Publications [#140385] of John H Sampson

Papers Published

1. PE Fecci, H Ochiai, DA Mitchell, PM Grossi, AE Sweeney, GE Archer, T Cummings, JP Allison, DD Bigner, JH Sampson, Systemic CTLA-4 blockade ameliorates glioma-induced changes to the CD4+ T cell compartment without affecting regulatory T-cell function., Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, United States, vol. 13 no. 7 (April, 2007), pp. 2158-67, ISSN 1078-0432
   (last updated on 2007/12/20)

   Abstract:
   PURPOSE: Patients with malignant glioma suffer global compromise of their cellular immunity, characterized by dramatic reductions in CD4(+) T cell numbers and function. We have previously shown that increased regulatory T cell (T(reg)) fractions in these patients explain T-cell functional deficits. Our murine glioma model recapitulates these findings. Here, we investigate the effects of systemic CTLA-4 blockade in this model. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A monoclonal antibody (9H10) to CTLA-4 was employed against well-established glioma. Survival and risks for experimental allergic encephalomyelitis were assessed, as were CD4(+) T cell numbers and function in the peripheral blood, spleen, and cervical lymph nodes. The specific capacities for anti-CTLA-4 to modify the functions of regulatory versus CD4(+)CD25(-) responder T cells were evaluated. RESULTS: CTLA-4 blockade confers long-term survival in 80% of treated mice, without eliciting experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Changes to the CD4 compartment were reversed, as anti-CTLA-4 reestablishes normal CD4 counts and abrogates increases in CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+)GITR(+) regulatory T cell fraction observed in tumor-bearing mice. CD4(+) T-cell proliferative capacity is restored and the cervical lymph node antitumor response is enhanced. Treatment benefits are bestowed exclusively on the CD4(+)CD25(-) T cell population and not T(regs), as CD4(+)CD25(-) T cells from treated mice show improved proliferative responses and resistance to T(reg)-mediated suppression, whereas T(regs) from the same mice remain anergic and exhibit no restriction of their suppressive capacity. CONCLUSIONS: CTLA-4 blockade is a rational means of reversing glioma-induced changes to the CD4 compartment and enhancing antitumor immunity. These benefits were attained through the conferment of resistance to T(reg)-mediated suppression, and not through direct effects on T(regs).

   Keywords:
   Animals • Antibodies, Monoclonal • Antigens, CD • Antigens, Differentiation • Brain Neoplasms • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes • Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental • Flow Cytometry • Glioma • Immunohistochemistry • Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit • Mice • T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory • etiology • immunology • immunology* • metabolism*