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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101
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We developed a secretory form of gp96, gp96-Ig, and tested it in tumor models. Transfection of tumor cells with the cDNA for gp96-Ig resulted in gp96-Ig secretion. As shown in this publication, gp96-Ig-secreting tumor cells caused powerful immunization and tumor rejection in vivo dependent exclusively on CD8 cells.
| Materials and Methods |
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All cell lines were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA) and cultured in medium with 10% FCS. Human small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) cell lines (SCLC-2 and SCLC-7) were established as described (14). Chicken OVA cloned into the expression vector, apc-NEO-OVA, was kindly provided by Dr. M. Bevan (Seattle, WA) (15) and used to transfect Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC).
Construction of gp96-Ig
To generate the gp96-Ig fusion protein, the KDEL sequence was deleted and replaced with the hinge, CH2 and CH3 domains of murine IgG1 (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23); double-stranded cDNA was prepared from Jurkat DNA (24) with the GeneAmp RNA PCR Kit (Perkin-Elmer Cetus, Norwalk, CT) and amplified by PCR. The PCR primers were 5'-ATTACTCGAGGGCCGCACGCCATGAGGG-3' and 5'-GCCCGGATCCTTCAGCTGTAGATTCCTTTGC-3' (18, 19). The PCR primers included an XhoI site (forward primer) and a BamHI site (reverse primer). The hinge, CH2 and CH3 domains of murine IgG1, was amplified by using murine IgG1 cDNA as a template and mutating the three cysteines of the hinge portion to serines (21, 25). The PCR primers were 5'-GCGAGGATCCGTGCCCAGGGATTCTGGTTCTAAG-3' and 5'-CTAAGCGGCCGCAAGGACACTGGGATCATTTACCAGG-3'. The PCR primers included a BamHI site (forward primer) and NotI site (reverse primer). Gp96 was inserted into XhoI and BamHI sites of the eukaryotic expression vector, pBCMGSNeo and pBCMGHis (26, 27, 28, 29), and transfected into SCLC-2, SCLC-7, B16F10, MC57, LLC NIH3T3, EL4, E.G7, and P815. Transfected cells were selected with 1 mg/ml of G418 or 2.510 mM of L-Histidinol (Sigma, St. Louis, MO).
ELISA
This was conducted using Abs to the Ig tag. Gp96-Ig-producing cells were plated at 106/ml in AIMV or IMDM with 10% FCS, and culture supernatants were harvested at different time points. For analysis of intracellular expression of gp96-Ig, cells were lysed by three freeze-thaw cycles and centrifuged 60 min at 13,000 x g (30).
Purification of gp96-Ig fusion protein
Gp96-Ig was purified by affinity chromatography on a protein A column using standard procedures (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA) (31). The concentration of gp96-Ig was determined by the Micro BCA protein assay reagent kit (Pierce, Rockford, IL). SDS-PAGE and Western blotting were done using a standard procedure.
FACS analysis
For membrane staining of gp96-Ig-transfected SCLC, cells were stained with goat anti-mouse IgG-FITC or goat anti-rabbit IgG-FITC as a control for 15 min at 4°C and analyzed by a Becton Dickinson FACScan flow cytometer (San Diego, CA). For intracellular staining, cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde and permeabilized with 1% saponin followed by staining with goat anti-mouse IgG-FITC, goat anti-mouse IgG-PE, goat anti-rabbit IgG-FITC, or goat anti-syrian hamster IgG-FITC for 15 min at 4°C and analyzed by a flow cytometer.
Tumor inoculation and vaccination
Tumorigenicity in vivo was determined by s.c. injection of live tumor cells in 200 µl PBS into the flanks of mice. The size of tumors was measured in two dimensions twice weekly for at least 2 mo. When mean tumor growth exceeded 10 mm diameter, the mice were sacrificed.
Mice were immunized by s.c. injection of 106 live E.G7-gp96-Ig or irradiated E.G7 as a control (in 200 µl PBS), given in the right flank. Two immunizations at 2-wk intervals were given. Two weeks later, mice were challenged by s.c. injections of the indicated number of live tumor cells (EL4, E.G7, LLC, or LLC-OVA in 200 µl PBS) into the left flank.
Depletion of T cells or macrophages in vivo
A total of 100 µg of GK1.5 (anti CD4) or 2.43 (anti CD8) in 200 µl PBS was administered by i.p. injection (32, 33). Depletion of CD4 and CD8 cells was verified by FACS analysis. CD4 or CD8 levels remained low (>95% depletion) for >2 wk following Ab injection (data not shown). For functional inhibition of macrophages, 1 mg of Carrageenan (type II; Sigma) in 200 µl PBS was administered by i.p. injection (32, 34).
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Characterization of secreted hsp gp96-Ig
Replacing the KDEL sequence of gp96 with the hinge, CH2 and CH3
domain of murine IgG1 (Fig. 1
a), an Ig isotype inefficient
in Fc receptor binding, and transfection of the cDNA into tumor cells
resulted in the secretion of gp96-Ig into the culture supernatant,
where it was quantitated by ELISA (Fig. 1
b). Protein A
purified gp96-Ig upon SDS-PAGE migrated with a major band of the
predicted molecular mass of 120 kDa for the fusion protein and two
minor, higher molecular bands previously reported also for unmodified
gp96 (Fig. 1
c) (10). Western blotting with a
mAb specific for gp96 confirmed the identity of the fusion protein.
