Effects of interleukin-12 on in vitro culture with interleukin-2 of regional lymph node lymphocytes from lung cancer patients |
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Authors: | T Hanagiri Mitsuhiro Takenoyama Takashi Yoshimatsu Chikashi Hirashima Ichiro Yoshino Kozo Nakanishi Akira Nagashima Kikuo Nomoto Kosei Yasumoto |
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Institution: | (1) The Department of Surgery II, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yahatanishi, Kitakyushu 807, Japan Fax: (93)-692-4004, JP;(2) The Department of Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University,;(3) The Department of Chest Surgery, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, |
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Abstract: | In the present study, we carried out a functional analysis of regional lymph node lymphocytes (RLNL) from patients with lung
cancer after in vitro activation by interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interleukin-12 (IL-12). IL-12 (100 U/ml) enhanced both the proliferation
and cytotoxic activity of RLNL in a culture with low doses of IL-2 (5 – 10 JRU/ml). After comparing an RLNL culture with a
low dose of IL-2 alone, a higher proportion of CD8+ cells and CD56+ cells and a lower proportion of CD4+ cells were found in the culture with both IL-12 and a low dose of IL-2. Such a combination of the cytokines effectively activated
RLNL in terms of the expression of IL-2 receptors. In the culture condition of IL-12 and a low dose of IL-2, a synergistic
effect was observed in the production of such cytokines as interferon γ, tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), and TNFβ, as well
as in tumor cytotoxicity. However, the addition of IL-12 inhibited the cytotoxicity of RLNL in the culture with a high dose
of IL-2 (100 JRU/ml). This inhibition is considered to be partially due to the endogenous production of TNFα by lymphocytes,
because the neutralization of TNFα bioactivity partially restored the cytotoxic activities of RLNL. Furthermore, in the presence
of hydrocortisone, IL-12 synergistically enhanced the cytotoxic activity of RLNL cultured with a high dose of IL-2. These
results provide useful information about the improvement of adoptive immunotherapy against cancer using RLNL.
Received: 2 February 1996 / Accepted: 30 July 1996 |
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Keywords: | Regional lymph node lymphocytes Interleukin-2 Interleukin-12 Lung cancer |
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