Visualizing the dynamic of adoptively transferred T cells during the rejection of large established tumors

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Visualizing the dynamic of adoptively transferred T cells during the rejection of large established tumors
Creators Name:	Charo, J. and Perez, C. and Buschow, C. and Jukica, A. and Czeh, M. and Blankenstein, T.
Abstract:	Adoptive T cell therapy (ATCT) can result in tumor rejection, yet the behavior and fate of the introduced T cells remain unclear. We developed a novel bioluminescence mouse model, which enabled highly sensitive detection of T cell signals at the single-cell level. Transferred T cells preferentially accumulated within antigen-positive tumors, relative to the unaffected areas in each mouse, and remarkably, expanded within both lymphopenic and P14 mice. This expansion was controlled and efficient, as evaluated by bioluminescence imaging (BLI) of the T cell signals and by tumor rejection, respectively. Analysis of the population dynamics of transferred T cells in ATCT of large tumors revealed that proliferation did not always follow a simple linear pattern of expansion, but showed an oscillating pattern of expansion and contraction that was often followed by a rebound, until full tumor rejection was achieved. Furthermore, visualizing the recall response showed that the transferred T cells responded expeditiously, indicating the ability of these cells to survive, establish memory and compete with endogenous T cells for as long as 1 year after rejecting the tumor.
Keywords:	Adoptive Transfer, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Transgenic Mice, In Vivo Imaging, Immunologic Memory, Cell Separation, Cell Transplantation, Leukocyte Chemotaxis, Flow Cytometry, Adoptive Immunotherapy, Renilla Luciferases, Luminescent Measurements, Experimental Neoplasms, T-Lymphocytes, Animals, Mice
Source:	European Journal of Immunology
ISSN:	0014-2980
Publisher:	Wiley
Volume:	41
Number:	11
Page Range:	3187-3197
Date:	November 2011
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.201141452
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