Rapid and strong human CD8+ T cell responses to vaccination with peptide, IFA, and CpG oligodeoxynucleotide 7909.
- Speiser DE Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Multidisciplinary Oncology Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. daniel.speiser@hospvd.ch.
- Liénard D
- Rufer N
- Rubio-Godoy V
- Rimoldi D
- Lejeune F
- Krieg AM
- Cerottini JC
- Romero P
- 2005-02-08
Published in:
- The Journal of clinical investigation. - 2005
Animals
Antigens, Neoplasm
CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
Cancer Vaccines
Freund's Adjuvant
HLA-A2 Antigen
Humans
Interferon-gamma
Lipids
Lymphocyte Activation
MART-1 Antigen
Melanoma
Neoplasm Proteins
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
Quality Control
Vaccination
English
The induction of potent CD8+ T cell responses by vaccines to fight microbes or tumors remains a major challenge, as many candidates for human vaccines have proved to be poorly immunogenic. Deoxycytidyl-deoxyguanosin oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODNs) trigger Toll-like receptor 9, resulting in dendritic cell maturation that can enhance immunogenicity of peptide-based vaccines in mice. We tested whether a synthetic ODN, CpG 7909, could improve human tumor antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses. Eight HLA-A2+ melanoma patients received 4 monthly vaccinations of low-dose CpG 7909 mixed with melanoma antigen A (Melan-A; identical to MART-1) analog peptide and incomplete Freund's adjuvant. All patients exhibited rapid and strong antigen-specific T cell responses: the frequency of Melan-A-specific T cells reached over 3% of circulating CD8+ T cells. This was one order of magnitude higher than the frequency seen in 8 control patients treated similarly but without CpG and 1-3 orders of magnitude higher than that seen in previous studies with synthetic vaccines. The enhanced T cell populations consisted primarily of effector memory cells, which in part secreted IFN- and expressed granzyme B and perforin ex vivo. In vitro, T cell clones recognized and killed melanoma cells in an antigen-specific manner. Thus, CpG 7909 is an efficient vaccine adjuvant that promotes strong antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses in humans.
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- DOI 10.1172/JCI23373
- PMID 15696196
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