| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ODA Makoto Dept. Medicine, Kanazawa Univ. Assistant, 医学部, 助手 (50224241)
坪田 誠 金沢大学, 医学部附属病院, 助手
SHIMIZU Junzo Dept. Medicine, Kanazawa Univ. Assistant, 医学部附属病院, 助手 (50201554)
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| Research Abstract |
It appears that lymph node metastases are more frequent in lung cancer than in other cancers due to impaired defensive mechanisms in the regional lymph nodes. However, little is known about the immunological function of Regional Lymph Node Lymphocytes (RLNL) in lung cancer patients. We have studied the immunological properties of RLNL in comparison with Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes (PBL). We measured the Natural Killer (NK) cell activity of RLNL and PBL in lung cancer patients and found that the NK activity was significantly more depressed in the RLNL than in the PBL. In contrast, Inter-Leukin-2 (IL-2) production was markedly higher in the RLNL than in the PBL. The cytotoxic effect of RLNL in non-metastatic lymph nodes on target cells, such as K562 cells, or PC-3 and PC-10 cells (NK-resistant, human lung cancer of adenocarcinoma and epidermoid carcinoma, respectively) was significantly enhanced by in vitro incubation with recombinant IL-2 (rIL-2). Furthermore, we clarified that both rI
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L-2 and OK-432, which is a biological response modifier and IL-2 inducer as well, augmented the cytotoxicity of RLNL and that these effector cells were lymphokine activated killer (LAK) celis. The depletion of lymphocyte subsets by pretreatment with specific monoclonal antibody showed that the LAK activity in RLNL was mediated by CD3^+ and CD8^+ cells, while the lymphocyte subsets contributing the LAK activity in PBL were CD3^+ and CD16^+ cells. It was concluded that a majority of the effector cells in RLNL were LAK cells of the cytotoxic T-cell population. Thus, therapeutic effects can be expected by LAK cells endogenously induced by regional infusion of OK-432 abd addition of exogenous LAK cells which can be produced in vitro by incubating the patient's lymphocytes with rIL-2. Local AIT through bronchial artery was performed on 7 patients with advanced lung cancer. Some therapeutic effects were noted in 5 (71%) out of 7 patients : partial response in 2, minor response in 3 and no change in 2.
As the next step, possibility of adpotive immunotherapy using TIL (Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte) was studied Substantial augmentation of the cytotoxic activity against K562, Daudi and autologous tumor cell lines were induced by incubating the TILs with OK-432 or rIL-2, although these enhancement of the cytotoxicity was significantily low in comparison with that of the RLNLs and PBLs. By analysis of lymphocyte subsets, it was clarified that the majority of the TILs were T cells (most of them were CD8^+ cells), whereas B cells, macrophages and NK cells were minority. These tesults strongly indicates that, if not all, some part of cultured TIL contains cytotoxic T lymphocytes which have a specificity against autologous tumor cells. Accordingly, it was thought to be probable that some of the cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) in the TILs might have cytotoxicty against AT cells. Adoptive Immuno-Therapy (AIT) was tried on lung cancer patients with carcinomatous pleurosy. TILs were extracted from pleural effusion, and enhanced by rIL-2. The enhanced TILs with rIL-2 were infused into the thoracic cavity, and subsequently in two out of three cases the pleural effusion disappeared. Less
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