AIM:To investigate the immunotherapeutic potential of vaccine consisting of dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with total RNA from MFC gastric cancer cells.METHODS:DCs were prepared from the spleens of strain 615 mice by magnetic cell sorting (MACS). Alter culture for 24h, DCs were pulsed with total RNA from MFC gastric cancer cells. Mice of one group were immunized with tumor RNA pulsed DC (RNA/DC) at the dosage of 1×10^6 on d 14 and 7 by s c inoculation before tumor implantation. Mice of another group were immunized with unpulsed DC (UDC) at the same dosage on days as the RNA/DC group. The third group of control mice was untreated. On d 0, all the mice were challenged with s c injections of 5×10^5 MFC gastric cancer cells.Alter inoculation, the mice were monitored closely with respect to tumor growth. Activities of NK cells in PBL and splenocytes and CTL were tested.RESULTS:On d 21 alter tumor cell inoculation, the mice of control group manifested the largest tumors with volume at a mean of 2.6323±1.1435cm^3, followed by the UDC and RNA/DC groups with mean volumes at 0.7536±0.3659cm^3 and 0.3688±0.6571cm^3, respectively. The activities of NK cells in PBL and splenocytes in RNA/DC group were 66.2% and 65.4%, respectively, higher than that in the control group. The tumor specific CTL activity in RNA/DC group was 49.5%, higher than that in the control group.CONCLUSION:The tumor vaccine with DCs pulsed with total RNA from gastric cancer cells possesses the ability to stimulate tumor specific CTL activity and to establish antitumor immunity when administered in vivo.
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