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There is increasing evidence that the effect of chemotherapy on tumor growth is not cell autonomous but relies on the immune system. The objective of this study was therefore to decipher the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the role of innate and adaptive immunity in chemotherapy-induced tumor rejection. Treatment of DBA/2 mice bearing P815 mastocytoma with cyclophosphamide induced rejection and long-term protection in a CD4- and CD8-dependent manner. A population of inflammatory-type dendritic cells was dramatically expanded in the lymph nodes of mice that rejected the tumor and correlated with CD4-dependent infiltration, in tumor bed, of tumor-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes. Our data point to a major role of CD4+ T cells in inducing chemokine expression in the tumor, provoking migration of tumor-specific CXCR3+ CD8+ T lymphocytes. Importantly, the analysis of CD8+ T cells specific to P1A/H-2L(d) and P1E/H-2K(d) revealed that cyclophosphamide altered the P815-specific CD8 T repertoire by amplifying the response specific to the mutated P1E antigen.

Original publication

DOI

10.1002/ijc.28617

Type

Journal article

Journal

Int J Cancer

Publication Date

15/06/2014

Volume

134

Pages

2841 - 2852

Keywords

chemokines, cyclophosphamide, dendritic cells, infiltration, tumor antigens, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Movement, Cell Proliferation, Cyclophosphamide, Dendritic Cells, H-2 Antigens, Integrin beta3, Lymph Nodes, Lymphocyte Activation, Mastocytoma, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Inbred DBA, Receptors, CXCR3