人LAK细胞在体外和裸鼠体内抗人肺巨细胞癌（PG）的研究

Human LAK cells were prepared by culturing normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with or without rIL-2 and assayed for T cell surface markers as well as anti-tumor activity against PG in vitro and in nude mice. Although the percentages of T3, T4 and T8 positive cells in rIL-2-activated cells did not differ significantly from those of control cells in vitro, the former showed stronger cytotoxicity than control cells to PG tumor cells in vitro. In vivo, LAK cells completely inhibited the growth of PG tumor in nude mice, whereas PBMC control cells were of no effect. The anti-tumor effect of human LAK cells in nude mice may offer a useful model to study the role of human LAK cells against human tumor in vivo.     

CIK细胞体内外抗肝癌细胞作用

目的：研究肝癌患者CIK（cytokine-induced killer) 细胞的体外杀伤自体肝癌原代细胞的细胞毒活性以及正常人CIK细胞在裸鼠体内的抗肿瘤作用。方法：分别分离获得肝癌患者和下人的外周血单个核细胞（PBMC）,加入细胞因子,体外诱导成CIK细胞,用流式细胞仪对细胞作动态表型分析,并与正常人的CIK细胞作对比。用^51Cr释放法,测定肝癌患者的CIK细胞体外杀伤自体肿瘤细胞的细胞毒性活性。在Balb/c裸鼠皮下接种肝癌细胞BEL－7402,观察CIK细胞对荷瘤鼠的抑瘤作用,并与LAK、PBMC细胞相对比。结果：肝癌患者的CIK细胞体外增殖力强,至培养28天时达到最大增值倍数300多,表型分析结果表明,CD^3 CD56^ 双阳性细胞得到了大量的扩增,其含量由原来的0．23％上升到第21天的17．8％。体外实验表明,肝癌患者的CIK细胞杀伤自体原代肝癌细胞的细胞毒性活性明显高于自体的PBMC细胞。裸鼠体内实验表明,肝癌患者的CIK细胞能够显著抑制肿瘤的生长,其抑瘤率可达84．7％,高于LAK细胞的52．8％及PBMC的37．1％（P＜0．05和P＜0．01）。结论：CIK细胞具有较强的体内外抗肝癌细胞活性,有可能应用于临床上肝癌的过继性免疫治疗。     

Anti-human lung giant cell cancer (PG) effect of human LAK cellsin vitro and in nude mice

Human LAK cells were prepared by culturing normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with or without rIL-2 and assayed for T cell surface markers as well as anti-tumor activity against PGin vitro and in nude mice. Although the percentages of T₃, T₄ and T₈ positive cells in rIL-2-activated cells did not differ significantly from those of control cellsin vitro, the former showed stronger cytotoxicity than control cells to PG tumor cellsin vitro. In vivo, LAK cells completely inhibited the growth of PG tumor in nude mice, whereas PBMC control cells were to be of no effect. The anti-tumor effect of human LAK cells in nude mice may offer a useful model to study the role of human LAK cells against human tumorin vivo.     

Combined therapy of mice bearing a lymphokine-activated killer-resistant tumor with recombinant interleukin 2 and an antitumor monoclonal antibody capable of inducing antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

The ability of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells to mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and its efficacy against a LAK-resistant tumor were investigated. Cells of the MH134 murine hepatoma line are scarcely lysed by LAK cells generated in vitro by incubation of C3H/HeN mouse spleen cells with human recombinant interleukin 2 (rIL 2). However, the splenic LAK cells potently lysed the LAK-resistant tumor cells in the presence of 11G2, a monoclonal antibody (MAb) of the IgG1 isotype reactive with a part of MM antigen. Peritoneal cells induced by daily i.p. injections of rIL 2 not only exhibited LAK activity but also mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity against MH134 tumor cells in the presence of 11G2. The peritoneal cells exhibiting these cytotoxic activities were found to be nonadherent and nonphagocytic mononuclear cells possessing a similar cell surface phenotype as that of splenic LAK cells, that is Thy-1.2+ approximately -, Lyt-1.1-, Lyt-2.1-, and asialo GM1+. Treatment of spleen cells with antibodies and complement before culture with rIL 2 revealed that the phenotype of splenic LAK precursors is Thy-1.2- and asialo GM1+. The in vivo induction of peritoneal LAK cells in response to i.p. injections of rIL 2 was markedly depressed in C57BL/6 beige mice but was normally accomplished in BALB/c nude mice. Combined therapy of C3H/HeN mice bearing MH134 ascitic tumor with i.p. injection of rIL 2 and 11G2 brought about potent suppression of the tumor growth, resulting in the significant increase in the number of tumor-free mice, whereas neither rIL 2 nor the MAb could exhibit such a potent antitumor effect when used alone. Injection (i.v.) of anti-asialo GM1 antibody not only blocked the induction of peritoneal LAK cells by rIL 2 but also abrogated the development of the antitumor effect of the combined therapy. These results strongly suggest that combination of antitumor MAbs capable of inducing antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity with rIL 2 therapy could result in the generation of potent antitumor effects against LAK-resistant tumors and that asialo GM1-positive non-T-cell populations including cells of the natural killer cell lineage are essential, at least in part, for development of the antitumor effects of the combined therapy with rIL 2 and MAbs.     

