title: Differential activation of lymphokine-activated killer cells with different surface phenotypes by cultivation with recombinant interleukin 2 or T-cell growth factor in gastric cancer patients.
abstract: Fourteen days' culture of human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) with recombinant interleukin 2 (rIL 2) or T cell growth factor (TCGF) results in the generation of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) effector cells which have the unique property of lysing natural killer (NK)-resistant human tumor cells, Daudi, as well as NK-sensitive, K562 cells. LAK cells were generated from both normal and gastric cancer patients' PBL. However, LAK cell activities induced by rIL 2 or TCGF decreased with the progress of the tumor growth. In addition, TCGF-induced LAK cell activities were found to be lower than the rIL 2-induced LAK cell activities. Different mechanisms may be involved in the decreases of the rIL 2-induced and TCGF-induced LAK cell activities. This study further demonstrates that the cell types involved are also heterogeneous, as determined by phenotypic characteristics. The LAK-effector cell type was analyzed by two-color flow cytometry. RIL 2-induced LAK cells showed increased proportions of CD4+Leu 8- and Leu 7+CD16-, and a decreased proportion of CD8+CD11- cells, which are believed to be associated with killer T cell functions. In contrast, TCGF-induced LAK cells revealed significantly increased proportions of CD8+CD11- and CD4+Leu8- cells, and a decreased proportion of Leu 7+CD16- cells. Thus, LAK cells with different surface phenotypes were induced by the cultivations with rIL 2 and with TCGF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tsukuba.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osuga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins