Patent Application: US-14628398-A

Abstract:
disclosed are therapeutic compositions and methods for inducing cytotoxic t cell responses in vitro and in vivo . the therapeutic compositions consist of antigen presenting cells activated by contact with a polypeptide complex constructed by joining together a dendritic cell - binding protein and a polypeptide antigen . also disclosed are expression vectors and systems for producing the polypeptide complexes .

Description:
as used herein , the term &# 34 ; tissue - specific antigen &# 34 ; refers to an antigen that is characteristic of a tissue type , including specific tumor tissues . an example of a tissue - specific antigen expressed by a tumor tissue is the antigen prostatic acid phosphatase , which is present in over 90 % of all prostate tumors . by way of contrast , b - cell lymphomas produce immunoglobulin antigens that are particular to the individual tumor . such particular tumor antigens are not considered to fall within the definition of the term &# 34 ; tissue - specific antigen .&# 34 ; the term &# 34 ; oncogene product &# 34 ; refers to any protein coded for by a gene associated with cellular transformation . examples of oncogene products include , for example , her2 , p21ras , and p53 . &# 34 ; antigen presenting cells &# 34 ; ( apc ) are cells that are capable of activating t cells , and include , but are not limited to , certain macrophages , b cells and dendritic cells . &# 34 ; potent antigen presenting ( pap ) cells &# 34 ; are cells which , after being pulsed with an antigen , can activate naive cd8 + cytotoxic t - lymphocytes ( ctl ) in a primary immune response . the term &# 34 ; dendritic cell &# 34 ; refers to any member of a diverse population of morphologically similar cell types found in lymphoid or non - lymphoid tissues . these cells are characterized by their distinctive morphology , high levels of surface mhc - class ii expression ( steinman , et al ., ann . rev . immunol . 9 : 271 ( 1991 ); incorporated herein by reference for its description of such cells ). these cells can be isolated from a number of tissue sources , and conveniently , from peripheral blood , as described herein . the term &# 34 ; dendritic cell binding protein &# 34 ; refers to any protein for which receptors are expressed on a dendritic cell . examples include gm - csf , il - 1 , tnf , il - 4 , cd40l , ctla4 , cd28 , and flt - 3 ligand . an immunogenic polypeptide formed in accordance with the present invention is generally characterized as an isolated polypeptide antigen which is covalently linked to a dendritic cell - binding protein . as stated above , isolated polypeptide antigens do not generally stimulate activation of t - cells in vivo or in vitro . it is the discovery of the present invention that certain types of polypeptide antigens , when coupled to a dendritic cell - binding proteins , such as those discussed in section 1 . b ., below , stimulate t - cell activation . the present invention identifies as particularly useful in this capacity ( 1 ) tissue - specific tumor antigens and ( 2 ) oncogene product peptide antigens . in the context of the present invention , &# 34 ; tissue - specific tumor antigens &# 34 ; refers to antigens that are common to specific tumor types . by way of contrast , antigens that are specific to a particular individual tumor , such as the b cell lymphoma tumor - associated idiotype antigen , are distinguishable from tissue - specific tumor antigens in that they have a characteristic epitope that varies from individual to individual . such antigens are less useful in the context of the present invention , since a immunostimulatory reagents must be tailored to the individual tumor , and consequently do not form part of the invention . malignant tumors express a number of proteins that can serve as target antigens for an immune attack . these molecules include but are not limited to tissue - specific antigens such as mart - 1 , tyrosinase and gp 100 in melanoma and prostatic acid phosphatase ( pap ) and prostate - specific antigen ( psa ) in prostate cancer . other target molecules belong to the group of transformation - related molecules such as the oncogene her - 2 / neu / erbb - 2 . yet another group of target antigens are onco - fetal antigens such as carcinoembryonic antigen ( cea ). in b - cell lymphoma the tumor - specific idiotype immunoglobulin constitutes a truly tumor - specific immunoglobulin antigen that is unique to the individual tumor . b - cell differentiation antigens such as cd19 , cd20 and cd37 are other candidates for target antigens in b - cell lymphoma . some of these antigens ( cea , her - 2 , cd 19 , cd20 , idiotype ) have been used as targets for passive immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies with limited success . thus , examples of tissue - specific tumor antigens include , but are not limited to prostatic acid phosphatase ( pap ; associated with prostatic tumors ), melan - a / mart - 1 ( associated with melanoma ; coulie , et al ., j . exp . med . 180 : 35 ( 1994 ); hawakami , et al ., pnas 91 : 3515 ( 1994 ); bakker , et al ., j . exp . med . 179 : 1005 ( 1994 )), tyrosinase / albino ( associated with melanoma ; kawakami et al ., j . exp . med . ( 1994 )), and cd19 , cd20 and cd37 ( associated with lymphoma ). likewise , oncogene product peptide antigens have been identified that are common to specific tumor types . these polypeptides will find use in the polypeptide complexes of the present invention as reagents that can be used generally to stimulate t - cell responses effective to react with tumors bearing such antigens . oncogene product peptide antigens include but are not limited to her - 2 / neu ( beckmann et al ., eur . j . cancer 28 : 322 ( 1992 )) associated with human breast and gynecological cancers , carcinoembryonic antigen ( cea ) associated with cancer of the pancreas . a variety of tumor markers are known in the art or are commercially available and include , but are not limited to the tissue - specific antigens that include cytokeratins , prostate - specific antigen ( wang , et al ., 1977 ), gp75 / brown ( brichard , et al ., j . exp . med . 