ANTITUMOR EFFECTS OF HUMAN IL-15 GENE MODIFIED LUNG CANCER CELL LINE

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Control of human melanoma growth in nude mice by autologous allo-activated peripheral blood lymphocytes

Human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) were activated in vitro by means of a pool of allogeneic PBL from normal donors and then evaluated for in vivo activity against human melanoma cells xenografted in splenectomized and irradiated athymic (nude) mice. The subcutaneous (s.c.) growth of human melanoma cells was inhibited by intravenous (i.v.) injection, 2 hr later, of such allo-activated, autologous and allogeneic PBL in 7/8 and in 6/9 mice respectively. Unstimulated PBL were ineffective. When allo-activated patients' lymphocytes were administered 3 days after s.c. implantation of autologous melanoma cells, inhibition of tumor growth was observed in 1/6 mice. A significant delay in tumor appearance was noted in the remaining animals. Unstimulated as well as allo-activated, lymphokine-releasing helper-enriched human PBL had no effect on melanoma xenografts, indicating that the tumor inhibition by tumor-cytotoxic allo-activated PBL was not due to recruitment of murine immuno-competent cells by human lymphokines. These results indicate that allo-stimulated, tumor-cytotoxic human PBL given i.v. to nude mice can circulate and inhibit the growth of autologous or allogeneic human melanoma cells implanted s.c.     

Induction of tumor regression in experimental model of human head and neck cancer by human A-LAK cells and IL-2

In a nude mouse model of human squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), locoregional therapy with interleukin 2 and human lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells resulted in a significant inhibition of growth of 3-day established tumors. The same model was used for therapy of 7-day established tumors with highly enriched populations of human adherent (A)-LAK (CD3- CD56+) cells and IL-2. Peritumoral transfer of 10 x 10(6) A-LAK cells, whose in vitro cytotoxicity against a SCCHN cell line (PCI-I) was not significantly different from that of LAK cells, resulted in complete regression of all 3-day or 7-day human SCCHN in nude mice. An initial inflammatory-type reaction, which appeared within hours of the first peritumoral cell transfer, was accompanied by infiltration initially by granulocytes and plasma cells, and later by mononuclear cells into the tumor stroma. A-LAK cells labelled with a fluorescent dye prior to injection appeared in the tumor stroma within 24 hr and were localized around or in the basal epithelial tumor layer by 48 hr. Histologic sections revealed an increasing epithelial disorganization and progressively decreasing basal epithelial layer, which were proportional to the increasing number of A-LAK cells transferred. Within 4 weeks, the tumors were reduced to amorphous keratinic remnants surrounded by the connective tissue containing abundant mononuclear cells. Local administration of human A-LAK cells and IL-2 to SCCHN tumors growing in nude mice led to accelerated tumor differentiation, keratinization and regression.     

Lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. Analysis of factors relevant to the immunotherapy of human cancer

Lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells can be generated by incubating fresh peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) in Interleukin-2 (IL-2). LAK cells kill fresh autologous and allogeneic human tumor cells in vitro. This study analyzes aspects of LAK cells that make them a promising candidate for the adoptive immunotherapy of human cancer. LAK cells can be generated from PBL of normal individuals and tumor-bearing patients. Pure, recombinant IL-2 generates LAK cells capable of killing a wide variety of tumors including sarcomas and cancers of the colon, pancreas, adrenal gland, and esophagus. Thirty-six of 41 (88%) fresh, noncultured, human tumor cell suspensions prepared from surgical specimens were lysed by LAK cells in a standard 4-hour chromium-release assay. Normal PBL were not killed. LAK cells can be expanded in vitro for periods longer than 2 months, potentially more than 10(20)-fold, while maintaining lytic ability. These results and the demonstrated efficacy of LAK cells in the therapy of murine tumors make LAK cells a candidate for clinical use in the adoptive immunotherapy of human cancer.     

A new childhood T-cell lymphoma established in nude mice and in vitro

A T-lymphoma cell line was established from a lymph node biopsy of a boy currently alive in complete remission. Neoplastic cells from this biopsy did not grow in vitro, whereas they formed a progressively growing s.c. tumor in splenectomized and sublethally irradiated nude mice and became serially transplantable in splenectomized and sublethally irradiated nude mice with a stable latency time. After the fourth transplant, cells were stored in liquid nitrogen and referred to as ST-4 cells. ST-4 cells display a membrane phenotype and a karyotype similar to that of the biopsy cells. After thawing, ST-4 cells grow both in splenectomized and sublethally irradiated nude mice and in vitro. They do not secrete interferon or interleukin 2, do not have natural killer activity, and do not respond to mitogen or alloantigen stimulation. The stable features of these T-lymphoma cells and the availability of normal autologous lymphocytes from the patient make this in vivo system quite unique and of importance for studies in tumor immunotherapy.     

树突状细胞诱导的LAK细胞对肺癌的生长抑制作用

目的　研究肺癌细胞裂解物负载的树突状细胞 (DC)诱导的淋巴因子激活杀伤细胞 (LAK )对肺腺癌裸鼠移植瘤的生长抑制作用。方法　肺腺癌患者手术切除标本接种裸鼠皮下建立肺腺癌移植瘤模型 ,同时将手术切除标本用反复冻融的方法制备肿瘤细胞裂解物 ;同一患者外周血分离得到的单个核细胞中 ,贴壁的细胞加入DC生长因子 (DCGF)培养得DC ,未贴壁的细胞加入rhIL 2培养得LAK细胞。用肿瘤细胞裂解物负载自体DC ,诱导LAK细胞生成DC LAK细胞 ,注射荷瘤裸鼠腋下以观察DC LAK细胞对肺癌移植瘤的生长抑制作用。结果　用肺癌手术标本能成功建立裸鼠移植瘤模型。DC LAK组、LAK组、DC组和生理盐水对照组肿瘤瘤重平均值分别为 0 .47、1.0 5、1.3 0和 1.5 8g ,DC LAK组、LAK组和DC组肿瘤生长抑制率分别为 70 .3 %、3 3 .5 %和 17.9% ,DC LAK细胞具有抑制裸鼠肺癌移植瘤生长的作用而且强于LAK细胞 (P <0 .0 5 )。结论　通过荷瘤裸鼠体内抗瘤实验证实了DC LAK细胞的抗肺癌作用明显高于LAK细胞 ,提示DC LAK细胞治疗是更为有效的抗肺癌生物治疗方法 ,为DC疫苗用于肺癌的临床治疗提供依据     

Targeting solid tumors via T cell receptor complementarity-determining region 3delta in an engineered antibody

Human Vdelta2 gammadelta T lymphocytes killed multiple solid tumors, even displaying comparable therapeutic efficacy with anti-tumor chemical-cis-platinum in an adoptive experiment in both nude and SCID murine model shown in present study. We previously found that T cell receptor (TCR) gammadelta recognize tumors via complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3), briefly named as CDR3delta. Based on characteristics of specific binding of CDR3delta to tumor targets, we developed a novel tumor-targeting antibody, whose CDR3 in heavy chain is replaced by CDR3delta sequence derived from human ovarian carcinoma (OEC) infiltrating gammadelta T cells (gammadeltaTILs). This CDR3delta-grafted antibody OT3 exhibited specific binding activities to OEC line SKOV3 both in vitro and in vivo, which included specific binding to several tumor cell lines, interacting with heat shock protein (HSP) 60 and triggering ADCC against tumors in vitro, as well as displaying tumor imaging by radioisotope 99mTc-labeled antibody OT3 in vivo. Moreover, immunotoxin OT3-DT, CDR3delta-grafted antibody OT3 chemically conjugated with diphtheria toxin (DT) showed the anti-tumor effect on the growth of several solid tumors including OEC, cervix adenocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and rectum adenocarcinoma to various extents in nude mice. Therefore, we have found and confirmed a novel therapeutic strategy for targeting solid tumors, making use of immune recognition characteristics of gammadelta T cells.     

