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• This invention relates to improving cancer cell-based immunotherapy (e.g., immunization or vaccination) comprised of administration of allogeneic cancer cells secreting a modified heat shock protein to a human subject. It is improved by frequent administration of allogeneic cancer cells to the subject, depletion of B cells in the subject before and/or during the first or at least one administration of allogeneic cancer cells, or both.
• cancer cell-based immunotherapy e.g., immunization or vaccination
• WO 99/42121 disclosed a cell-based vaccine, wherein modified heat shock protein encoded by a transfected expression construct is secreted.
• the vaccine may be effective to treat or prevent cancer or infectious disease.
• One injection of recombinant cancer cells and two injections of recombinant cancer cells separated by two weeks were described. Autologous cancer cells were preferred.
• the present invention uses allogeneic cancer cells.
• WO 2005/030136 disclosed inhibiting a tumor by administering a lung cancer cell genetically modified to express CD80 and HLA.
• the cancer cell does not secrete a modified heat shock protein.
• Cancer is typically treated by surgical resection of the tumor, radiation or drugs to kill cancer cells, or a combination thereof.
• the immune system can inhibit the multiplication and spread of cancer cells. They may escape immuno- logic surveillance, however, by being nonimmunogenic (e.g., nonsmall cell lung cancer), which blocks priming of the immune response to generate an effective response, or being immunogenic (e.g., melanoma) but blocking the effector phase of the immune response.
• blockade of priming could be due to the tumor secreting immunosuppressive mediators or tolehzing chemo- kines and/or stimulation of regulatory cells, tolerogenic antigen presenting cells, or myelosuppressor cells.
• Active immunotherapy by administering allogeneic cancer cells could circumvent blockade, and prime the innate and/or adaptive immune response.
• the induction and amplification of a tumor-specific CD8 + T- cell response would be especially desirable as evaluated by cytolysis of cancer cells or secretion of interferon gamma stimulated by cancer cells.
• Raez et al. J. Clin. Oncol. 22:2800-2807, 2004
• Adenocarcinoma cell line AD100 was transfected to express CD80 and HLA-A1 or A2.
• Patients were immunized intradermal ⁇ with 5 x 10 7 cells once every two weeks. Three immunizations represented one course of treatment. Unless a patient had no response to the initial immunization, up to three courses of treatment for a total of nine immunizations were administered.
• the promising results obtained using this cell-based vaccine might be improved by increasing the frequency of immunization and depleting B cells before and/or during at least one immunization.
• immunotherapy e.g., immunization or vaccination
• improved immunotherapy comprises administering allogeneic cancer cells secreting a modified heat shock protein to a human subject, by frequent administration, depletion of B cells before and/or during the initial or at least one administration, or both.
• the invention provides an improvement in allogeneic cancer cell-based immunotherapy for immunization and vaccination.
• the "treatment” may be therapeutic, prophylactic, or merely palliative.
• a human subject is treated by administering allogeneic cancer cells that secrete a modified heat shock protein (e.g., gp96).
• a modified heat shock protein e.g., gp96
• allogeneic means that the administered cells and the treated subject differ by one or more major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules.
• Heat shock protein may be modified by removing a domain containing the retention signal for endoplasmic reticulum.
• the domain may be replaced with one or more heavy chain constant region(s) of human or mouse immunoglobulin IgGI or lgG2 (e.g., Fc domain).
• the modified heat shock protein is expressed from a nucleic acid within the cancer cell that was transfected by an expression vector or infected by a viral vector.
• the vector may be based on one or more regulatory signal(s) (e.g., transcription start and stop, slice donor and acceptor, polyadenylation, origin of replication) from bovine papilloma virus (BPV).
• BPV bovine papilloma virus
• the vector preferably does not contain the E5, E6 and E7 genes of BPV.
• the cancer cells can be considered "recombinant" because of the technology used to produce them.
• Antigen e.g., an epitope derived from neoantigen or tumor antigen of an allogeneic or syngeneic cancer cell
• Antigen may induce an innate or adaptive immune response in the subject.
• induction and amplification of a CD8 + T- cell response is desirable.
• the CD8 + cell may kill cancer cells or secrete interferon gamma specifically.