178 : 489 ( 1993 )) associated with melanoma , melanotransferrin ( real , et al ., j . exp . med . 160 : 1219 ( 1984 )), muc1 ( barnd , pnas usa 86 : 7159 ( 1989 ) and vijayasaradhi , et al ., j . exp . med . 171 : 1375 ( 1990 )) associated with pancreas and breast cancer ; oncogene / tumor suppressor genes that include egf - r ( osborne , et al ., 1980 ), estrogen receptor , progesterone receptor , retinoblastoma gene product , myc associated with lung cancer , ras , p53 , nonmutant associated with breast tumors , mage - 1 , 3 ( van der bruggen , et al ., science 254 : 1643 ( 1991 ) and gaugler , et al ., j . exp . med . 179 : 921 ( 1994 )) associated with melanoma , lung , and other cancers . isolated viral antigens may include hiv antigens gp120 , gp41 , gag , rt , nef , vif ; influenza antigens ha , core and matrix ,; ebv antigens : ebna , bflf1 , bolf1 , bglf2 , lmp2a , lmp2b , bbrf1 , bbrf2 , and p11l27 ; and human papilloma virus . polypeptide antigens such as those described above can be isolated , synthesized or recombinantly expressed according to methods known in the art . in most cases , dna coding sequences have been identified for these molecules . in addition , many of the so - called &# 34 ; tumor markers &# 34 ; are available commercially . such isolated antigens can be complexed with a dendritic cell binding protein , as discussed below , either chemically , or fusion protein constructs may be produced recombinantly , according to methods well known in the art . as an example of the foregoing , prostatic acid phosphatase ( pap ) is the prostate - specific isozyme of the ubiquitous enzyme acid phosphatase . pap is a secreted molecule that has been identified as a serum tumor marker that is specific for prostate cancer . ( vihko , et al ., febs lett . 236 : 275 - 281 ( 1988 ); solin , et al ., biochim . biophys . acta 1048 : 72 - 77 ( 1990 )). there is no evidence from the literature that pap by itself might serve as an inducer and target of ctl . as is demonstrated below , the present invention shows that pap can serve both as an inducer of ctl and as a target in prostate cancer cells , when combined with the dendritic cell binding protein gm - csf and used to stimulate antigen presenting cells ( exemplified by dendritic cells ) that are then used to prime ctl . the second component of the polypeptide complex of the present invention is a dendritic cell binding protein . as mentioned above , without relying on any particular mechanistic theory , it is believed that the presence of such a molecule in covalent complex with a protein antigen facilitates transport of the antigen over the plasma membrane of the antigen presenting cell , and more particularly , the dendritic cell , in a receptor - mediated , non - disruptive way . it is further believed that the dendritic cell binding portion of the fusion protein serves to preserve the viability and functionality of the apc . an example of a dendritic cell binding protein is granulocyte - macrophage colony stimulating factor ( gm - csf ). this glycoprotein , which has an apparent molecular weight of about 23 - 33 , 000 by sds - page , is a cytokine that has pleiotropic function both in hematopoiesis as well as in immunology . both human and murine gm - csf are synthesized with a 17 - amino acid hydrophobic leader sequence that is proteolytically cleaved during secretion . the mature proteins are 127 ( human ) or 124 ( murine ) amino acids , and have core polypeptide molecular weights of 14 , 700 and 14 , 400 , respectively , but share only 52 % amino acid identity . the factor has been found to play a stimulatory role in the differentiation and survival of dendritic cells and is active in both glycosylated and deglycosylated forms . human and murine gm - csf have been shown to bind to both high affinity ( k d = 20 - 60 pm ) and low affinity ( k d = 1 - 6 nm ) binding sites on cells of the monocyte - macrophage , neutrophil and eosinophil cell lineages . competition for binding has been shown by another member of the hemopoietic colony stimulating factors , multi - csf , when the binding is carried out at 37 °. binding of gm - csf to high affinity receptors results in rapid internalization and degradation of gm - csf ( metcalf and nicola in the hemopoietic colony - stimulating factors , cambridge university press , ny ( 1995 )). these properties may be used to serve as a guide to the selection of additional dendritic cell binding proteins useful in forming immunostimulatory polypeptide complexes in accordance with the present invention . polypeptide complexes can be formed by chemical means , such as by conventional coupling techniques known in the art . for example , the peptides can be coupled using a dehydrating agent such as dicyclohexylcarbodiimide ( dcci ) to form a peptide bond between the two peptides . alternatively , linkages may be formed through sulfhydryl groups , epsilon amino groups , carboxyl groups or other reactive groups present in the polypeptides , using commercially available reagents . ( pierce co ., rockford , ill .). additionally , polypeptide complexes can be formed recombinantly as fusion proteins according to methods known in the art . example 1 details the methods used to produce a gm - csf - pap fusion protein in accord with the present invention . briefly , human pap was cloned from a prostate carcinoma cell line according to methods known in the art . the stop codon at the 3 &# 39 ; end of the sequence was mutated away , and a bamhi site inserted in its place , to fuse the pap cdna to gm - csf dna . gm - csf dna was cloned from a pbmnc library according to standard methods . a bamhi site was inserted at the 5 &# 39 ; end of the dna , and an xbai cloning site was inserted at the 3 &# 39 ; end , along with an in - frame stop codon . pcr - generated cdna &# 39 ; s were digested with appropriate restriction enzymes and cloned into restriction vectors for transfection into specific mammalian or insect cell lines . fig1 shows nucleic acid and deduced amino acid sequences of the pap - gm - csf fusion polypeptide having a gly - ser peptide linker . fig2 further illustrates the fusion protein sequence with potential glycosylation sites indicated as &# 34 ; c &# 34 ; and probable disulfide bridges shown as &# 34 ; s -- s .