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IL-7 is superior to IL-2 for ex vivo expansion of tumour-specific CD4(+) T cells

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posted on 2023-06-08, 22:36 authored by Stefano Caserta, Patrizia Alessi, Veronica Basso, Anna Mondino
It is well established that tumours hinder both natural and vaccine-induced tumour-specific CD4(+) T-cell responses. Adoptive T-cell therapy has the potential to circumvent functional tolerance and enhance anti-tumour protective responses. While protocols suitable for the expansion of cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells are currently available, data on tumour-specific CD4(+) T cells remain scarce. We report here that CD4(+) T cells sensitized to tumour-associated Ag in vivo, proliferate in vitro in response to IL-7 without the need for exogenous Ag stimulation and accumulate several folds while preserving a memory-like phenotype. Both cell proliferation and survival accounts for the outgrowth of tumour-sensitized T cells among other memory and naive lymphocytes following exposure to IL-7. Also IL-2, previously used to expand anti-tumour CTL, promotes tumour-specific CD4(+) T-cell accumulation. However, IL-7 is superior to IL-2 at preserving lymphocyte viability, in vitro and in vivo, maintaining those properties, that are required by helper CD4(+) T cells to confer therapeutic efficacy upon transplantation in tumour-bearing hosts. Together our data support a unique role for IL-7 in retrieving memory-like CD4(+) T cells suitable for adoptive T-cell therapy.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

European Journal of Immunology

ISSN

0014-2980

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Issue

2

Volume

40

Page range

470-479

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  • Clinical and Experimental Medicine Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-09-30

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