Expansion of CD3+CD56+ lymphocytes correlates with induction of cytotoxicity by interleukin-2 gene transfer in human breast tumor cultures |
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Authors: | Dr David M Euhus MD Lucille Kimura PhD Bruce Arnold MD |
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Institution: | (1) From the Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA;(2) the Department of Pathology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA;(3) Division of Surgical Oncology, E6.222, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., 25235-9155 Dallas, TX, USA |
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Abstract: | Background: Mice immunized with murine mammary carcinoma cells genetically engineered to secrete interleukin-2 (IL-2) are rendered resistant
to subsequent challenge with unmodified tumor cells, and in the case of mice bearing established tumors, the rate of development
of pulmonary metastases is reduced. Despite these encouraging animal results, little is known about the induction of antitumor
immunity by IL-2 gene transfer in human breast cancer.
Methods: Adenovirally mediated IL-2 gene transfer was performed in 12 tumor fragment cultures established from seven primary breast
cancers. Autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) or peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were cocultured with
transduced tumor fragments, and changes in phenotype and cytotoxicity were measured.
Results: IL-2 was never detectable in the untransduced cultures, but it peaked at 5.0—1,324.8 ng/ml in the transduced cultures. Lymphocyte
counts declined in all untransduced cultures, but they increased two- to sevenfold in four transduced cultures. CD4:CD8 ratios
decreased from a mean of 2.11 at baseline to 1.27 after stimulation in coculture (p=0.03). Expansion of lymphocytes expressing
the natural killer cell phenotype (CD3−CD56+) occurred in only one culture, but the CD3+CD56+ population increased in four of six cultures. Lymphocytes from four of 10 cocultures generated significant cytotoxicity against
allogeneic breast cancer cells. Induction of cytotoxicity correlated with expansion of the CD3+CD56+ phenotype (R2=0.805, p=0.02).
Conclusions: IL-2 gene expression by human breast cancer causes expansion of CD3+CD56+ cytotoxic lymphocytes. This phenotype is consistent with that of a non-major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted
cytokine induced killer cell population previously described.
Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the
U.S. Army.
Presented at the 49th Annual Cancer Symposium of The Society of Surgical Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 21–24, 1996. |
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Keywords: | Human breast cancer Adenovirus Interleukin-2 Cytotoxicity |
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