title: Long-term serum/plasma-free culture of human cytotoxic T lymphocytes induced from peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
abstract: Tumor-specific human cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) were induced by co-culturing peripheral blood mononuclear cells with X-ray-irradiated human lung squamous carcinoma cells, SQ-5, in the medium supplemented with interleukin(IL)-1, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-6, and 5% autologous plasma for 3 or 5 days. The CTL grew in serum/plasma-free medium containing these four interleukins and 0.5% bovine serum albumin for over a month and maintained killing activity of target cells within 48 h at an effector/target ratio of 1.25. Their growth was essentially dependent on the target SQ-5 cells, which were renewed every 5 days. Under these conditions, IL-4 and IL-6 could be omitted. When anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody was added to the serum/plasma-free medium supplemented with IL-1 and IL-2, the target tumor cells were not required to maintain the specific killing activity of the CTL. A large number of CTL (10(11)) were obtained in 35 days.
authors.affiliation: RIKEN Cell Bank, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: S Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shiba
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saijo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohno
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D016219:Immunotherapy, Adoptive; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free