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In Vivo Administration of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Increases the Immune Effectiveness of Dendritic Cell-Based Cancer Vaccination

Version 1 : Received: 3 August 2019 / Approved: 5 August 2019 / Online: 5 August 2019 (12:35:50 CEST)

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Shimodaira, S.; Yanagisawa, R.; Koya, T.; Hirabayashi, K.; Higuchi, Y.; Sakamoto, T.; Togi, M.; Jr., T.K.; Kobayashi, T.; Koizumi, T.; Koido, S.; Sugiyama, H. In Vivo Administration of Recombinant Human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Increases the Immune Effectiveness of Dendritic Cell-Based Cancer Vaccination. Vaccines 2019, 7, 120. Shimodaira, S.; Yanagisawa, R.; Koya, T.; Hirabayashi, K.; Higuchi, Y.; Sakamoto, T.; Togi, M.; Jr., T.K.; Kobayashi, T.; Koizumi, T.; Koido, S.; Sugiyama, H. In Vivo Administration of Recombinant Human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Increases the Immune Effectiveness of Dendritic Cell-Based Cancer Vaccination. Vaccines 2019, 7, 120.

Abstract

Significant recent advances in cancer immunotherapeutics include the vaccination of cancer patients with tumor antigen-associated peptide-pulsed dendritic cells (DCs). DC vaccines with homogeneous, mature, and functional activities are required to achieve effective acquired immunity; however, the yield of autologous monocyte-derived DCs varies in each patient. Priming with a low dose of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) 16–18 h prior to apheresis resulted in 50% more harvested monocytes, with a significant increase in the ratio of CD11c+CD80+ DCs/apheresed monocytes. The detection of antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes after Wilms’ tumor 1-pulsed DC vaccination was higher in patients treated with rhG-CSF than those who were not, based on immune monitoring using tetramer analysis. Our study is the first to report that DC vaccines for cancer immunotherapy primed with low-dose rhG-CSF are expected to achieve higher acquired immunogenicity.

Keywords

dendritic cell; cancer vaccine; vaccination; acquired immunity; granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; tetramer analysis

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology

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