scholarly journals Successful in vitro graft-versus-tumor effect against an Ia-bearing tumor using cyclosporine-induced syngeneic graft-versus-host disease in the rat

Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 1165-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
RB Geller ◽  
AH Esa ◽  
WE Beschorner ◽  
CG Frondoza ◽  
GW Santos ◽  
...  

Abstract Lethally irradiated LouM rats reconstituted with syngeneic bone marrow and then treated with cyclosporine (CsA) for 40 consecutive days following transplant developed a graft-v-host disease (GVHD)-like syndrome after CsA cessation. This model of GVHD was used to define and characterize a graft-v-tumor (GVT) effect against a syngeneic plasmacytoma CRL1662 cell line which expresses class II major histocompatibility (MHC) antigen (Ia). Nylon wool-nonadherent spleen cells from animals who developed syngeneic GVHD were capable of significant lysis against chromium-labeled tumor target cells in a four- hour chromium released cell mediated lympholysis assay; maximum lysis occurred five days following cessation of CsA when clinical signs first appeared. Cytolytic activity declined to baseline as GVHD symptoms resolved. Fractionation of splenocytes into lymphocyte subsets demonstrated that cytolytic lymphocytes (CTLs) of the OX8 phenotype (non-helper T) were capable of significant lysis against tumor target cells. Lysis of tumor cells was blocked by preincubation with monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) specific for the rat anti-class II MHC antigen but not with MoAb against class I. Incubation of tumor cells with gamma-interferon increased expression of tumor class II MHC antigens and significantly increased their susceptibility to lysis by nylon wool-nonadherent splenocytes from animals with syngeneic GVHD. These studies have demonstrated an in vitro GVT of syngeneic GVHD against an Ia-bearing tumor; the effector cell is a CTL of the OX8 phenotype specific for the class II MHC antigen.

Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 1165-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
RB Geller ◽  
AH Esa ◽  
WE Beschorner ◽  
CG Frondoza ◽  
GW Santos ◽  
...  

Lethally irradiated LouM rats reconstituted with syngeneic bone marrow and then treated with cyclosporine (CsA) for 40 consecutive days following transplant developed a graft-v-host disease (GVHD)-like syndrome after CsA cessation. This model of GVHD was used to define and characterize a graft-v-tumor (GVT) effect against a syngeneic plasmacytoma CRL1662 cell line which expresses class II major histocompatibility (MHC) antigen (Ia). Nylon wool-nonadherent spleen cells from animals who developed syngeneic GVHD were capable of significant lysis against chromium-labeled tumor target cells in a four- hour chromium released cell mediated lympholysis assay; maximum lysis occurred five days following cessation of CsA when clinical signs first appeared. Cytolytic activity declined to baseline as GVHD symptoms resolved. Fractionation of splenocytes into lymphocyte subsets demonstrated that cytolytic lymphocytes (CTLs) of the OX8 phenotype (non-helper T) were capable of significant lysis against tumor target cells. Lysis of tumor cells was blocked by preincubation with monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) specific for the rat anti-class II MHC antigen but not with MoAb against class I. Incubation of tumor cells with gamma-interferon increased expression of tumor class II MHC antigens and significantly increased their susceptibility to lysis by nylon wool-nonadherent splenocytes from animals with syngeneic GVHD. These studies have demonstrated an in vitro GVT of syngeneic GVHD against an Ia-bearing tumor; the effector cell is a CTL of the OX8 phenotype specific for the class II MHC antigen.


1982 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 365-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ornella Marelli ◽  
Alberto Mantovani ◽  
Paola Franco ◽  
Angelo Nicotin

Murine leukemic cells, after in vivo treatment with antineoplastic drugs, have been shown to express new antigenic specificities that were not detectable on parental cells and that were heritable after the withdrawal of drug treatment. A study was conducted of macrophage antitumor activity triggered by LY/DTIC cells, a subline of LY murine lymphoma, antigenically altered by the drug DTIC. In vitro non-specific inhibition of tumor cell growth was exhibited by spleen and peritoneal macrophages from mice previously challenged with viable LY/DTIC. Peritoneal macrophages from LY/DTIC immune animals showed moderate, although significant lytic activity against unrelated tumor target cells. Supernatants from mixed lymphocyte-tumor cell cultures, in which LY/DTIC immune lymphocytes and LY/DTIC tumor cells had been cultured, rendered normal macrophages non-specifically growth inhibitory for tumor cells.


