Melanoma-induced suppression of tumor antigen-specific T cell expansion is comparable to suppression of global T cell expansion

Cell Immunol. 2011;271(1):104-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2011.06.011. Epub 2011 Jun 17.

Abstract

We have observed that in vivo interaction between melanoma and resting T cells promotes suppression of antigen-driven proliferative T cell expansion. We hypothesized that this suppression would affect tumor antigen-specific T cell populations more potently than tumor-unrelated T cell populations. A B16F10 cell line was stably transfected to express low levels of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) glycoprotein GP33 (B16GP33). Mice bearing B16F10 or B16GP33 tumors were infected with LCMV, and proliferative expansion of LCMV epitope-specific T cell populations was quantified. In vitro and in vivo assays confirmed low levels of antigenic GP33 expression by B16GP33 tumors. Suppressed expansion of GP33-specific T cells was equivalent between mice bearing B16F10 and B16GP33 tumors. These observations suggest that the ability of growing melanoma tumors to impair antigen-driven proliferative expansion of activated T cells is global and not antigen-specific, and provide further insight into the influence of cancer on activated T cell homeostasis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology*
  • Antigens, Viral / genetics
  • Antigens, Viral / immunology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation*
  • Female
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Glycoproteins / genetics
  • Glycoproteins / immunology
  • Lymphocyte Activation / immunology
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / immunology
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / pathology
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / virology
  • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / genetics
  • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / immunology
  • Melanoma, Experimental / genetics
  • Melanoma, Experimental / immunology*
  • Melanoma, Experimental / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Peptide Fragments / genetics
  • Peptide Fragments / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / metabolism
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / metabolism
  • Time Factors
  • Tumor Burden / immunology
  • Viral Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Proteins / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Antigens, Viral
  • Glycoproteins
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Viral Proteins
  • glycoprotein peptide 33-41, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus