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Dendritic Cell Targeting of Survivin Protein in a Xenogeneic Form Elicits Strong CD4⁺ T Cell Immunity to Mouse Survivin¹

Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology, Chris Browne Center for Immunology and Immune Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021

To determine whether strong CD4⁺ T cell immunity could be induced to a nonmutated self protein that is important for tumorigenesis, we selectively targeted the xenogeneic form of survivin, a survival protein overexpressed in tumors, to maturing dendritic cells in lymphoid tissues. Dendritic cell targeting via the DEC205 receptor in the presence of anti-CD40 and poly(I:C) as maturation stimuli, induced strong human and mouse survivin-specific CD4⁺ T cell responses, as determined by IFN-, TNF-, and IL-2 production, as well as the development of lytic MHC class II-restricted T cells and memory. Immunity was enhanced further by depletion of CD25⁺foxp3⁺ cells before vaccination. anti-DEC205-human survivin was superior in inducing CD4⁺ T cell responses relative to other approaches involving survivin plasmid DNA or survivin peptides with adjuvants. However, we were unable to induce CD8⁺ T cell immunity to survivin by two doses of DEC205-targeted survivin or the other strategies. Therefore, significant CD4⁺ T cell immunity to a self protein that is overexpressed in most human cancers can be induced by DEC205 targeting of the Ag in its xenogeneic form to maturing DCs.

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¹ This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants AI10313 and 5P01AI051573.

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Ralph M. Steinman, Laboratory of Cell Physiology and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021. E-mail address: steinma{at}mail.rockefeller.edu

³ Abbreviations used in this paper: BM, bone marrow; DC, dendritic cell; MHC-I, MHC class I; hsurvivin, human survivin; msurvivin, mouse survivin; CHO, Chinese hamster ovary; BMDC, BM-derived DC; ICS, intracellular cytokine staining; hTERT, human telomerase reverse transcriptase; CEA, carcinoembryonic Ag.

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