&# 34 ; fig3 a and 3b show schematic representations of the pap - gm - csf expression vectors used for transfecting mammalian ( 293 ) and insect ( sf21 ) cell lines , respectively . the fusion expression vectors were used to transfect cos cells ( transient expression ) as well as mammalian 293 - ebna cells ( invitrogen ) and insect sf21 cells ( clontech , palo alto , calif .). fusion protein products were recovered from the tissue culture supernatants , and affinity purified by passage over an anti - human pap monoclonal antibody immunoaffinity column . analysis by sds - page revealed protein bands migrating at 75 kd and 64 kd as products from mammalian and insect cells , respectively . the 75 kd band corresponds to a size that is approximately 19 . 5 kd larger than the predicted size of the pap - gm - csf polypeptide backbone which is 55 . 5 kd . this can be explained by the presence of 5 potential n - glycosylation sites in the sequence , glycosylation at which would increase the apparent m r of the protein , and is consistent with the fact that 293 - ebna cells contain fully functional human glycosylation machinery . the insect cell - derived fusion protein was approximately 8 . 5 kd larger than the pap - gm - csf peptide backbone . these data are consistent with the known glycosylation patterns in sf21 cells , which are reported to utilize n - glycosylation sites but which only add truncated carbohydrates that typically end with the addition of a single mannose residue . when pap ( prostatic acid phosphatase )- gm - csf is produced by expression in insect cells using a baculovirus vector , the recombinant protein exists as a noncovalent trimer . the fusion molecules were tested for pap and gm - csf bioactivities in appropriate assays , detailed in example 2 . both insect and mammalian cell - derived fusion proteins exhibited gm - csf activity , as evidenced by their ability to support growth of gm - csf dependent cell lines ( fig4 ). similarly , both products exhibited pap activity ( fig5 ). fusion proteins constructed to incorporate oncogene product antigens are exemplified by incorporation of the oncogene product her2 . her2 is a growth factor receptor belonging to the egf - r family of receptors . it is overexpressed by breast cancer cells , ovarian cancer cells and a variety of other cancer cells . the cdna coding for the extracellular domain of her2 is cloned from a breast cancer cell line and fused to the gm - csf cdna , essentially as detailed for pap - gm - csf , above . production of the soluble protein can be verified using her2 - specific monoclonal antibodies in an elisa test , according to methods well - known in the art . the fusion protein includes the sequences for the extracellular domain ( amino acids 1 - 652 ) of her2 ( genbank ) and gm - csf ( fig8 ). in this particular fusion protein the two proteins are linked by a leucine / glutamic acid linker which is generated by inserting a xhoi site . other oncogene product antigens are similarly incorporated into fusion proteins according to the methods described herein , using published sequences . in addition , other antigens , such as viral antigens , may be part of a fusion construct , according to the methods described herein . while the foregoing description describes particular embodiments of the present invention , it will be appreciated that persons skilled in the art can substitute different antigens , vectors and expression cell lines , according to known methods , to prepare immunostimulatory polypeptide complex compositions in accordance with the principles described above . in addition , it is appreciated that the invention may also be practiced by inserting between the dendritic cell binding protein and the polypeptide antigen , a linker peptide or protein such as ubiquitin , according to recombinant methods known in the art . an important aspect of the present invention is the utility of the above - described polypeptide complex constructions in a method to target the antigen protein partner to antigen presenting cells ( apc ), such as the cell type known as the &# 34 ; dendritic cell &# 34 ;, described above . in accordance with the invention , the targeting occurs in a manner that results in entry into the class i pathway of antigen processing . the apc is then used to prime ctl ex vivo and in vivo , according to the methods discussed below . dendritic cells are highly potent apc &# 39 ; s , and are the only apc that can prime naive ctl . while dendritic cell precursors present in human blood can take up antigen , they do not function as potent apc &# 39 ; s . on the other hand , the mature dendritic cell is the most potent apc , but it does not take up antigen spontaneously in vitro . in the past , it was necessary to treat mature dendritic cells with physical force ( liposomes , osmotic shock ) or to coat them with exogenous small ( 8 - 11 amino acids in length ; generally 9 - mer ) peptide antigens to enable them to act as apc . the present invention enables introduction of an exogenously added protein into the class i pathway of a mature dendritic cell . such induction can be effected in vitro , by isolating apc &# 39 ; s such as dendritic cells , &# 34 ; pulsing &# 34 ; or contacting them with the polypeptide complex for an extended period of time , then using the pulsed apc &# 39 ; s to stimulate autologous t - cells in vitro or in vivo . in the latter case , the pulsed apc &# 39 ; s are administered ( approximately 10 7 cells / injection ) to the subject . the response of the subject is measured by monitoring the induction of a cytolytic t - cell response , a helper t - cell response and antibody response towards the antigen in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by methods well known in the art . multiple doses may be administered to produce an adequate response . the use as apc &# 39 ; s of dendritic cells stimulated by gm - csf fusion antigens yields superior results to other approaches such as peptide pulsed dendritic cells . it is known that dendritic cells pulsed with 8 - 11 - mer peptides induce immunity that is directed to a single t - cell epitope . proteins incorporated into liposomes or delivered by osmotic shock induce reactivity towards multiple t - cell epitopes ; however , this process is relatively ineffective due to the inherent toxicity of these treatments to dendritic cells . gm - csf fusion antigens of the present invention , on the other hand , induce immunity towards multiple epitopes and preserve and enhance at the same time viability and function of the dendritic cell . in practice , the compositions of the present invention are found to induce a cellular ( t - cell ) activation that is multivalent and substantially higher than that produced by a selected antigen alone . in experiments carried out in support of the present invention , the fusion protein consisting of pap and gm - csf described in the previous section was used for in vitro introduction to dendritic cells and subsequent activation of cytolytic t cells , as detailed in example 4 . briefly , hla - a2 . 1 positive pbmnc were isolated by standard methods and primed with the fusion protein for 2 - 5 days . the cell mixture was depleted of cd4 + t - cells , separated into high and low density fractions , and the separate cultures were restimulated weekly with autologous pap gm - csf pulsed apc &# 39 ; s . lytic potential of the t - cells present in the fractions was assessed using a standard chromium release assay using an hla - a2 . 1 - transgenic prostate carcinoma cell line as target . this novel cell line was constructed according to the methods detailed in example 3 herein and is useful in screening and analysis of hla class i restricted cytotoxic t - lymphocytes . results of the lysis assays are presented in fig6 . as shown , of the four different t - cell cultures tested , three displayed substantial dose - dependent cytotoxicity towards to prostate carcinoma target . the highest degree of cytotoxicity was seen from cells that separated into the high density pellet fraction on day 5 ( open circles , 5 - day p ). high ( open squares , 2 - day p ) and low ( closed squares , 2 - day if ) density cells primed for two days showed roughly equal potency . cell cultures derived from day 5 low density interface fraction ( closed circles , 5 - day if ) displayed little or no cytotoxicity . fig7 shows that the tumor - specific cytolysis was substantially reduced in the presence of the hla class i - specific blocking antibody w6 / 32 at an effector : target ( e / t ) ratio of 10 : 1 and is completely eliminated by the antibody at an e / t ration of 3 . 3 / 1 . control antibody ca 141 did not reduce t - cell mediated killing . these experiments demonstrate that the interaction with the target cell is mediated by via classical t - cell receptor / hla - class i restricted antigen - specific pathway . the foregoing results demonstrate the efficacy of fusion polypeptide complexes formed in accordance with the present invention in stimulating t - cell responses in vitro . these responses can be compared to those stimulated by the antigen alone ( in the absence of the dendritic cell binding protein ). in addition , their multivalent character can be tested by standard methods . the present invention provides for induction by isolated or soluble proteins of cellular immunity in vitro by presenting a specific antigen to an antigen presenting cell ( apc ), such as a dendritic cell , as part of an immunogenic fusion protein . as discussed above such induction is not generally observed in vitro using soluble , whole antigens as induction materials . in practice , dendritic cells are isolated from an individual , using known methods , or preferably , as described in example 5 . the dendritic cells ( or other apc &# 39 ; s ) are mixed with 10 ng / ml equivalent of gm - csf fusion antigen , as described in example 4 . the cell preparation may then be depleted of cd4 + t - cells by solid phase immunoadsorption and further fractionated to enrich for cells having cytolytic activity . doses of about 10 7 cells are then administered to the subject by intravenous or central injection according to established procedures ( e . g ., infusion over 30 to 60 minutes ). the responsiveness of the subject to this treatment is measured by monitoring the induction of a cytolytic t - cell response , a helper t - cell response and antibody response towards the antigen in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by methods well known in the art . in addition to the direct in vivo administration regiment described above , the apc cells can be used , for example , in ex vivo somatic therapy , in vivo implantable devices and ex vivo extracorporeal devices . they can also be employed in the screening of antigenicity and immunogenicity of peptide epitopes from tumor - and virus - specific antigens . in certain cases , it may be advantageous to use cells obtained from one individual to treat a condition in a second individual . for example , hiv - infected individuals with aids are often not able to mount anti - viral t - cell responses . in such cases , ctl can be isolated from healthy hla - matched individuals , such as siblings , be stimulated or primed with antigen - pulsed dc in vitro , expanded , and administered back to the hiv - infected individuals . the fusion