Growth and spread in nude mice of Epstein-Barr virus transformed B-cells from a chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient

Subcutaneous inoculation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transformed peripheral blood B-lymphocytes (PBL) from an untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patient produced progressively growing lethal tumors in 4 of 11 whole body irradiated (440 rads) nude mice. In one tumor bearing mouse there was splenomegaly and generalized enlargement of lymph nodes. Chromosomal analysis and membrane immunofluorescence revealed that cells in all the 4 s.c. tumors and a proportion of cells in the enlarged spleen and lymph nodes had human chromosomes and contained human kappa or lambda chains demonstrating that these were polyclonal human B-cells. Epstein-Barr virus associated nuclear antigen could be detected in 100% of cells in all the 4 EBV transformed B-cell lines in vitro and aliquots of cells from several s.c. tumors and metastatic lesions examined. Successful serial transplantation into irradiated nude mice was possible for at least 3 generations with one of the 4 s.c. tumors. During serial transplantation, spread of tumor cells to the spleen and lymph nodes could be detected in all the 3 passage mice investigated; however, there was no evidence in any mouse of dissemination of tumor cells into the bloodstream or into any organ other than lymph nodes and spleen. s.c. tumors also developed in a proportion of irradiated nude mice after inoculation of cells from two other s.c. tumors and the metastatic spleen and lymph nodes, but all these tumors regressed during the first or second transplant passage. Two % of PBL from the untreated patient and 4% of EBV transformed PBL maintained in vitro were found to have trisomy of chromosome 12 which is the most frequently reported anomaly associated with human CLL B-cells. It is highly probable that the cells with trisomy were derived from the leukemic clone of this patient. Cells with this trisomy predominated in most metastatic sites compared to the parent s.c. tumors. Inoculation of irradiated nude mice with EBV transformed PBL from this patient after chlorambucil therapy (100% metaphase plates with 46,XY,11q+ karyotype) or with EBV transformed PBL from 2 normal adults failed to produce any progressively growing tumor in a total of 12 irradiated animals observed greater than 300 days. Although there are several reports of EBV induced immortalization of CLL B-cells in vitro, we have not seen any previous report on the successful serial transplantation and dissemination of EBV transformed CLL B-cells in nude mice.     

CIK的体外增殖及体内外杀瘤活性的实验研究

目的:从人骨髓造血前体细胞体外培养扩增树突状细胞(dendritic cells,DCs),测定其表型及T细胞刺激活性.方法:采用Mini-MACS分离技术,从正常人骨髓、脐血分离CD34~ 造血干细胞,体外以重组hGM-CSF,hTNF-α,hIL-3诱导培养2周,流式细胞术检测扩增细胞的表面表型及细胞内IL-12的表达,体外同种混合淋巴细胞反应检测扩增DCs的T细胞刺激活性.结果:从正常人骨髓、脐血分离得到高纯度(>90%)的CD34~ 造血干细胞,经重组hGM-CSF,hTNF-α的共同诱导培养,扩增得到大量DCs,加人hIL-3可以进一步增加DCs产量;FACS检测表明,扩增的DCs表达HLA-DR,CD40,CD54,CD80,CD86分子,细胞内有hIL-12的P35,P40亚基的表达;与外周血单核细胞培养生成的DCs相比,由CD34~ 干细胞扩增的DCs具有更强的激发同种T细胞增殖的能力.结论:人CD34~ 干细胞体外经诱导培养,可以生成大量功能成熟的DCs,从而为进一步开展DCs的基础及临床研究打下了基础.     

