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The Journal of Immunology, 2002, 169: 531-539.
Copyright © 2002 by The American Association of Immunologists

Antimelanoma Activity of CTL Generated from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells After Stimulation with Autologous Dendritic Cells Pulsed with Melanoma gp100 Peptide G209-2M Is Correlated to TCR Avidity

Sixun Yang, Gerald P. Linette, Simonne Longerich and Frank G. Haluska1

Division of Hematology-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114

Anchor residue-modified peptides derived from tumor-associated Ag have demonstrated success in engendering immune responses in clinical studies. However, tumor regression does not always correlate with immune responses. One hypothesis to explain this is that CTL resulting from such immunization approaches are variable in antitumor potency. In the present study, we evaluated this hypothesis by characterizing the activity of tumor-associated Ag-specific CTL. We chose an anchor residue-modified peptide from gp100, G209-2M, and used peptide-pulsed dendritic cells to generate CTL from PBMC of HLA-A2+ normal donors. The specificities and avidities of the resulting CTL were evaluated. The results demonstrate that CTL generated by G209-2M can be classified into three categories: G209-2M-specific CTL which are cytotoxic only to G209-2M-pulsed targets; peptide-specific CTL which recognize both G209 and G209-2M peptides but not melanomas; and melanoma-reactive CTL which recognize peptide-pulsed targets as well as HLA-A2+gp100+ melanomas. CTL that kill only peptide-pulsed targets require a higher peptide concentration to mediate target lysis, whereas CTL that lyse melanomas need a lower peptide concentration. Increasing peptide density on melanomas by loading exogenous G209 peptide enhances their sensitivity to peptide-specific CTL. High avidity CTL clones also demonstrate potent antimelanoma activity in melanoma model in nude mice. Injection of G209 peptide around transplanted tumors significantly enhances the antitumor activity of low avidity CTL. These results suggest that peptide stimulation causes expansion of T cell populations with a range of avidities. Successful immunotherapy may require selective expansion of the higher-avidity CTL and intratumor injection of the peptide may enhance the effect of peptide vaccines.




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