Impaired local natural killer cell activity in human colorectal carcinomas |
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Authors: | Nieves M. Aparicio-Pagés Hein W. Verspaget Salvador A. Peña Cornelis B. H. W. Lamers |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Building 1, C4-P012, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333 AA Leiden, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Summary The present study was undertaken to study natural killer (NK) cell activity in patients with colorectal cancer at peripheral and local levels. Mononuclear cells were isolated from uninvolved colorectal mucosa, tumor tissue and peripheral blood, and tested against the colon carcinoma cell line CaCo-2 and the erythroleukemia cell line K-562. Peripheral blood NK cell activity from the patients showed similar levels compared with healthy controls, whereas, mononuclear cells of tumor tissue were found to have a significantly decreased NK cell activity compared to the normal intestinal mucosa (P<0.01). No relation was found between the NK cell activity and the advancement of the disease according to the Duke's stage. Interferon- (IFN- ) stimulated the NK cell activity of the mononuclear cells from blood, mucosa and tumor. However, the increase of NK cell activity after IFN- stimulation was lower in the tumor compared to the mucosa (P<0.02). The lectin, phytohaemagglutinin, increased the cytotoxicity of mononuclear cells from blood, mucosa and tumor to a similar level. These results suggest that patients with colorectal tumors exhibit a normal NK cell activity in peripheral blood and intestinal mucosa; however, a diminished NK cell activity exists at the tumor level. Although mononuclear cells isolated from the tumor have a normal response to lectin stimulation they show hyporesponsiveness to IFN- stimulation with regard to their NK cell activity. |
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