• a cancer cell may be made allogeneic by expressing at least one MHC molecule, which is not expressed by the subject, from a nucleic acid within the cancer cell that was transfected by an expression vector or infected by a viral vector.
• the modified heat shock protein and HLA molecule may be at least partially encoded by the same vector or different vectors.
• a human subject may be immunized several times with allogeneic cancer cells.
• the interval between two consecutive administrations of the cell- based immunogenic composition is less than two weeks.
• Another improvement may be B-cell depletion of the subject before and/or during at least one administration of the cell-based immunogenic composition.
• a subject may be administered an immunogenic composition comprising allogeneic cancer cells, which secrete a modified heat shock protein (e.g., a heat shock protein lacking a native retention sequence for endoplasmic reti- culum) at least partially encoded by a transfected expression vector or infected viral vector into the cells.
• a modified heat shock protein e.g., a heat shock protein lacking a native retention sequence for endoplasmic reti- culum
• the modified heat shock protein may have its own or another protein's signal sequence to target the secretory pathway.
• an N-terminal signal sequence may be a peptide tag comprising one or more constant regions of human immunoglobulin heavy chain (e.g., IgGI or lgG2).
• the cancer cells express an allogeneic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule (e.g., at least partially encoded by the same or different vector). They may or may not express CD80 (e.g., at least partially encoded by the same or different vector). More details of the expression of modified heat shock protein, HLA-A, and CD80 in various cancer cell lines are provided in WO 99/42121 and WO 2005/030136, which are incorporated by reference.
• MHC major histocompatibility complex
• a subject may be administered in a range from 1 x 10 7 to 10 x 10 7 allogeneic cancer cells per dosage.
• a total number of cells from 1 to 10 x 10 8 may be administered to the subject.
• Allogeneic cancer cells may be administered at least twice daily, daily, every other day, twice weekly, weekly, every other week, or monthly between any two consecutive administrations. At least a total of nine, 18 or 27 dosages of allogeneic cancer cells may be administered. Dosages may be administered at intervals of less than two weeks, one week or less, at least twice weekly, at least every other day, at least daily, or at least twice daily. Treatment may continue for at least six weeks, ten weeks, 15 weeks, 18 weeks, 22 weeks, or 26 weeks (e.g., one to six months).
• cells may be administered at intervals of less than two weeks, one week or less, at least twice weekly, at least every other day, at least daily, or at least twice daily. They may be injected by at least an intra- dermal, intravenous, intraperitoneal, or subcutaneous route. Each dosage may be split into aliquots for the separate injections that comprise a single adminis- tration. Treatment may be improved by frequent vaccination, B-cell depletion, or both.
• Antigen may induce a specific immune response in the subject.
• the epitope bound in an immunogenic complex with the secreted heat shock protein may be obtained from allogeneic cancer cells coexpressing both secreted gp96 and antigen, or from syngeneic cancer cells of the subject expressing only antigen. The latter would presumably require that modified heat shock protein be taken up by a cancer cell different from where the gp96 was synthesized, and the complex formed in the cancer cell where the antigen was synthesized. Immunization may not require the subject to have functional CD4 + T cells or lymph nodes.
• the modified gp96 must still bind epitope in an immunogenic complex.
• Optional modifications include N- terminal additions or deletions, C- terminal additions, point mutations of 1 to 3 contiguous amino acids, or internal additions or deletions from 1 to 10 amino acids.
• the subject may be a human subject.
• the cancer cells may be obtained from a human subject.
• the immunogen or vaccine may be administered to the same subject who donated the cancer cells or a different subject.
• Allogeneic cancer cells may have been obtained from a subject differing in transplantation antigen(s) as compared to the subject receiving the cells.
• a major histocompatibility complex molecule e.g., one or more MHC class I molecules such as HLA-A1 , HLA-A2, HLA-A3, HLA-A27
• MHC class I molecules such as HLA-A1 , HLA-A2, HLA-A3, HLA-A27
• the nucleic acid of the vector needs to encode at least partially the modified heat shock protein or allogeneic MHC molecule because the modification or histo- type, respectively, may be introduced into an endogenous gene of the cancer cell by homologous recombination.
