Effect of Carbohydrates on the in vivo Migration of Purified LAK Cells

2015 ◽  
pp. 242-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azzam Al Maghazachi ◽  
Ronald H. Goldfarb ◽  
Ronald B. Herberman
Keyword(s):  
Lak Cells

Preclinical Evaluation of a Bone-Marrow Autograft Culture Procedure for Generating Lymphokine-Activated Killer Cells in Vitro

1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (suppl b) ◽  
pp. 123-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Georg Klingemann ◽  
Heather Deal ◽  
Dianne Reid ◽  
Connie J Eaves
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Calf Serum ◽  
Cell Activity ◽  
Hematopoietic Cells ◽  
Lak Cells ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Lymphokine Activated Killer Cells ◽  
Lak Cell

Despite the use of high dose chemoradiotherapy for the treatment of acute leukemia. relapse continues to be a major cause of death in patients given an autologous bone marrow transplant. Further augmentation of pretransplant chemotherapy causes life threatening toxicity to nonhematopoietic tissues and the effectiveness of currently available ex vivo purging methods in reducing the relapse rate is unclear. Recently, data from experimental models have suggested that bone marrow-derived lymphokine (IL-2)-activated killer (BM-LAK) cells might be used to eliminate residual leukemic cells both in vivo and in vitro. To evaluate this possibility clinically, a procedure was developed for culturing whole marrow harvests with IL-2 prior to use as autografts, and a number of variables examined that might affect either the generation of BM-LAK cells or the recovery of the primitive hematopoietic cells. The use of Dexter long term culture (LTC) conditions, which expose the cells to horse serum and hydrocortisone. supported LAK cell generation as effectively as fetal calf serum (FCS) -containing medium in seven-day cultures. Maintenance of BM-LAK cell activity after a further seven days of culture in the presence of IL-2 was also tested. As in the clinical setting. patients would receive IL-2 in vivo for an additional week immediately following infusion of the cultured marrow autograft. Generation ofBM-LAK activity was dependent on the presence of IL-2 and could be sustained by further incubation in medium containing IL-2. Primitive hematopoietic cells were quantitated by measuring the number of in vitro colony-forming progenitors produced after five weeks in secondary Dexter-type LTC. Maintenance of these 'LTC-initiating cells' was unaffected by lL-2 in the culture medium. These results suggest that LAK cells can be generated efficien tly in seven-day marrow autograft cultures containing IL-2 under conditions that allow the most primitive human hematopoietic cells currently detectable to be maintained.

scholarly journals Irradiation of umbilical cord blood derived Lymphokine Activated Killer (LAK) cells prevents GVHD while maintaining an antitumor effect in vivo

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit K Mittal ◽  
Erin M Clark ◽  
Deepa S Joshi ◽  
Andrew B Grimm ◽  
Bruce Gordon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cord Blood ◽  
Umbilical Cord ◽  
Umbilical Cord Blood ◽  
Antitumor Effect ◽  
Lak Cells

Antitumor activity against established intracerebral gliomas exhibited by cytotoxic T lymphocytes, but not by lymphokine-activated killer cells

1992 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 757-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank P. Holladay ◽  
Teresa Heitz ◽  
Gary W. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
T Lymphocytes ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes ◽  
Lak Cells ◽  
Lymphokine Activated Killer Cells ◽  
Killer Cells ◽  
Brain Tumor Cells

