TY - JOUR
T1 - Intranodal vaccination with mRNA-optimized dendritic cells in metastatic melanoma patients
AU - Bol, Kalijn F
AU - Figdor, Carl G
AU - Aarntzen, Erik Hjg
AU - Welzen, Marieke Eb
AU - van Rossum, Michelle M
AU - Blokx, Willeke Am
AU - van de Rakt, Mandy Wmm
AU - Scharenborg, Nicole M
AU - de Boer, Annemiek J
AU - Pots, Jeanette M
AU - Olde Nordkamp, Michel Am
AU - van Oorschot, Tom Gm
AU - Mus, Roel Dm
AU - Croockewit, Sandra Aj
AU - Jacobs, Joannes Fm
AU - Schuler, Gerold
AU - Neyns, Bart
AU - Austyn, Jonathan M
AU - Punt, Cornelis Ja
AU - Schreibelt, Gerty
AU - de Vries, I Jolanda M
PY - 2015/8
Y1 - 2015/8
N2 - Autologous dendritic cell (DC) therapy is an experimental cellular immunotherapy that is safe and immunogenic in patients with advanced melanoma. In an attempt to further improve the therapeutic responses, we treated 15 patients with melanoma, with autologous monocyte-derived immature DC electroporated with mRNA encoding CD40 ligand (CD40L), CD70 and a constitutively active TLR4 (caTLR4) together with mRNA encoding a tumor-associated antigen (TAA; respectively gp100 or tyrosinase). In addition, DC were pulsed with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) that served as a control antigen. Production of this DC vaccine with high cellular viability, high expression of co-stimulatory molecules and MHC class I and II and production of IL-12p70, was feasible in all patients. A vaccination cycle consisting of three vaccinations with up to 15×106 DC per vaccination at a biweekly interval, was repeated after 6 and 12 months in the absence of disease progression. mRNA-optimized DC were injected intranodally, because of low CCR7 expression on the DC, and induced de novo immune responses against control antigen. T cell responses against tyrosinase were detected in the skin-test infiltrating lymphocytes (SKIL) of two patients. One mixed tumor response and two durable tumor stabilizations were observed among 8 patients with evaluable disease at baseline. In conclusion, autologous mRNA-optimized DC can be safely administered intranodally to patients with metastatic melanoma but showed limited immunological responses against tyrosinase and gp100.
AB - Autologous dendritic cell (DC) therapy is an experimental cellular immunotherapy that is safe and immunogenic in patients with advanced melanoma. In an attempt to further improve the therapeutic responses, we treated 15 patients with melanoma, with autologous monocyte-derived immature DC electroporated with mRNA encoding CD40 ligand (CD40L), CD70 and a constitutively active TLR4 (caTLR4) together with mRNA encoding a tumor-associated antigen (TAA; respectively gp100 or tyrosinase). In addition, DC were pulsed with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) that served as a control antigen. Production of this DC vaccine with high cellular viability, high expression of co-stimulatory molecules and MHC class I and II and production of IL-12p70, was feasible in all patients. A vaccination cycle consisting of three vaccinations with up to 15×106 DC per vaccination at a biweekly interval, was repeated after 6 and 12 months in the absence of disease progression. mRNA-optimized DC were injected intranodally, because of low CCR7 expression on the DC, and induced de novo immune responses against control antigen. T cell responses against tyrosinase were detected in the skin-test infiltrating lymphocytes (SKIL) of two patients. One mixed tumor response and two durable tumor stabilizations were observed among 8 patients with evaluable disease at baseline. In conclusion, autologous mRNA-optimized DC can be safely administered intranodally to patients with metastatic melanoma but showed limited immunological responses against tyrosinase and gp100.
U2 - 10.1080/2162402X.2015.1019197
DO - 10.1080/2162402X.2015.1019197
M3 - Article
C2 - 26405571
SN - 2162-4011
VL - 4
SP - e1019197
JO - OncoImmunology
JF - OncoImmunology
IS - 8
ER -