1976 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
J W Schrader ◽  
G M Edelman

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes were generated in vitro against H-2 compatible or syngeneic tumor cells. In vitro cytotoxic activity was inhibited by specific anti-H2 sera, suggesting that H-2 antigens are involved in cell lysis. Two observations directly demonstrated the participation of the H-2 antigens on the tumor cells in their lysis by H-2-compatible T cells. First, coating of the H-2 antigens on the target tumor cell reduced the number of cells lysed on subsequent exposure to cytotoxic T cells. Second, when cytotoxic T cells were activated against an H-2 compatible tumor and assayed against an H-2-incompatible tumor, anti-H-2 serum that could bind to the target cell, but not to the cytotoxic lymphocyte, inhibited lysis. H-2 antigens were also shown to be present on the cytotoxic lymphocytes. Specific antisera reacting with these H-2 antigens, but not those of the target cell, failed to inhibit lysis when small numbers of effector cells were assayed against H-2-incompatible target cells or when effector cells of F1-hybrid origin and bearing two H-2 haplotypes were assayed against a tumor cell of one of the parental strains. These findings suggest that it is the H-2 antigens on the tumor cell and not those on the cytotoxic lymphocytes that are important in cell-mediated lysis of H-2-compatible tumor cells.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A938-A938
Author(s):  
Chiara Zambarda ◽  
Karolin Guldevall ◽  
Chiara Zambarda ◽  
Karolin Guldevall ◽  
Christian Breunig ◽  
...  

BackgroundThe use of bispecific natural killer (NK) cell engagers has emerged as a successful strategy for immune cell activation and killing of tumor cells through antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). Among these, tetravalent, bispecific innate cell engagers (ICE®) with specificity for the activating receptor CD16A selectively triggering innate responses from NK cells or macrophages represent the most clinically advanced concept. The CD30/CD16A specific ICE® AFM13, has shown efficacy in patients with CD30+ lymphomas as monotherapy1 and combination therapy with check-point inhibitors2 and most recently in combination with adoptive NK cell therapy.3 The EGFR/CD16A specific ICE® AFM24, targeting a variety of solid tumors like colorectal, or lung cancer with a unique mode of action independent of EGFR signaling inhibition, is currently evaluated in an ongoing Ph1/2a clinical study.MethodsWe used a microchip-based screening with single cell resolution4 to elucidate the dynamic responses of individual NK cells towards tumor target cells upon treatment with AFM13 or AFM24.ResultsWe found that AFM13 and AFM24 mediated potent activation of NK cells, leading to increased responsive cytotoxic NK cells and significantly increased the number of NK cells that exerted engagement with multiple target cells rendering these NK cells serial killers. Strikingly, bispecific ICE® molecules triggered stronger cytotoxic responses compared to monoclonal antibodies. One suggested strategy to boost killing by NK cells is to use molecular inhibitors or protein constructs that prevent shedding of CD16.5 However, previous results have shown that this can lead to impaired detachment from target cells, reducing the capacity for an individual NK cell to form serial contacts to target cells.6 We observed that the elevated NK cell killing induced by ICE® molecules was largely conserved when cells were treated with the shedding inhibitor Batimastat. Analysis of the functional dynamics of NK cells revealed that inhibition of CD16 shedding prevented NK cell detachment from target cells, resulting in cell cluster formation. This might strongly impact targeting of distant tumor cells by an individual NK cell thus limiting its anti-tumoral activity.ConclusionsIn conclusion, we show that both AFM13 and AFM24 increase the fraction of tumor-target responsive NK cells and boost serial killing of target cells by individual NK cells. Based on these data, ICE® molecules can be characterized as potent anti-tumoral agents leveraging the enormous potential of NK cells while maintaining crucial features of NK cell biology.AcknowledgementsWe thank members of the Önfelt lab for their valuable help and feedback.ReferencesSawas A, Elgedawe H, Vlad G, Lipschitz M, Chen P-H, Rodig SJ, et al. Clinical and biological evaluation of the novel CD30/CD16A tetravalent bispecific antibody (AFM13) in relapsed or refractory CD30-positive lymphoma with cutaneous presentation: a biomarker phase Ib/IIa study (NCT03192202). Blood 2018;132(Supplement 1):2908–2908.Bartlett NL, Herrera AF, Domingo-Domenech E, Mehta A, Forero-Torres A, Garcia-Sanz R, et al. A phase 1b study of AFM13 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 2020. Blood 2020;136(21):2401–2409.Kerbauy LN, Marin ND, Kaplan M, Banerjee PP, Berrien-Elliott MM, Becker-Hapak M, et al. Combining AFM13, a bispecific CD30/CD16 antibody, with cytokine-activated blood and cord blood–derived NK cells facilitates CAR-like responses against CD30 + malignancies. Clin Cancer Res Epub 2021.Guldevall K, Brandt L, Forslund E, Olofsson K, Frisk TW, Olofsson PE, et al. Microchip screening platform for single cell assessment of NK cell cytotoxicity. Front Immunol 2016;7:119.Romee R, Foley B, Lenvik T, Wang Y, Zhang B, Ankarlo D, et al. NK cell CD16 surface expression and function is regulated by a disintegrin and metalloprotease-17 (ADAM17). Blood 2013;121(18):3599–608.Srpan K, Ambrose A, Karampatzakis A, Saeed M, Cartwright ANR, Guldevall K, et al. Shedding of CD16 disassembles the NK cell immune synapse and boosts serial engagement of target cells. J Cell Biol 2018;217(9):3267–83.Ethics ApprovalThis work was performed with NK cells from healthy anonymous blood donors, which requires no ethical permit according to local regulations.