protein compositions described herein can also be administered directly to an individual as a vaccine , in order to stimulate the individual &# 39 ; s cellular immunity pathways in vivo . here a dose of about 5 to 200 microgram / kg fusion protein , is administered , preferably at days 0 , 14 and 28 with an optional boosting dose at 6 months . the response of the subject is measured by monitoring the induction of a cytolytic t - cell response , a helper t - cell response and antibody response towards the antigen in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by methods well known in the art . the following examples illustrate , but in no way are intended to limit the present invention . if not described otherwise , general cloning procedures were performed according to standard techniques as described in sambrook , et al ., in molecular cloning : a laboratory manual , cold spring harbor laboratory press , ny ( 1989 ). human pap was cloned from the prostate carcinoma cell line lncap . fgc ( american type culture collection , rockland md . ; &# 34 ; atcc &# 34 ;). synthetic oligonucleotide primers containing the sequence seq id no : 5 were custom synthesized according to standard methods by keystone labs ( menlo park , calif .). these primers are homologous to the 5 &# 39 ; end of the known pap cdna sequence which is published in the genbank database . hindiii , muni or xhoi restriction sites were attached , according to the requirements of the particular expression vector used . on the 3 &# 39 ; end an oligonucleotide of the sequence seq id no : 6 was constructed that mutated away the stop codon 387 of the pap sequence and substituted for it a bamhi site that codes for amino acids glycine and serine . this bamhi site was used to fuse the pap cdna to the gm - csf cdna , which was cloned from peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( pbmnc ), based on the sequence which is published in genbank . at the gm - csf 5 &# 39 ; end a bamhi site was attached to an oligonucleotide seq id no : 7 that is homologous to the nucleotides that code for amino acids 18 - 23 in the gm - csf sequence . the 3 &# 39 ; end of gm - csf was generated with a an oligonucleotide seq id no : 8 that ends after the in frame stop of gm - csf and creates an xbai cloning site . poly a + rna was isolated from cell line lncap . fgc and from pbmnc with the micro fast track kit ( invitrogen ) according to the manual supplied by the manufacturer . the poly a + rna was then reverse transcribed with the cdna cycle kit ( invitrogen ) according to procedures described in the accompanying manual . first strand cdna was then subjected to 25 cycles of polymerase chain reaction ( pcr ) with the above described primers . the conditions on a perkin - elmer thermal cycler 9600 were as follows . 25 cycles of amplification were performed at : denaturation : 94 ° c ., 15 seconds ; annealing 55 ° c ., 15 seconds ; extension 72 ° c ., 60 seconds . the 25 cycles were followed by a final extension period of 420 seconds at 72 ° c . the pcr products were analyzed on agarose gels . they were digested with the appropriate restriction enzymes and cloned into the vectors pcr3 ( invitrogen ) to create pcr3 - pap - gm ( not shown ), pcep 4 ( invitrogen ) to create pcep4 - pap gm ( fig3 a ) and into pbacpac 8 ( clontech ) to create paphgm - bac ( fig3 b ). the dna sequences of the cloned constructs were confirmed using standard methods on a fluorescent sequencer model abi 373a ( applied biosystems , foster city , calif .). the nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequences are presented as seq id no . : 1 and seq id no : 2 , in fig1 respectively . pcr3 pap - gm was electroporated into cos - 7 cells ( atcc ) for transient expression experiments . after it was confirmed that a protein of the predicted size , immunological identity and function could be expressed transiently in cos - 7 and 293 - ebna ( invitrogen ) cells stable transfectants were generated in the human embryonic kidney cell line 293 - ebna , using an episomal expression vector pcep4 ( invitrogen , san diego , calif .). after electroporation and selection in hygromycin , recombinant clones were generated by plating the cells under limiting dilution conditions and screening for pap bioactivity in the cellular tissue culture supernatants . the highest producing clones were adapted to protein - free media and grown in cellmax hollow fiber bioreactors ( gibco , gaithersberg , md .). spent media from the cultures were collected , pooled and clarified by centrifugation . they were then passaged over an immunoaffinity column that was made by coupling the human pap - specific monoclonal antibody atcc hb8526 ( atcc ) to a sepharose resin . after washing , the bound material was eluted at low ph , neutralized and dialyzed against physiological buffer . the eluted fraction was analyzed by denaturing sds - page electrophoresis under reducing conditions . the resulting gel showed a single protein band at 75 kd which corresponds to the predicted size of fully glycosylated pap - gm - csf . paphgm - bac was also used to generate a recombinant autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus ( acnpv , baculovirus ) by homologous recombination of paphgm - bac with bacpak6 viral dna ( clontech , palo alto , calif .). reagents were used from the bacpak baculovirus expression system ( clontech ) and procedures were carried out essentially as described in the product manual . paphgm - bac and bacpak6 were cotransfected into sf21 cells ( clontech ) by lipofection . the spent tissue culture supernatant was collected on day 5 . it was titered onto fresh sf21 cells which were then grown in semisolid media for another 4 days . after the monolayers were stained with neutral red , viral plaques were identified and picked with a pasteur pipet . recombinant plaque - purified virus was eluted into fresh media and was then used to screen for production of pap - gm - csf