✓ Specific immune responses against malignant brain tumors have been difficult to demonstrate. Moreover, immunotherapy has met with little success, despite using lymphocytes with high levels of cytotoxicity against brain tumor cells. Lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells that nonspecifically kill brain tumor cells are produced by stimulating resting precursors with high concentrations of interleukin-2 (IL-2). Cytotoxic T lymphocytes that specifically kill brain tumor cells are produced by stimulating antigen receptor-positive immune-cell precursors with tumor cells. In an attempt to gain insight into immune cell function against brain tumors, the present study compared the in vitro and in vivo activities of LAK cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes produced against RT2, a fast-growing rat glioma cell line. Lymphokine-activated killer cells were produced by stimulating normal rat spleen cells with 1000 units of IL-2, and RT2-specifie cytotoxic T lymphocytes were produced by priming them in vivo with RT2 and Corynebacterium parvum and restimulating primed spleen cells with RT2 in vitro. Lymphokine-activated killer cells were highly cytotoxic for a panel of syngeneic and allogeneic brain tumor and non-brain tumor target cells, including RT2, as measured in a 4-hour 51Cr release assay. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes were highly cytotoxic only for syngeneic brain tumor target cells. Lymphokine-activated killer cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes were tested for in vivo antitumor activity against intracerebral RT2 by intravenous adoptive transfer of activated lymphocytes. Untreated rats died in approximately 2 weeks. Lymphokine-activated killer cells plus IL-2 failed to affect survival when treatment was initiated as early as 1 day following tumor inoculation. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes and IL-2 administered as late as Day 5 rejected progressing intracerebral tumor. Thus, although both cytotoxic T lymphocytes and LAK cells exhibited high levels of in vitro killing of glioma cells, only cytotoxic T lymphocytes rejected progressing intracerebral tumors.

Extended continuous infusion low-dose recombinant interleukin-2 in advanced cancer: prolonged immunomodulation without significant toxicity.

1991 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2110-2119 ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Caligiuri ◽  
C Murray ◽  
R J Soiffer ◽  
T R Klumpp ◽  
M Seiden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nk Cells ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Outpatient Setting ◽  
Lak Cells ◽  
Phase Ii Studies ◽  
Recombinant Interleukin 2

In previous clinical trials, recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) has been infused at high doses over short periods of time to generate lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells in vivo. These trials have been limited by severe toxicities, and the immunologic effects of rIL-2 have been transient. The present study was designed to assess the toxicity and immunologic effects of prolonged administration of low doses of rIL-2. In this phase I study, patients with advanced cancer were scheduled to receive intravenous (IV) infusion of rIL-2 without interruption for 3 months in an outpatient setting. Twenty-one patients received rIL-2 at doses ranging from 0.5 x 10(5) to 6.0 x 10(5) U/m2/d. Treatment was extremely well tolerated, and no patient experienced grade 3 or grade 4 toxicity. The lowest dose level (0.5 x 10(5) U/m2/d) did not have demonstrable immunologic activity. At doses of 1.5 x 10(5) and 4.5 x 10(5) U/m2/d, rIL-2 infusion resulted in the specific expansion of natural-killer (NK) cells (sixfold and ninefold increases, respectively, at these two dose levels) without any changes in B cells, T cells, neutrophils, or monocytes. Grade 2 toxicity was observed at the dose of 6.0 x 10(5) U/m2/d, as three patients required interruption of therapy and two patients who completed therapy developed transient hypothyroidism. In patients with increased NK cells, enhancement of non-major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted cytotoxicity and increased generation of LAK cells in vitro were also demonstrated. Therapy with low-dose rIL-2 can be given safely in an uninterrupted fashion for prolonged periods of time in an outpatient setting. This results in selective expansion of NK cells in vivo with minimal toxicity. Further investigation of this schedule for immunomodulation in vivo should be pursued in phase II studies of both malignant and immunodeficient disease states.

scholarly journals Successful immunotherapy of natural killer-resistant established pulmonary melanoma metastases by the intravenous adoptive transfer of syngeneic lymphocytes activated in vitro by interleukin 2.

