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Recombinant CD63/ME491/Neuroglandular/NKI/C-3 Antigen Inhibits Growth of Established Tumors in Transgenic Mice ¹

Jian Li^2,*, Weiping Li^2,*, Shaohong Liang^*, Dewei Cai^*, Marie Paule Kieny, Lutz Jacob^*, Alban Linnenbach^*, Jan W. Abramczuk^*, Hans Bender^*, Katrin Sproesser^*, Rolf Swoboda^*, Rajasekharan Somasundaram^*, DuPont Guerry and Dorothee Herlyn^3,*

^* The Wistar Institute, and Pigmented Lesion Clinic, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and 2 Unité 544, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Strasbourg, France

Attempts to vaccinate against tumors can be hindered by the induction of immunological tolerance to the target Ag as a result of Ag expression on normal tissues. In this study, we find that transgenic mice expressing the melanoma-associated Ag CD63/ME491/neuroglandular/NKI/C-3 on their normal tissues do, in fact, exhibit immunological tolerance to the Ag, recapitulating the conditions in cancer patients. In these mice, growth of murine melanoma cells expressing the Ag after gene transfer was inhibited by immunization with Ag-expressing recombinant vaccinia virus combined with IL-2, but not by immunization with the protein alone, anti-idiotypic Abs, or irradiated tumor cells. The effect of the recombinant virus was demonstrated both for nonestablished and established tumors. Infiltration with both CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T lymphocytes was significantly more extensive in tumors from experimental mice than in tumors from control mice. MHC class I-positive, but not class I-negative, tumors were inhibited by the vaccine, suggesting that MHC class I-restricted T lymphocytes play a role in the antitumor effects. Abs did not appear to be involved in the vaccine effects. CD63 was immunogenic in 2 of 13 melanoma patients, pointing to the potential of this Ag, combined with IL-2, as a vaccine for melanoma patients.

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