in fresh sf21 cells . positive plaques were identified and used to generate viral stocks and recombinant protein in subsequent rounds of infecting fresh sf21 cells . the media of production cultures were collected three days after infection . they were then processed as described for pap - gm - csf that was derived from 293 - ebna cells . analysis of the immunoaffinity - purified protein revealed a single protein band at 64 kd after silver staining of an sds - page gel . pap - gm - csf fusion proteins from all expression systems described in example 1 were analyzed for their ability to support the growth of gm - csf dependent cell lines . they were also analyzed for enzymatic activity in acid phosphatase assays . standard bioassays were used to determine the gm - csf bioactivity . the gm - csf dependent human erythroleukemia cell line tf - 1 ( atcc , rockville , md .) and the acute monocytic leukemia cell line aml - 193 ( atcc ) were used to analyze whether gm - csf retains its bioactivity after fusion to pap . the cell lines which are routinely cultured in gm - csf - containing media were starved in regular media for 24 hours before the assay . they were plated at 1500 cells per well in triplicates in tissue culture medium . test supernatants or recombinant gm - csf as a positive control were added to the cells . cells were cultured for 72 hours and were then pulsed for 4 hours with 1 microcurie tritiated thymidine per well to determine rate of dna synthesis . fig4 shows that both mammalian derived and insect cell - derived pap - gm - csf support the growth of gm - csf dependent cell lines . the calculated relative bioactivity of pap - gm - csf is 20 % of the activity of control recombinant gm - csf dependent cell lines on a molar basis . the bioactivity of the second component of the fusion protein was determined in an enzymatic assay for acid phosphatase activity . acid phosphatase was measured as the ability of the protein to hydrolyze para - nitrophenyl phosphate ( pnpp ) at acid ph . briefly , the test liquid was diluted in 50 mm sodium citrate ph 4 . 8 . pnpp is added to a final concentration of 2 mg / ml . after 30 minutes incubation at 37 ° c ., an equal volume of 1m naoh was added to the reaction . hydrolyzed pnpp under these conditions has a yellow color which can be quantified with a spectrophotometer at 405 nm . fig5 shows that both mammalian derived and insect cell derived pap - gm - csf hydrolyzed pnpp under acid conditions . thus , it is clear that the original biological activity of both pap and of gm - csf is conserved in pap - gm - csf fusion proteins . generation of a target cell line for hla class i - restricted cytotoxic t - lymphocytes if not otherwise described , all tissue culture techniques , cell manipulations and assays were performed according to standard techniques . in order to generate a prostate cancer cell line that could be used as a target cell on a defined genetic background an hla a2 . 1 - transgenic prostate cancer cell line was generated . hla a2 . 1 is the best studied restriction element in human hla class i restricted immune responses and is the most frequent allele in caucasians . a cdna that codes for the published sequence ( genbank ) of hla a2 . 1 was isolated and cloned from the lymphoblastoid cell line jy . hla a2 . 1 heavy chain cdna was amplified with the sense primer 5 - seq id no : 9 - 3 &# 39 ; and the anti - sense primer 5 - seq id no 9 - 3 &# 39 ;. methods and conditions were as described for pap and gm - csf except that the cell line jy ( obtained from dr . ed engleman , stanford university blood bank , stanford , calif .) was used as starting material . the resulting gene fragment was cloned into the pcr3 vector with the ta - cloning kit ( invitrogen ). the prostate carcinoma cell line lncap . fgc ( atcc ) was transfected with this expression plasmid which confers the expression of hla a2 . 1 . the parent cell line does not express the a2 . 1 allele . after drug selection in g418 ( gibco ) the resulting transfectants were selected for hla a2 . 1 expression by solid phase immunoadsorption (&# 34 ; panning &# 34 ;) with a hla a2 . 1 - specific monoclonal antibody ( bb7 . 1 , atcc ). the resulting cell line homogeneously expressed hla - a2 . 1 whilst its parent remained negative . this novel transgenic cell line is uniquely useful in the screening and analysis of hla class i restricted cytotoxic t - lymphocytes . a t - cell in vitro priming and expansion system was used to establish the utility of pap - gm - csf in the generation of hla class i restricted ctl . hla - a2 . 1 - positive pbmnc were isolated by standard methods on density gradient ( ficoll - hypaque , pharmacia fine chemicals , piscataway , n . j .) having a density of 1 . 077 gr / ml . the cells were primed with 10 ng / ml equivalent of pap - gm - csf for two or five days . ( gm - csf potency equivalent was measured on a gm - csf dependent cell line as detailed in example 3 ; the actual weight used was twenty - fold higher because of the different size and specific activity of pap - gm - csf .) the cell preparation was then depleted of cd4 + t - cells by solid phase immunoadsorption and separated into low density and high density cells over a 1 . 068 gr / ml density gradient . the different fractions were then cultured separately in aim v media ( gibco , gaithersberg , md .) supplemented with ril - 2 ( 20 u / ml ). autologous pbmnc that were cultured in 20 ng / ml pap - gm - csf in aim v media were used as antigen presenting cells for restimulation at weekly intervals . lytic potential of the cells was assessed in a standard 4 - hour chromium release assay with the hla - a2 - 1 - transgenic prostate carcinoma cell line lncap . fgc as a target . fig6 shows induction of prostate - carcinoma lncap . fgc / a2 . 1 - specific cytotoxic t - lymphocytes by pap - gm - csf pulsed antigen presenting cells . hla - a2 . 