1984 ◽  
Vol 159 (2) ◽  
pp. 495-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Mazumder ◽  
S A Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Adoptive Transfer ◽  
Pulmonary Metastases ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Lak Cells ◽  
Adoptive Therapy ◽  
Murine Splenocytes ◽  
Melanoma Metastases ◽  
Metastasis Model

In previous in vitro studies, we have shown that murine splenocytes or cancer patient lymphocytes incubated in IL-2 become lytic for fresh syngeneic or autologous tumors. We have now performed the adoptive transfer of such lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells in a murine B16 metastasis model to test their in vivo efficacy. 1 X 10(8) LAK cells, infused intravenously into C57BL/6 mice with established B16 pulmonary metastases, led to a marked decreased in the number of lung nodules and improved survival. LAK cells administered 3 d after amputation of a tumor-bearing limb also decreased the incidence of spontaneous pulmonary metastases. LAK cells generated from tumor-bearer splenocytes had effects equivalent to those from normal animals, and this antimetastatic effect of the LAK cells did not require the prior administration of cyclophosphamide or other immunosuppressants. Fresh or unstimulated splenocytes had no effect. The antitumor effectors and precursors in vivo and in vitro were Thy-1+. The lymphokine required for the activation appeared to be interleukin 2 (IL-2), since incubation in partially purified supernatants from PMA pulsed EL-4 or Con A-pulsed splenocytes or purified Jurkat IL-2 led to the generation of LAK cells equally active in vivo. The use of IL-2-activated cells may provide a valuable method for the adoptive therapy of human neoplasms as well.

In vivo distribution and tissue localization of highly purified rat lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells

1988 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azzam Al Maghazachi ◽  
Ronald B. Herberman ◽  
Nikola L. Vujanovic ◽  
John C. Hiserodt
Keyword(s):  
Lak Cells ◽  
Tissue Localization ◽  
In Vivo Distribution

scholarly journals Regression of established pulmonary metastases and subcutaneous tumor mediated by the systemic administration of high-dose recombinant interleukin 2.

1985 ◽  
Vol 161 (5) ◽  
pp. 1169-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
S A Rosenberg ◽  
J J Mulé ◽  
P J Spiess ◽  
C M Reichert ◽  
S L Schwarz
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Metastases ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Systemic Administration ◽  
Lak Cells ◽  
Lymphoid Cells ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Antitumor Effects ◽  
Recombinant Interleukin 2 ◽  
High Doses

Incubation of resting lymphoid cells with recombinant interleukin 2 (IL-2) in vitro leads to the generation of lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells capable of lysing fresh tumor cell suspensions in short-term chromium-release assays. Our previous studies (7) have demonstrated that the injection of LAK cells plus low doses of recombinant IL-2 were capable of inhibiting the growth of pulmonary metastases. We have now explored the ability of high doses of recombinant IL-2, administered systemically, to generate LAK cells in vivo, and to mediate antitumor effects directly. Administration of increasing doses of recombinant IL-2 intraperitoneally resulted in the generation of LAK cells in the spleens of recipient mice. Doses of 100,000 U recombinant IL-2 administered intraperitoneally approximately every 8 h for 5 d were capable of dramatically inhibiting established 3-d pulmonary metastases from the MCA-105 and MCA-106 syngeneic sarcomas and the syngeneic B16 melanoma in C57BL/6 mice. Grossly visible metastases present at 10 d after tumor injection also underwent regression following IL-2 therapy. Surprisingly, established 10 d pulmonary metastases were more susceptible to the effects of IL-2 than were the smaller 3 d pulmonary metastases. All antitumor effects of the systemic administration of recombinant IL-2 were eliminated if mice received prior treatment with 500 rad total body irradiation. The administration of high doses of recombinant IL-2 was also capable of inhibiting the growth of 3-d established subcutaneous tumors from the MCA-105 sarcoma, and of mediating the inhibition of growth and regression of established palpable subcutaneous MCA-105 sarcomas. Lymphocytes, which appeared morphologically to be activated, were present at the site of regressing tumor, and it appears that the mechanism of the antitumor effect of recombinant IL-2 administered systemically is via the generation of LAK cells in vivo, although this hypothesis remains to be proven. The ready availability of high doses of recombinant human IL-2, and the demonstration of antitumor effects seen in animal models have led us to the initiation of the clinical trials of recombinant IL-2 in humans.

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