaccine

Clinical Breast Cancer
K L Knutson, M L Disis

Abstract

The identification and characterization of tumor antigens has facilitated the development of immune-based cancer prophylaxis and therapy. Cancer vaccines, like viral vaccines, may be effective in cancer prevention. Adoptive T-cell therapy, in contrast, may be more efficacious for the eradication of existing malignancies. Our group is examining the feasibility of antigen-specific adoptive T-cell therapy for the treatment of established cancer in the HER2/neu model. Transgenic mice overexpressing rat neu in mammary tissue develop malignancy, histologically similar to human HER2/neu-overexpressing breast cancer. These mice can be effectively immunized against a challenge with neu-positive tumor cells. Adoptive transfer of neu-specific T cells into tumor-bearing mice eradicates malignancy. Effective T-cell therapy relies on optimization of the ex vivo expansion of antigen-specific T cells. Two important elements of ex vivo antigen-specific T-cell growth that have been identified are (1) the preexisting levels of antigen-specific T cells and (2) the cytokine milieu used during ex vivo expansion of the T cells. Phase I clinical trials of HER2/neu-based peptide vaccination in human cancer patients have demonstrated that increased leve...Continue Reading

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