title: Augmentation of cytotoxicity of lymphokine activated killer cells on ovarian tumor cells by various biological response modifiers.
abstract: The effect of combining lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells with either recombinant interleukin-2 (rlL-2), recombinant interferon-alpha (rIFN-alpha), recombinant tumor necrosis factor (rTNF) or streptococcal preparation OK-432 were assessed, using Raji, 2 kinds of cultured ovarian lines (PA-1 and SKOV-3), and 7 fresh ovarian tumor lines. LAK cells were generated by culturing peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) with rIL-2 for 3-5 days. The simultaneous combination of LAK cells with rIFN alpha or OK-432 augmented the cytotoxicity of LAK cells. The susceptibility of tumor cells to LAK cells also increased after the pretreatment of tumor cells with OK-432. These results suggest that the simultaneous injection of LAK cells with rIFN-alpha or OK-432 and the intralesional injection of OK-432 prior to the adoptive transfer of LAK cells may be a beneficial combination treatment for LAK treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, UCLA School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zighelboim
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Berek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bonavida
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D010844:Picibanil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D007370:Interferon Type I; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D010844:Picibanil