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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
Recently, we have shown that a novel recombinant bispecific single-chain antibody construct (bscCD19 x CD3), induces highly efficacious lymphoma-directed cytotoxicity mediated by unstimulated peripheral T lymphocytes. Functional analysis of bscCD19 x CD3 has so far been exclusively performed with human B lymphoma cell lines and T cells from healthy donors. Here we analysed the properties of bscCD19 x CD3 using primary B cells and autologous T cells from healthy volunteers or patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL). We show that bscCD19 x CD3 induces T-cell-mediated depletion of nonmalignant B cells in all four cases and depletion of primary lymphoma cells in 22 out of 25 cases. This effect could be observed at low effector-to-target (E:T) ratios and in the majority of cases without additional activation of autologous T cells by IL-2. Even in samples derived from patients heavily pretreated with different chemotherapy regimens, strong cytotoxic effects of bscCD19 x CD3 could be observed. The addition of bscCD19 x CD3 to patients' cells resulted in an upregulation of activation-specific cell surface antigens on autologous T cells and elevated levels of CD95 on lymphoma B cells. Although anti-CD95 antibody CH-11 failed to induce apoptosis in lymphoma cells, we provide evidence that B-CLL cell depletion by bscCD3 x CD3 is mediated at least in part by apoptosis via the caspase pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0887-6924
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
900-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Annexin A5, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Antibodies, Bispecific, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Antigens, CD19, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Immunotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Leukocytes, Mononuclear, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Lymphocyte Depletion, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12750704-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Efficient elimination of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia B cells by autologous T cells with a bispecific anti-CD19/anti-CD3 single-chain antibody construct.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Haematology, Oncology and Tumourimmunology, Robert Rössle Clinic, Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't