1 positive pbl were primed with 10 ng / ml gm - csf equivalents of pap - gm - csf for two or five days . the cultures were depleted of cd4 + t - cells and separated into low ( if ) and high ( p ) density fractions over a nycodenz density gradient having a density of 1 . 068 gr / ml . to investigate whether the observed cytotoxicity was a hla - class i - restricted cd8 + cytolytic t - cell mediated phenomenon a blocking assay with the monomorphic hla class i - specific monoclonal antibody w6 / 32 ( atcc ) antibody was performed . w6 / 32 blocks hla class i mediated killing in standard assays , whilst control antibody ca141 is specific for hla class ii ( dr ) and will not interfere with class i restricted killing . t - cell cultures which were derived from the 5 day pellet fraction ( described above ) which displayed the highest cytotoxicity were used for this experiment . the t - cell lines used in experiment contained 38 % cd3 / cd8 positive t - cells . their lytic potential was assessed in a standard 4 - hour chromium release assay with the hla - a2 - 1 - transgenic prostate carcinoma cell line lncap . fgc as a target . fig7 shows that tumor - specific cytolysis was substantially reduced in the presence of the hla class i blocking antibody w6 / 32 at an effector : target ( e / t ) ratio of 10 : 1 and is completely eliminated by the antibody at an e / t ration of 3 . 3 / 1 . control antibody ca 141 did not reduce t - cell mediated killing . these experiments demonstrate that the interaction with the target cell is mediated by via classical t - cell receptor / hla - class i restricted antigen - specific pathway . buffy coats prepared from one unit of blood from hla - a0201 positive volunteer healthy donors are obtained from the stanford university blood center ( stanford , calif .). cells are harvested from the leukopacs , diluted to 60 ml using ca ++ / mg ++ free phosphate buffered saline ( d - pbs ; gibco laboratories , grand island , n . y .) and layered over two 15 ml columns of organosilanized colloidal silica ( ocs ) separation medium ( prepared as described by dorn in u . s . pat . no . 4 , 927 , 749 , incorporated herein by reference , at a density 1 . 0720 gr / ml , ph 7 . 4 , 280 mosm / kg h 2 o ) in 50 ml centrifuge tubes , preferably cell - trap tubes . the ocs medium is preferably prepared by reacting and thus blocking the silanol groups of colloidal silica ( approx . 10 - 20 nm diameter particles ) with an alkyl trimethoxy silane reagent and has the structural formula : ## str1 ## related colloidal silicas and methods for production thereof are disclosed in u . s . pat . no . 4 , 927 , 749 to dorn . in a preferred embodiment , the ocs density gradient material is diluted to an appropriate specific density in a physiological salt solution supplemented with polyvinylpyrrolidone ( pvp ) such as pvp - 10 available from sigma chemical co . ( st . louis , mo .). the tubes are centrifuged at 1000 × g for 35 minutes at room temperature . the centrifuge run is allowed to stop without braking and the peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( pbmc ), present at the interface , are harvested . pbmc are resuspended in d - pbs , centrifuged once at 650 × g for 10 minutes and twice more at 200 × g for 5 minutes to remove platelets . platelet - depleted pbmc are resuspended in 60 ml of d - pbs , layered on top of two columns of 15 ml of ocs ( density 1 . 0610 gr / ml , 280 mosm / kg h 2 o ) in a centrifuge tube and centrifuged at 650 × g for 25 minutes at 4 ° c . without braking . the resulting interface ( primarily monocytes ) and pellet cells ( primarily lymphocytes ) are harvested and washed with d - pbs by centrifugation at room temperature ( once at 650 × g for 10 minutes and twice thereafter at 200 × g for 5 minutes ). in instances where the dendritic cells are used to generate peptide - specific cytotoxic t lymphocytes ( ctl ) for purposes of elucidating their antigen presentation function , the interface fraction ( mostly monocytes ) is resuspended in cold pooled human ab serum ( irvine scientific , santa ana , calif .) to which an equal volume of 80 % ab serum 20 % dimethyl sulfoxide ( dmso ) ( sigma chemical company , st . louis , mo .) is added dropwise . the resulting cell suspension is aliquoted into cryovials and frozen in liquid nitrogen . the monocytes can be used for restimulation of ctl for expansion . the pellet fraction is resuspended in 100 ml of ab culture medium , inoculated into two t - 75 tissue culture flasks and cultured in a humidified 5 % co 2 incubator for 40 hours . following the incubation , the non adherent cells are harvested by moderate pipeting , washed and resuspended at a concentration of 2 - 5 × 10 6 cells / ml in ab culture medium . the cell suspension is overlayered over four columns of 4 . 0 ml ocs separation medium ( density 1 . 0565 gr / ml , ph 7 . 4 , 280 mosm / kg h 2 o ), in ab culture medium and centrifuged at 650 × g for 20 minutes at room temperature without braking . the interface and pellet cells are harvested and washed in ab culture medium ( basal rpmi - 1640 medium , gibco laboratories , grand island , n . y .) by centrifugation once at 650 × g for 10 minutes and twice thereafter at 200 × g for 5 minutes each at room temperature . the yield and viability of both cell fractions is estimated by counting on a hemocytometer using trypan blue exclusion . the purity of dendritic cells in the interface fraction is quantified following analysis on a flow cytometer ( facs ). dendritic cells are characterized as negative for cell phenotype markers cd3 ( t lymphocytes ), cd14 ( monocytes ), cd16 ( nk cells ) and cd20 ( b - cells ) and positive for hla class ii expression using dual staining with hla - dr ( on the fitc channel ) and a cocktail of cd3 , cd14 , cd16 , cd20 ( on the pe channel ). dual staining with igg2a on both the fitc and pe channels can be used as isotype control . the morphology of the cells can also be evaluated using photomicroscopy . the dc enriched fraction contains large sized veiled cells with cytoplasmic processes extending from the cell surface , features characteristic of dc . while the invention has been described with reference to specific methods and embodiments , it will be appreciated that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the invention . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - - - - ( 1 ) general information : - - ( iii ) number of sequences : 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 1588 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear - 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- caagcagggc ctgcggggca gcctcaccaa gctcaagggc cccttgacca tg -# atggccag 2220 - - ccactacaaa cagcactgcc ctccaacccc ggaaacttcc tgtgcaaccc ag -# attatcac 2280 - - ctttgaaagt ttcaaagaga acctgaagga ctttctgctt gtcatcccct tt -# gactgctg 2340 - - ggagccagtc caggagtgag accggccaga tgaggctggc caagc - # 2385 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 782 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : protein - - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - - ( vi ) original source : ( a ) organism : homo sapi - # ens ( c ) individual isolate : - # gm - csf - her - 2 fusion protein ; fig . 8 - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : - - met glu leu ala ala leu cys arg trp gly le - # u leu leu ala leu leu 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - pro pro gly ala ala ser thr gln val cys th - # r gly thr asp met lys 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - leu arg leu pro ala ser pro glu thr his le - # u asp met leu arg his 35 - # 40 - # 45 - - leu tyr gln gly cys gln val val gln gly as - 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- glu thr leu glu glu ile thr gly tyr leu ty - # r ile ser ala trppro 405 - # 410 - # 415 - - asp ser leu pro asp leu ser val phe gln as - # n leu gln val ile arg 420 - # 425 - # 430 - - gly arg ile leu his asn gly ala tyr ser le - # u thr leu gln gly leu 435 - # 440 - # 445 - - gly ile ser trp leu gly leu arg ser leu ar - # g glu leu gly ser gly450 - # 455 - # 460 - - leu ala leu ile his his asn thr his leu cy - # s phe val his thr val 465 4 - # 70 4 - # 75 4 -# 80 - - pro trp asp gln leu phe arg asn pro his gl - # n ala leu leu histhr 485 - # 490 - # 495 - - ala asn arg pro glu asp glu cys val gly gl - # u gly leu ala cys his 500 - # 505 - # 510 - - gln leu cys ala arg gly his cys trp gly pr - # o gly pro thr gln cys 515 - # 520 - # 525 - - val asn cys ser gln phe leu arg gly gln gl - # u cys val glu glu cys530 - # 535 - # 540 - - arg val leu gln gly leu pro arg glu tyr va - # l asn ala arg his cys 545 5 - # 50 5 - # 55 5 -# 60 - - leu pro cys his pro glu cys gln pro gln as - # n gly ser val thrcys 565 - # 570 - # 575 - - phe gly pro glu ala asp gln cys val ala cy - # s ala his tyr lys asp 580 - # 585 - # 590 - - pro pro phe cys val ala arg cys pro ser gl - # y val lys pro asp leu 595 - # 600 - # 605 - - ser tyr met pro ile trp lys phe pro asp gl - # u glu gly ala cys gln610 - # 615 - # 620 - - pro cys pro ile asn cys thr his ser cys va - # l asp leu asp asp lys 625 6 - # 30 6 - # 35 6 -# 40 - - gly cys pro ala glu gln arg ala ser pro le - # u thr ser leu gluala 645 - # 650 - # 655 - - pro ala arg ser pro ser pro ser thr gln pr - # o trp glu his val asn 660 - # 665 - # 670 - - ala ile gln glu ala arg arg leu leu asn le - # u ser arg asp thr ala 675 - # 680 - # 685 - - ala glu met asn glu thr val glu val ile se - # r glu met phe asp leu690 - # 695 - # 700 - - gln glu pro thr cys leu gln thr arg leu gl - # u leu tyr lys gln gly 705 7 - # 10 7 - # 15 7 -# 20 - - leu arg gly ser leu thr lys leu lys gly pr - # o leu thr met metala 725 - # 730 - # 735 - - ser his tyr lys gln his cys pro pro thr pr - # o glu thr ser cys ala 740 - # 745 - # 750 - - thr gln ile ile thr phe glu ser phe lys gl - # u asn leu lys asp phe 755 - # 760 - # 765 - - leu leu val ile pro phe asp cys trp glu pr - # o val gln glu770 - # 775 - # 780 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 22 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - - ( vi ) original source : ( c ) individual isolate : - # synthetic oligonucleotide primerfor pap - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : - - cggctctcct caacatgaga gc - # - # 22 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 31 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - - ( vi ) original source : ( c ) individual isolate : - # synthetic oligonucleotide primerfor human pap - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : - - cacaggatcc atctgtactg tcctcagtac c - # - # 31 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 28 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - - ( vi ) original source : ( c ) individual isolate : - # synthetic oligonucleotide primerfor human gm - - # csf - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : - - gactggatcc gcacccgccc gctcgccc - # - # 28 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 30 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - - ( vi ) original source : ( c ) individual isolate : - # synthetic oligonucleotide primerfor human gm - - # csf - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : - - gatctctaga gcttggccag cctcatctgg - # - # 30 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 17 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - - ( vi ) original source : ( c ) individual isolate : - # synthetic oligonucleotide primerfor human gm - - # csf - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : - - agacgccgag gatggcc - # - # - # 17 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 22 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - - ( iv ) anti - sense : yes - - ( vi ) original source : ( c ) individual isolate : - # synthetic oligonucleotide primerfor human gm - - # csf - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : - - cctctctgga acaggaaaga tg - # - # 22__________________________________________________________________________