• B cells may be depleted by techniques known in the art, such as ex vivo apheresis or administering antibody specific for a B-cell receptor (e.g., anti- CD19, anti-CD20, anti-CD22, anti-BLyS), dimerized ligand to crosslink a B-cell receptor (e.g., aptamer dimer), or immunosuppressive drug (e.g., cyclophosphamide or prednisolone) may be used.
• a B-cell receptor e.g., anti- CD19, anti-CD20, anti-CD22, anti-BLyS
• dimerized ligand to crosslink a B-cell receptor e.g., aptamer dimer
• rituximab at a dosage from 100 mg/m 2 to 500 mg/m 2 may be administered to a patient at a rate of 50 mg/hour to 400 mg/hour one or more times (e.g., once weekly for two weeks to two months).
• Rituximab may be supplemented with cyclophosphamide and prednisolone.
• B cells may be depleted then followed by immunotherapy (e.g., immunization or vaccination).
• the level of B cells may be monitored during immunotherapy and depletion repeated when above 1%, 5% or 10% of normal (i.e., non-depleted) levels.
• Cancer cells of a subject undergoing abnormal proliferation may be a neoplasm or tumor (e.g., carcinoma, sarcoma, leukemia, lymphoma), especially lung cancer.
• Cancers include those originating from the gastrointestinal (e.g., esophagus, colon, intestine, ileum, rectum, anus, liver, pancreas, stomach), genitourinary (e.g., bladder, kidney, prostate), musculoskeletal, pulmonary (e.g., lung), or reproductive (e.g., cervix, ovary, testicle) organ systems.
• lung cancer may non-small cell lung cancer (e.g., adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or large cell carcinoma), small cell lung cancer, and carcinoids.
• the cancer cell may be derived from the subject undergoing treatment or from another individual other than the subject. For the former case, allogenicity may be conferred by expressing an unrelated class I molecule of the major histocompatibility complex from a transfected expression vector or an infected viral vector.
• the cancer cells may be non-immunogenic or have low immunogenicity so long as they are engineered to secrete the modified heat shock protein. They may be from a carcinoma.
• An exemplary lung cancer cell is the AD100 adenocarcinoma, which is allogeneic for all subjects except the patient from which the cell line was derived and any rare individuals sharing that patient's MHC haplotype. Its derivation is described in WO 2005/030136.
• AD100 does not express HLA-A1 , HLA-A2, or CD80.
• Pancreatic carcinoma may be treated with MIA PaCa-2 secreting gp96-lg from ATCC CRL1420; ovarian carcinoma may be treated with OVCAR-3 secreting gp96-lg from ICLC HTL97004.
• Effectiveness of treatment may be evaluated by reduction in symptoms, delayed progression or regression of disease, or prolongation of survival. Or assay of CD8 + T cell cytolysis of cancer cells or interferon gamma stimulated by them may be measured in vitro. Improvement in active immunotherapy may be used to treat cancer in combination with surgery, radiation therapy, and/or chemotherapy. Boosting may occur by administering the immunogenic complex at least monthly for one to two years.
• Immunogenic compositions are comprised of allogeneic cancer cells and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier and/or vehicle.
• the carrier may be alginate or PLGA beads or viral particles
• the vehicle may be water for injection or buffered saline solution.
• the carrier or vehicle Prior to formulating the composition, the carrier or vehicle may be confirmed free of pathogen and pyrogen.
• Cells may be irradiated and suspended in buffered saline containing 0.5% human serum albumin.
• the composition is preferably suitable for systemic or local administration by injection or depot. It is preferred that the composition be tested for the absence of bacterial and viral contamination prior to administration. To avoid possible sources of contamination, it would be preferred to culture the allogeneic cancer cells in serum-free, defined medium. Cells may be stored in the same medium supplemented with 20% dimethyl sulfoxide as cryopreservative.
