Figure 1. XBP1 plays a decisive role in improving therapeutic DC vaccine potency.
a–c) XBP1 improves therapeutic DC vaccine efficacy. DC were untreated or transfected with XBP1/NeuEDhsp70, XBP1/TRP2hsp70 or control DNA. BALB/c or B6 mice were inoculated with 4T1.2-Neu (a–b) or GL26 (c) on day 0. On day 8, tumor-bearing mice were randomized into cohorts and left untreated or they were vaccinated once with the indicated DC populations.
d) Inhibition of XBP1 activity reduces XBP1-potentiated therapeutic DC vaccine efficacy. DC were transfected with XBP1/NeuEDhsp70 in the absence or presence of dnXBP1 or control (Ctl) vector. Therapeutic vaccination in 4T1.2-Neu-bearing mice was then performed as in (a).
Tumor growth was then monitored, reported and statistically-analyzed as outlined in Materials and Methods. Data from two independent experiments are shown.