Natural killer cell cytotoxic potential of patients with ovarian carcinoma and its modulation with virus-modified tumor cell extract |
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Authors: | Eva Lotzová C A Savary R S Freedman J M Bowen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Clinical Immunology and Biological Therapy, MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Texas Medical Center, 77030 Houston, TX, USA;(2) Department of Gynecology, MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Texas Medical Center, 77030 Houston, TX, USA;(3) Department of Tumor Biology, MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Texas Medical Center, 77030 Houston, TX, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary We have demonstrated that cancer patients with ovarian carcinoma display deficient peripheral blood NK-cell cytotoxic potential against the K-562 target cell line. Furthermore, no NK-cell activity against the same tumor was detected in ascitic fluids of these patients. The inferior peripheral blood NK-cell cytotoxicity of ovarian carcinoma patients was significantly augmented after ID inoculation with virus-modified tumor cell extract. Similarly, NK-cell activity in the ascitic fluids was dramatically increased after IP in vivo therapy with the same tumor extract preparation. Interestingly, in some of the cancer patients the augmentation of NK-cell activity in ascitic fluids after IP injection of virus-modified tumor cells extract was associated with a clinical response of the patients, as demonstrated by regression of ascitic tumors. These studies indicate, first, that virus-modified tumor extract displays immunopotentiating activity, as reflected by its marked NK cell-augmenting potential, and secondly, that regional activation of NK cells could underlie the mechanism of regression of ascitic tumors. |
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