• Anti-tumor vaccination is quite effective when administered to na ⁇ ve, tumor-free mice resulting in protection from tumor growth upon subsequent challenge. Protection generally is long lasting and tumor specific indicating the participation of the adaptive immune response. This picture changes radically when vaccines are used for the therapeutic treatment of already established tumor. The same dose of vaccine that is able to effectively establish protective immunity generally is unable to provide therapeutic benefit. The reason for this lack of effectiveness of therapeutic vaccination is thought to stem from the induction of tumor induced suppressor cells, the generation of regulatory cells, the induction of T cell anergy or tolerance, or a combination thereof. Whatever the precise mechanisms of tumor induced immune suppression, the success of vaccine therapy for cancer therapy will depend on overcoming or neutralizing these tumor induced suppressive effects.
• Tumor secreted gp96 causes the recruitment of DC and NK cells to the site of gp96 secretion and mediates DC activation via binding to CD91 and TLR2 and TLR4.
• the endocytic uptake of gp96 and its chaperoned peptides triggers peptide cross presentation via MHC class I and strong, cognate CD8 activation independent of CD4 + cells.
• CD8 + CTL expansion can be precisely quantitated within 4 to 5 days of vaccination by use of adoptively transferred TCR transgenic, gfp- marked CD8 + T cells.
• mice were purchased from The Jackson Laboratory or
• DCBM were purchased from The Jackson Laboratory.
• Gfp green fluorescent protein mice were obtained from their producers.
• Transgenic C57BL/6J OT-I mice (obtained from Dr. M. Bevan) express a TCR (V ⁇ 2V ⁇ 5.1.2) specific for H-2K b -restricted chicken ovalbumin-derived peptide
• mice in the animal facility at the University of Miami in accordance with institutional guidelines.
• the progeny mice were screened for the expression of the ova-TCR gene and by fluorescence for gfp. All mice were used at 6-12 week of age.
• the EG7 cell line (obtained from M. Bevan) was transfected with the vector pCMG-His containing gp96-lg. Control cells were transfected with vector alone.
• Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells were obtained from the American Tissue Culture Collection and were transfected with ovalbumin in pAC-neo-ova or with both the ovalbumin vector and pCMG-His containing gp96-lg. All cells were cultured in IMDM media (GIBCO) with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) and gentamycin (GIBCO). To maintain transfected cells, antibiotics for selection (G418 or L-Histidinol, Sigma, St. Louis, MO) were added to the culture.
• anti-CD16/32 24G2
• CyChrome-anti-CD3 ⁇ 145-2C11
• -anti-CD5 UCHT2
• -anti-CD8a 53-6.7
• PE-CD19 4G7
• Single-cell suspensions of splenocytes and lymph node (LN) cells were obtained from gfp-OT-l mice and pooled. They were depleted of red blood cells by ammonium chloride lysis. Gfp-OT-l cells were sorted by positive column selection using anti-CD8 ⁇ magnetic microbeads and a MACS column (Miltenyi Biotec) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The purity of isolated OT-I cells was more than 95% as determined by flow cytometric analysis. V ⁇ 2 and V ⁇ 5.1.2 expression on purified cells was quantified by flow cytometry. For purification of B cells, CD19 + cells were purified with anti-CD19 microbeads (Miltenyi Biotec). To reconstitute B cells in BCDM mice, 10 7 purified cells were adoptively transferred through tail veins two days before transplantation of tumor cells.
• mice were adoptively transferred with 10 6 gfp-OT-l, immunized two days later by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of 1- 4 ⁇ 10 6 non-irradiated EG7-gp96-lg cells.
• cells were harvested from the peritoneal cavity, mesenteric, para-aortic lymph nodes (dLN), and peripheral blood at timed intervals. Red blood cells were removed from samples by ammonium chloride lysis.
• One million cells were incubated for 10 min at 4°C with anti-CD16/32 mAb in PBS containing 0.5% BSA (PBA) to block FcR binding. Cells were then incubated with the indicated antibodies for 30 min. Samples were analyzed on a FACScan (Becton Dickinson) with CELL Quest software (BD Bioscience). The total number of the indicated immune cells per each tissue was calculated from the percentage of targeted cells and total number of cells in each tissue.