Augmentation by tumor necrosis factor alpha of the systemic therapeutic effect of lymphokine-activated killer cells in adoptive immunotherapy of murine tumor

The therapeutic effect of a combined modality of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) on MBL-2 tumor in C57BL/6 mice was studied. Murine LAK cells induced from splenocytes by interleukin 2 (IL2) could lyse MBL-2 target cells in vitro. but no enhancement of the LAK activity was found by the treatment of LAK cells with TNF alpha in vitro. However, the treatment of MBL-2 with TNF alpha enhanced the sensitivity to LAK cells. Moreover, administration of TNF alpha to mice bearing solid MBL-2 tumor led to increased tumor vascular permeability within 1 h, and resulted in the enhanced accumulation of systemically transferred LAK cells in tumor tissue. Based on these results, we treated MBL-2-bearing mice with TNF alpha and then with LAK cells 1 h later. No therapeutic effect was observed when tumor-bearing mice were treated with TNF alpha alone or LAK cells plus IL2. However, adoptive immunotherapy using LAK cells and TNF alpha had therapeutic effects, i.e., growth inhibition of tumor nodules and prolongation of survival. These results indicated that appropriately timed pretreatment of tumor-bearing mice with TNF alpha augmented the anti-tumor efficacy of LAK cells.     

人肺癌细胞NHE—1基因片段的克隆及其反义表达载体的构建

目的:动态观察CIK(cytokine induced killer)细胞的体外增殖,体外的细胞毒活性,及通过动物实验研究其体内的抗肿瘤作用.方法:通过提取健康供血者的PBMC,第0天加入γ-IFN,第1天加入IL-2、抗-CD3单抗和IL-1培养CIK细胞;在流式细胞仪上做动态培养物的表型分析;与LAK细胞作对比,分别用MIT法测定其体外细胞毒活性及对S180荷瘤鼠的体内抗肿瘤作用.结果:CIK细胞在培养2周后获得大量增殖,表型分析表明,CIK细胞属异质性细胞群,在培养的过程中,群体的CD3~ CD56~ 细胞大量扩增达1000多倍,是CIK细胞的主要效应细胞;实验证明,CIK细胞的体外细胞毒活性及对S180荷瘤鼠的体内抗肿瘤作用均强于LAK细胞;其较强的体内抗癌活性可能与荷瘤鼠主体内T细胞活化有关.结论:CIK细胞是一种强于LAK细胞的、新型、高效、具有广谱杀瘤活力的免疫活性细胞.     

Functional and phenotypic characteristics of recombinant interleukin-2 or T-cell growth factor-activated splenic lymphoid cells from patients with gastric or hepatocellular carcinoma

Fourteen days' culture of human spleen cells with recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) or T-cell growth factor (TCGF) results in the generation of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) effector cells that have the unique property of lysing natural killer (NK)-resistant human tumor cells, Daudi, and NK-sensitive K562 cells. LAK cells were generated from patients with advanced cancer or liver cirrhosis. The splenic LAK-effector cell types were analyzed by two-color flow cytometry. The rIL-2-induced LAK cells showed an increased proportion of CD8+CD11- and CD57+CD16- and a decreased proportion of CD4+Leu-8- cells. In contrast, TCGF-induced LAK cells revealed a significantly increased proportion of CD8+CD11- and CD4+Leu-8- cells and a decreased proportion of CD57+CD16- cells. Thus, splenic LAK cells with different surface phenotypes were induced by the cultivation with rIL-2 or TCGF. Furthermore, TCGF-induced LAK cell activities in patients with cancer were found to be lower than the rIL-2-induced LAK cell activities. It was noted that the TCGF-activated splenic lymphoid cells did not inhibit the effector process of tumor cell lysis by LAK cells that had been activated by rIL-2. Other mechanisms of lower LAK cell activities of TCGF-activated splenic lymphoid cells from patients with cancer were discussed. The findings suggest that spleens of examined patients with gastric or hepatocellular carcinoma do not seem to be responsible for suppression of cell-mediated antitumor immunity.     

