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Enhanced antitumor immunity by fusion of CTLA-4 to a self tumor antigen.

The idiotypic determinant (Id) of the immunoglobulin expressed by a B-cell malignancy can serve as an effective tumor-specific antigen but is only weakly immunogenic. This study demonstrates that the immunogenicity of the tumor Id protein can be dramatically increased by directing it to antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 ( CTLA-4) present on activated T cells has a strong binding affinity to both B7-1 and B7-2 molecules, which are primarily expressed on APCs. After construction of a fusion protein consisting of Id and CTLA-4 (Id- CTLA4), mice immunized with the fusion protein induced high titers of Id-specific antibody and T-cell proliferative responses without adjuvants and were protected from lethal tumor challenge. The Id- CTLA4 fusion protein was so potent that even low doses (down to 0.1 microg) of the immunogen were able to elicit strong antibody responses. By using an Id- CTLA4 mutant protein, the ability to bind B7 molecules on APCs was shown to be required for the enhanced immunogenicity of Id- CTLA4. These findings demonstrate that fusing CTLA-4 to a potential tumor antigen represents an effective approach to prime antitumor immunities in vivo and may be applicable to the design of vaccines for a variety of other diseases. (Blood. 2000;96:3663-3670)[1]

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  1. Enhanced antitumor immunity by fusion of CTLA-4 to a self tumor antigen. Huang, T.H., Wu, P.Y., Lee, C.N., Huang, H.I., Hsieh, S.L., Kung, J., Tao, M.H. Blood (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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