• Non-irradiated EG7, LLC or LLC-ova cells were injected subcutaneously (s.c.) in 200 ⁇ l PBS into the flanks of mice. Five days after inoculation of LLC- ova cells (day 5), 10 6 purified gfp-OT-l in a volume of 0.3 ml PBS were injected through tail veins. Two days later, mice were immunized by i.p. injection of 10 6 non-irradiated LLC-ova-gp96-lg or EG7-gp96-lg cells in a volume of 0.5 ml PBS according to the schedule indicated in the graphs. Control mice were treated with PBS, EG7 or LLC-ova. The size of tumors in the flank was measured in two dimensions twice per week for at least 20 days.
• Gp96-lg is a modified protein generated by the replacement the endoplasmic reticulum retention signal (KDEL) of gp96 with the Fc portion of IgGL
• KDEL endoplasmic reticulum retention signal
• Tumor immunity generated by secreted gp96- Ig is specific for gp96-chaperoned peptides including peptides derived from tumor endogenous antigens, such as EL4 specific antigens, and for surrogate antigens such as ovalbumin transfected into EL4 (EG7) or LLC (LLC-ova).
• EL4 specific antigens such as EL4 specific antigens
• surrogate antigens such as ovalbumin transfected into EL4 (EG7) or LLC (LLC-ova).
• the ovalbumin surrogate antigen offers a method to accurately determine CD8 + CTL expansion in vivo via adoptive transfer of ovalbumin specific, OT-I TCR transgenic CD8 + cells.
• Established tumors are known to be suppressive for CTL expansion.
• TCR transgenic OT-I system in which transgenic CD8 + CTL respond to ovalbumin-transfected syngeneic or allogeneic tumors secreting gp96-lg-ova.
• EG7 derived from the EL4 by ovalbumin transfection, which is classified as immunogenic and highly tumorigenic.
• Lewis lung carcinoma LLC and LLC- ova
• the division rate of both cell lines is very rapid with a doubling time of 8-12 hours in culture.
• OT-I expand from low, preimmune levels in the CD8 + gate ( ⁇ 0.2%) to high frequencies (15-40%) in tumor-free mice.
• Administration of irradiated EG7 not secreting gp96-lg is not able to cause significant OT-I expansion.
• subcutaneously established EG7 tumors present at a distant site in the flank significantly inhibits gp96-vaccine induced expansion of OT-I in the peritoneal cavity and systemically in spleen and lymph nodes.
• EG7 tumors secrete ovalbumin and express K b -ova. It is possible therefore that adoptively transferred OT-I upon recirculation through the tumor bed or tumor draining lymph nodes become anergic due to receiving signals through their K b -ova-specific TCR while not receiving costimulatory signal two.
• the syngeneic tumors EL4 and LLC neither expressing ovalbumin, were established subcutaneously at distant sites. Subsequently, OT-I where adoptively transferred intravenously (i.v.) and mice immunized i.p. with EG7-gp96-lg.
• Established EL4 and LLC were as effective in suppressing OT-I expansion by secreted gp96-ova as established EG7 indicating that suppression is not dependent on the appropriate TCR antigen, K b -ova, in the tumor. While OT-I expansion in the peritoneal cavity and systemically was suppressed by the presence of LLC and EL4 at distant sites, total cell recruitment into the peritoneal cavity upon EG7-gp96-lg immunization i.p. was actually increased when compared to tumor-free mice.
• the data indicate that established tumors can induce antigen non-specific suppression of CTL expansion. This induction of suppression correlates with increased cellular recruitment to the vaccine site in the peritoneal cavity. Transfer of vaccine induced peritoneal cells from tumor- bearing to tumor-free mice suppressed OT-I expansion in recipient mice indicating the presence of regulatory or suppressor cells. CD8 + T cells thus are non- reactive due to a cellular suppressor response in tumor-bearing mice indepen- dent of antigen.
• Irradiated EG7, not secreting gp96-lg, or LLC-gp96-lg, not expressing EG7-antigens but secreting gp96-lg at the same rate as EG7-gp96-lg, are unable to retard tumor growth when administered i.p. as vaccine at the identical dose and schedule as EG7-gp96-lg.
• vaccination with EG7-gp96-lg is started two days or later after EG7 inoculation, the therapeutic effect using the same vaccination schedule is substantially diminished.
