Figure 6.
Cross-presentation requirements beyond tumor cell uptake. (A) Antibody enhances cross-presentation only when coating the tumor antigen-expressing myeloma cell. arp (NY-Eso-1−ve) and cag (NY-Eso-1 +ve) cells were treated with anti–syndecan-1 or isotype control antibody and fed to HLA A2.1 +ve DCs, either alone, or together, at DC/tumor ratio of 1:1. Tumor cell–loaded DCs (after maturation with cytokine cocktail), were used to stimulate autologous T cells. After two stimulations, the number of peptide-specific T cells was quantified using peptide-pulsed DCs as APCs in an ELISPOT assay. (B) FcγR blocking antibodies decrease cross-presentation. DCs were pretreated with anti-FcγR blocking antibodies (CD16+CD32) or with isotype controls, before feeding tumor cells treated with anti-syndecan (mAb-Tum) or isotype (Iso-Tum) control antibody, as described in the legend to Fig. 3 A. Antigen-specific T cells were quantified after two stimulations, in an ELISPOT assay using peptide-pulsed DCs as APCs.