In vitro and in vivo susceptibility of human leukemic cells to lymphokine activated killer activity

The susceptibility of human myeloid and lymphoid leukemic blasts to the lytic action of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2)-generated lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells was analyzed. With the exception of the K562 cell line, all 9 leukemic cell lines tested were resistant to the natural killer activity of freshly isolated peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from healthy donors but were susceptible to the lytic action of PBL cultured for 3 days in the presence of rIL-2. Of the 32 primary myeloid and lymphoid acute leukemia samples investigated, the great majority were natural killer cell-resistant but were variably sensitive to LAK effectors. Variations in LAK activity were observed according to the donor of PBL, while little or no difference was documented in the capacity to elicit LAK activity of PBL cultured with 100 or 1,000 U of rIL-2/ml. Pretreatment of the leukemic target cells with neuraminidase did not increase substantially their sensitivity to LAK activity. LAK cells generated from the PBL of patients at the onset of the disease or in complete clinicohematological remission lysed Raji cells as efficiently as normal LAK effectors. Finally, LAK cells were capable of abrogating the tumor growth in nude mice of a human leukemic T cell line. These findings demonstrate the susceptibility in vitro and in vivo of human leukemic blasts to the lytic effect of LAK cells and point to a possible clinical exploitment of this new form of adoptive immunotherapy in the management of acute leukemia.     

Augmentation by Tumor Necrosis Factor α of the Systemic Therapeutic Effect of Lymphokine-activated Killer Cells in Adoptive Immunotherapy of Murine Tumor

The therapeutic effect of a combined modality of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) on MBL-2 tumor in C57BL/6 mice was studied. Murine LAK cells induced from splenocytes by interleukin 2 (IL2) could lyse MBL-2 target cells in vitro , but no enhancement of the LAK activity was found by the treatment of LAK cells with TNFα in vitro. However, the treatment of MBL-2 with TNFα enhanced the sensitivity to LAK cells. Moreover, administration of TNFα to mice bearing solid MBL-2 tumor led to increased tumor vascular permeability within 1 h, and resulted in the enhanced accumulation of systemically transferred LAK cells in tumor tissue. Based on these results, we treated MBL-2-bearing mice with TNFα and then with LAK cells 1 h later, No therapeutic effect was observed when tumor-bearing mice were treated with TNFα alone or LAK cells plus IL2. However, adoptive immunotherapy using LAK cells and TNFα had therapeutic effects, i.e. growth inhibition of tumor nodules and prolongation of survival. These results indicated that appropriately timed pretreatment of tumor-bearing mice with TNFα augmented the anti-tumor efficacy of LAK cells.     

Establishment and characterization of a human melanoma cell line (MV3) which is highly metastatic in nude mice

To select human melanoma cells that are highly tumorigenic and metastatic in nude mice we have implanted fragments of a fresh human melanoma metastasis subcutaneously (s.c.) into a nude mouse. After 3 passages in nude mice, part of the xenograft was cultured and a new melanoma cell line, MV3, was established. After intravenous (i.v.) inoculation of 2 x 10(6) MV3 cells, 95% of the nude mice (n = 20) developed lung colonies within 6 weeks. S.c. inoculation of 2 x 10(6) MV3 cells resulted in 95% tumor take, while 90% of the mice (n = 20) showed spontaneous metastases in the lungs within 7 weeks. Histological and immunohistological features of the original tumor of the patient were largely retained in the tumors of the mice and in the cell line in vitro. As shown by Alcian blue staining, MV3 cells contain large quantities of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and/or proteoglycanes (PGs), both in vivo and in vitro. The cells showed a marked expression of transferrin receptor, ICAM-1, EGF-receptor, and VLA-2 integrin. As only few human melanoma cell lines are available that frequently show metastasis in nude mice, the highly metastatic MV3 cell line represents a useful tool for studying the expression and regulation of molecules on human melanoma cells involved in the process of metastasis.     

Lysis of autologous melanoma cells by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes: association with clinical response

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) can be grown in vitro in medium containing interleukin-2 (IL-2). In clinical trials at the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute, patients with metastatic malignant melanomas were treated with IL-2 plus the adoptive transfer of autologous TILs. At the time of treatment, TILs were assayed for in vitro lysis of fresh autologous and allogeneic melanoma cells and Daudi cells. Patients were evaluated for clinical response 4-8 weeks later. Lysis of autologous tumor cells by TILs was significantly higher for responding than for nonresponding patients. Tumor cells from responding and nonresponding patients were equally sensitive to lysis by allogeneic lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. There was no difference between TILs from responding and nonresponding patients for lysis of LAK-sensitive Daudi cells, which was low in most cases and demonstrated that TIL lysis of autologous tumor cells was not due to LAK cells. The observed association of autologous tumor cell lysis by TILs with clinical response suggests that the development of culture methods to optimize lysis of autologous tumors may lead to increased response rates using this TIL treatment regimen.