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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Human Vgamma9Vdelta2 gammadelta T cells are selectively activated by bacterial phosphoantigens and aminobisphosphonates and exert potent cytotoxicity toward various tumor cells. In this study we have characterized the cytotoxic reactivity of gammadelta T cell lines established from healthy donors by stimulation with aminobisphosphonate alendronate toward melanoma MeWo and pancreatic adenocarcinomas Colo357 and PancTu1 lines in vitro and in vivo upon adoptive transfer into SCID mice. Lysis of all tumor cells was enhanced when gammadelta effector cells were preactivated with phosphoantigens. Recognition of MeWo was TCR dependent, as shown by anti-TCR Ab blockade, whereas only the phosphoantigen-mediated increased, but not the basal, lysis of Colo357 and PancTu1 was inhibited by anti-TCR Ab. Furthermore, lysis of Colo357, but not that of MeWo or PancTu1, was completely inhibited by the pan-caspase inhibitor zVAD, indicating different recognition and effector mechanisms involved in the gammadelta T cell/tumor cell interactions. Upon transfer into SCID mice, alendronate-activated gammadelta T cells given together with IL-2 and alendronate significantly prolonged the survival of SCID mice inoculated with human tumor cells. The best results were thus obtained when gammadelta T cells were repetitively given five times over a period of 30 days. With this protocol, human gammadelta T cells prolonged the mean survival of mice inoculated with MeWo melanoma from 28.5 to 87.3 days (p < 0.0001) and in the case of PancTu1 adenocarcinoma from 23.0 to 48.4 days (p < 0.0001). We conclude that an effective gammadelta T cell-based immunotherapy might require activation of endogenous gammadelta T cells with aminobisphosphonate (or phosphoantigen) and IL-2, followed by adoptive transfer of in vitro expanded gammadelta T cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
173
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6767-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Adoptive Transfer, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Alendronate, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Melanoma, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta, pubmed-meshheading:15557170-T-Lymphocyte Subsets
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of tumor reactivity of human V gamma 9V delta 2 gamma delta T cells in vitro and in SCID mice in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Germany. kabelitz@immunologie.uni-kiel.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't