Only the major band is stained, suggesting that the minor bands are
glycosylation variants of gp96 not recognized by the Ab.
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All murine and human cell lines transfected with gp96-Ig secreted the
fusion protein (Table I
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Mock-transfected cells did not secrete gp96-Ig. E.G7 is an OVA
transfectant of the EL4 lymphoma forming lethal tumors in syngeneic
C57BL/6 mice. Gp96-Ig transfection of E.G7 allows the determination
whether E.G7-gp96-Ig immunizes against the EL4 parent tumor in addition
to E.G7, the OVA surrogate Ag-transfected tumor. As second tumor, LLC
transfected with gp96-Ig or with OVA was used because, in contrast to
E.G7, it is a nonhemopoietic, low-immunogenic tumor. Both cell lines
secrete comparable amounts of gp96-Ig (Table I
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Secretion of gp96-Ig decreases the tumorigenicity of E.G7 in
C57BL/6 mice by >100-fold when compared with mock-transfected or
untransfected E.G7. Subcutaneous inoculation of 10 million
hsp-secreting tumor cells caused tumors in only 10% of the inoculated
mice (Fig. 2
A). A similar
reduction of tumorigenicity by gp96-Ig secretion was observed with
transfected EL4 (data not shown). Gp96-Ig secretion by LLC resulted in
a more moderate,
5-fold, decrease of tumorigenicity (Fig. 2
B).
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3-fold, increase in protection was observed when
OVA-transfected LLC were used as challenge (Fig. 2CD8 cells are required in the priming and effector phase
The involvement of immune mechanisms in the rejection of E.G7-gp96-Ig was further examined by in vivo depletion/inactivation of immunocompetent cells. It has been reported that Meth A tumor-derived gp96 requires CD4 cells, CD8 cells, and macrophages for effective immunization, while immunization with irradiated Meth A tumor cells required CD4 and CD8 cells but no macrophages (3).
For priming one million unirradiated, live E.G7-secreting gp96-Ig were
inoculated s.c. This dose is sufficient to establish tumors that grow
to a mean diameter of about 8 mm, subsequently shrink, and are
rejected. Tumor rejection is blocked in mice treated with the
anti-CD8 Ab 2.43, either 2 days before (Fig. 3
A) or up to 3 days after
tumor inoculation (not shown). The anti-CD4 Ab GK1.5 had no effect
on tumor rejection (Fig. 3
A) regardless of time of
injection, even though it completely depleted CD4 cells for >14 days
(data not shown). CD4-deficient mice were able to reject E.G7-gp96-Ig
(Fig. 3
B), supporting the importance of CD8 cells. E.G7 not
secreting gp96-Ig forms tumors in untreated and immune-depleted mice.
Carrageenan, known to inactivate macrophages in vivo (34),
had no effect on tumor rejection. However, because the effect of
Carrageenan is difficult to assess, these experiments cannot rule out a
role for APCs in the gene-ration of CD8 CTL.
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| Discussion |
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The data are consistent with the explanation that peptides associated with secreted gp96-Ig are transferred to and presented by class I MHC and stimulate a tumor-specific CD8+ CTL response causing tumor rejection. The CD8 response appears to be independent of CD4 help and does not require macrophages. Whether the cellular requirements are due to gp96-Ig dimerization is not known.
It is instructive to compare the mechanisms of immunization by purified tumor-derived gp96 and by tumor-secreted gp96-Ig. Udono et al. (32), using gp96 purified from Meth A tumor cells for immunization, reported a requirement for CD8 cells and macrophages in the priming phase and a requirement for CD4 and CD8 cells as well as macrophages in the effector phase of tumor rejection of Meth A tumors. Immunization with irradiated Meth A tumors required CD4 cells in the priming phase, and both CD4 and CD8 cells in the effector phase. Irradiated EG7 do not produce immunity against subsequent challenge. The dramatic effect of tumor-secreted gp96-Ig is entirely dependent on CD8 cells without CD4 help. CD8 cells are required in the priming and effector phase of the CTL response to the tumor. Macrophages appear not to be needed. The role of dendritic cells or other APCs in the presentation of gp96-chaperoned peptides to CD8 cells is not known, but remains a possibility. It is also possible that gp96-Ig-secreting EG7 stimulate CD8 cells directly.
Regardless of the underlying mechanism, tumor-secreted gp96-Ig is a powerful vaccine for some tumors. The precise mechanism CD8 CTL activation by tumor-secreted gp96-Ig and its action in different tumors remains to be determined.
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2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Eckhard R. Podack, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, P.O. Box 016960 (R138), Miami, FL 33101. E-mail address: ![]()
3 Abbreviations used in this paper: hsp, heat shock protein; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; gp96-Ig, secretory form of gp96; SCLC, small cell lung carcinoma; LLC, Lewis lung carcinoma. ![]()
Received for publication August 12, 1999. Accepted for publication September 15, 1999.
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