title: In vitro detection of cellular immunity to melanoma antigens in man by the monocyte spreading inhibition test.
abstract: In vitro inhibition of monocyte spreading (a correlate of cellular immunity) was used to detect cell-mediated immune reactions of melanoma patients to specific melanoma antigens. Two soluble preparations of human melanoma antigens (MA-1 and MA-2) and one of a breast carcinoma (BCA) were prepared. The preparations were incubated in vitro with mononuclear cells isolated from the blood of 24 patients with melanoma, six patients with malignancies other than melanoma and 14 healthy donors. Spreading of monocytes from healthy donors was not inhibited by either MA-1 and MA-2 or BCA. MA-1 and MA-2 significantly inhibited the spreading of monocytes from patients with melanoma, while monocytes from patients with other malignancies were not affected. Spreading of monocytes from patients with melanoma was inhibited by the preparation of BCA. We conclude that inhibition of monocyte spreading can detect, in vitro, a cellular immune reaction to specific melanoma antigens in patients with melanoma.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000276:immunology; D002464:Cell Migration Inhibition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm