Immunoproteasome down-modulation enhances the ability of dendritic cells to stimulate antitumor immunity

Jens Dannull, Diem Thu Lesher, Robert Holzknecht, Wenning Qi, Gabi Hanna, Hilliard Seigler, Douglas S. Tyler, Scott K. Pruitt

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Abstract

The process of dendritic cell (DC) maturation, critical for effective DC-based immunotherapy, also alters the proteasome such that peptides presented in the context of HLA class I are generated not by the constitutive proteasome, but by the immunoproteasome. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) induced by such DCs might not optimally recognize tumor cells normally expressing the constitutive proteasome. Using small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfection of DCs to inhibit expression of the 3 inducible immunoproteasome subunits in mature DCs, we found that such DCs expressed increased intracellular levels of constitutive proteasomes and presented an altered repertoire of tumor-antigenic peptides. When DCs generated from the monocytes of 3 patients with melanoma were transfected with immunoproteasome siRNA, induced to mature, and then transfected with RNA encoding defined melanoma antigens, these DCs were superior inducers of antigen-specific CTLs against autologous melanoma cells. This alteration of DC proteasome composition, which enhances the ability of mature antigen-loaded DCs to stimulate antitumor immune responses, may lead to more effective DC-based tumor immunotherapy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4341-4350
Number of pages10
JournalBlood
Volume110
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 15 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Immunology
  • Hematology
  • Cell Biology

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