Blood ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 93 (9) ◽  
pp. 3140-3147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua A. Grass ◽  
Tamim Wafa ◽  
Aaron Reames ◽  
David Wages ◽  
Laurence Corash ◽  
...  

Abstract Photochemical treatment (PCT) with the psoralen S-59 and long wavelength ultraviolet light (UVA) inactivates high titers of contaminating viruses, bacteria, and leukocytes in human platelet concentrates. The present study evaluated the efficacy of PCT to prevent transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GVHD) in vivo using a well-characterized parent to F1 murine transfusion model. Recipient mice in four treatment groups were transfused with 108 splenic leukocytes. (1) Control group mice received syngeneic splenic leukocyte transfusions; (2) GVHD group mice received untreated allogeneic splenic leukocytes; (3) gamma radiation group mice received gamma irradiated (2,500 cGy) allogeneic splenic leukocytes; and (4) PCT group mice received allogeneic splenic leukocytes treated with 150 μmol/L S-59 and 2.1 J/cm2UVA. Multiple biological and clinical parameters were used to monitor the development of TA-GVHD in recipient mice over a 10-week posttransfusion observation period: peripheral blood cell levels, spleen size, engraftment by donor T cells, thymic cellularity, clinical signs of TA-GVHD (weight loss, activity, posture, fur texture, skin integrity), and histologic lesions of liver, spleen, bone marrow, and skin. Mice in the control group remained healthy and free of detectable disease. Mice in the GVHD group developed clinical and histological lesions of TA-GVHD, including pancytopenia, marked splenomegaly, wasting, engraftment with donor derived T cells, and thymic hypoplasia. In contrast, mice transfused with splenic leukocytes treated with (2,500 cGy) gamma radiation or 150 μmol/L S-59 and 2.1 J/cm2 UVA remained healthy and did not develop detectable TA-GVHD. Using an in vitro T-cell proliferation assay, greater than 105.1 murine T cells were inactivated by PCT. Therefore, in addition to inactivating high levels of pathogenic viruses and bacteria in PC, these data indicate that PCT is an effective alternative to gamma irradiation for prevention of TA-GVHD.


1977 ◽  
Vol 146 (6) ◽  
pp. 1511-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
S W Russell ◽  
W F Doe ◽  
A T McIntosh

The state in which macrophages (Mphi) from regressing Moloney sarcomas could kill tumor target cells was a highly labile one which decayed rapidly in vitro. Thereafter, regressor Mphi were noncytolytic. Mphi from several different progressing sarcomas failed to kill, even when challenged with target cells immediately after explantation. Similarly, thioglycollate-induced peritoneal Mphi (TG-Mphi) did not kill. Noncytolygic Mphi derived either from progressing sarcomas or from long-term (up to 96 h) cultures of regressor Mphi were exquisitely sensitive to stimulation by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS); picogram/milliliter amounts induced killing. Similar concentrations of LPS had no demonstrable effect on TG-Mphi. Thus, tumor Mphi generally appeared to have been primed in vivo, with those in regressing sarcomas having additionally acquired cytolytic activity. Inability of progressor Mphi to kill apparently stemmed from lack of, or failure to respond to, the signal needed in vivo to trigger cytolytic activity, rather than the total absence of activation.


1994 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 385-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enzo Galligioni ◽  
Manuela Santarosa ◽  
Daniela Favaro ◽  
Antonella Spada ◽  
Renato Talamini ◽  
...  

Aims The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether human recombinant interferon- γ (hrIFN - γ) can act synergically with various activators in increasing the cytotoxicity of cancer patient monocytes against fresh autologous and allogeneic tumor cells. Methods Fresh target cells were obtained by means on the mechanical and enzymatic dissociation of human renal carcinomas. A 375 and SW 626 cell lines were used as positive controls. Monocytes from renal cancer patients and normal volunteers were activated in vitro with lipopolysaccharide, muramyl tripeptide (MTP-PE) or liposomes containing MTP-PE (MTP-PE liposomes), with or without a pre-incubation with hrIFN- γ and were tested for cytotoxicity by means of a 72-hr 111indium-release assay. All of the patients were tumor free at the time of the study. Results Cancer patient peripheral blood monocytes were activated in vitro by different immunomodulators and became cytotoxic to freshly dissociated autologous or allogeneic tumor cells. A synergic effect producing maximal cytotoxicity was obtained with an appropriately scheduled combination of hrIFN- γ (10 U/ml) and MTP-PE liposomes (50 nm/ml), free lipopolysaccharide (10 μg/ml) or MTP-PE (100 μg/ml). The synergic cytotoxicity was observed against fresh allogeneic and autologous tumor cells, as well as against cultured cells. Conclusions All of these data support the possibility of a combined treatment using hrIFN- γ and MTP-PE liposomes in human studies, particularly when it is borne in mind that liposomes can prevent the direct toxicity of many immunomodulators and that the low levels of hrIFN- γ required for the synergic activation are not toxic in vivo.


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