Combination of all‐trans retinoic acid and a human papillomavirus therapeutic vaccine suppresses the number and function of immature myeloid cells and enhances antitumor immunity

• Published in: Cancer science Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 334 - 340
• Main Authors: Song, Xinxin, Ye, Dongxia, Liu, Bo, Cui, Jianfeng, Zhao, Xinhua, Yi, Linan, Liang, Jianming, Song, Jietao, Zhang, Zhiyuan, Zhao, Qingzheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.02.2009; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animals; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Biological and medical sciences; Blotting, Western; CD11b Antigen - metabolism; Cell Differentiation; Dendritic Cells - drug effects; Dendritic Cells - immunology; Dendritic Cells - pathology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Flow Cytometry; Human papillomavirus; Humans; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Myeloid Cells - immunology; Myeloid Cells - pathology; Neoplasms, Experimental - immunology; Neoplasms, Experimental - pathology; Neoplasms, Experimental - therapy; Original; Papillomavirus Vaccines - therapeutic use; T-Lymphocytes - drug effects; T-Lymphocytes - immunology; T-Lymphocytes - pathology; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic - drug effects; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic - immunology; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic - pathology; Tretinoin - therapeutic use; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Tumors; Viral diseases; Antineoplastic agent; Cell function; Retinoid; Vaccine; Papovaviridae; Myeloid cell; Immunity; Infection; Papillomavirus; Virus; Human papillomavirus; Cancerology; Treatment; Viral disease; Immaturity; Tretinoin
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.01037.x
• ISSN: 1347-9032; 1349-7006

Despite advances in the development of human papillomavirus (HPV) prophylactic vaccines, little progress has been made in the field of therapeutic vaccines in recent years. In the present study, we found a significant accumulation of immature myeloid cells (ImC) in large TC‐1 tumors and demonstrated that a HPV therapeutic vaccine restored antitumor immune responses with the correction of aberrant myeloid cell differentiation by all‐trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Our study demonstrated that combining ATRA with vaccination not only decreased the number of Gr‐1+ CD11b+ ImC, but for the first time also suppressed the function of Gr‐1+ CD11b+ ImC with decreased expression of CD80. Furthermore, large numbers of CD11c+ CD80+, CD11c+ CD86+, and CD11c+ MHCII+ mature dendritic cells were recruited. The combination therapy generated significantly increased numbers of functional E7‐specific T cells with elevated interferon‐γ secretion and enhanced cytotoxic T‐cell activity. These findings suggest potential clinical benefits for the combined use of ATRA and HPV therapeutic vaccines. (Cancer Sci 2009; 100: 334–340)