• EG7 tumor cells were transplanted subcutaneously in the flank and allowed to become established for three to seven days, allowing at least seven or more tumor cell doublings. During this period vascularization of the tumor nodule occurs which is detectable visually. Mice were then vaccinated daily i.p. with one million EG7-gp96-lg cells or, in specificity controls, with the same schedule and dose of LLC-gp96- Ig cells, or irradiated EG7 cells, or left unvaccinated.
• OT-I expansion after gp96-immunization in BCDM was about twice as strong as that seen in wild-type mice by day 4. Importantly, OT-I persisted at significantly higher frequencies on day 7 and 12 post immunization in the peritoneal cavity and in draining lymph nodes.
• Adoptive transfer of wild- type B cells to BCDM prior to immunization reduced OT-I expansion to levels at or below those seen in wild-type mice.
• the suppression of OT-I expansion by the presence of B cells is not mediated by IL-10 production since IL-10 deficient mice exhibit OT-I expansion similar to wild-type mice rather than enhanced expansion as seen in BCDM.
• LLC progression can be retarded by frequent immunizations.
• EG7 and EL4 cells are rejected in BCDM and do not establish tumors; however LLC and LLC-ova can be established in BCDM although they grow at a slower rate than in wild-type mice.
• LLC-ova was established subcutaneously in the flank for 7 days in BCDM and in wild-type mice. OT-I were adoptively transferred i.v. and two days later LLC-ova-gp96-lg was administered as single dose i.p. and tumor growth monitored.
• BCDM a single immunization resulted in complete rejection of established, seven day LLC-ova tumors in three mice and significant tumor shrinking in two.
• LLC-ova continued to grow progressively in BCDM albeit at a slower rate than in wild-type mice.
• B cell reconstitution of BCDM rendered the effect of vaccination similar to that seen in wild-type mice, namely retardation of progression.
• Optimal tumor control of established LLC in BCDM by a single immunization is supported both by sufficiently high numbers of tumor specific CTL precursors (OT-I) and by antigen specific immunization (LLC-ova-gp96-lg).
• HLA matching is not required. If no concerns about toxicity arise, patients will be vaccinated with 5*10 7 allogeneic cancer cells once every week or every two weeks over 17 weeks. Alternatively, a total of 4.5x10 8 allogeneic cancer cells may be delivered by (a) nine injections over 18 weeks, (b) 18 injections over 18 weeks, or (c) 36 injections over 18 weeks.
• T cells become anergic in the presence of established tumors.
• Anergy to the B cell lymphoma used in that study was antigen specific, MHC restricted and dependent on the presence of MHC matched bone marrow derived antigen presenting cells.
• antigen non-specific myeloid- suppressor cells and T regulatory cells have been implicated in suppression of anti tumor immunity.
• Our studies show that suppression of CTL responses in vivo can be achieved by established tumors through antigen-independent pathways.
• OT-I expansion in response to gp96-ova vaccination is inhibited by established tumors independent of the expression of ovalbumin by the tumors.
• This type of suppression may be achieved by T regulatory cells or by other suppressor cells such as myeloid-suppressor cells or M2 macrophages.
• the suppressive activity is transferable to tumor- free mice by the transfer of peritoneal cells elicited in tumor-bearing mice by gp96-vaccination.
• B cell reconstituted BCDM responded like wild-type mice to gp96-ova mediated OT-I expansion, ruling out the possibility that B cell deficiency had modified the responsiveness of BCDM to gp96-ova immunization in a manner unrelated to the absence of B cells.
• B cell deficiency resulted in enhanced OT-I expansion and in strongly enhanced tumor rejection of seven day established LLC-ova tumors even after only a single gp96-lg immunization.
• the data suggest that tumor mediated induction of suppressor cells is greatly diminished in the absence of B cells or that B cells them selves act as suppressor cells.
• Patents, patent applications, books, and other publications cited herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety.
• the improvements described herein may be applied to administering the cancer cell vaccines of U.S. Patent Application No. 1 1/878,460, which is incorporated by reference.
• a numerical range it should be understood that all values within the range are also described (e.g., one to ten also includes every integer value between one and ten as well as all intermediate ranges such as two to ten, one to five, and three to eight).
• the term "about” may refer to the statistical uncertainty associated with a measurement or the variability in a numerical quantity which a person skilled in the art would understand does not affect operation of the invention or its patentability.

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