title: GD3-reactive antibodies can inhibit the lysis of autologous tumor cells by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.
abstract: GD3 is expressed in high concentrations on melanoma cells and may serve as a useful target antigen for mAb-mediated immunotherapy. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against GD3 stimulate cell-mediated immune responses against tumor cells in vitro and this activity may contribute to antitumor effects in patients with melanoma treated with GD3-reactive mAbs. In the present study the effects of GD3-reactive mAbs on autologous tumor cell lysis by a human melanoma-derived tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) population were examined. Unlike results reported for other GD3+ T cells isolated from melanoma patients, the tumor-specific lytic activity of the TIL line was inhibited by incubation with mAbs against GD3. Other melanoma-reactive mAbs, including those against GD2 and the high-molecular-weight melanoma-associated Ag, had no effect on the TIL lytic activity. Overall, these results indicate that mAbs against GD3 may have different effects on T cell/tumor cell interactions.
authors.affiliation: Research Department, Abbott Biotech Inc., Needham Heights, MA 02194.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Antognetti
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000276:immunology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D005732:Gangliosides; C026226:ganglioside, GD3