title: Potentiation of therapeutic effect of recombinant tumor necrosis factor against B16 mouse melanoma by combination with recombinant interleukin 2.
abstract: Treatment of B16 melanoma-bearing mice with recombinant tumour necrosis factor (rTNF) caused a marked inhibition of tumour growth but did not result in the complete cure of the tumour-bearing mice. In contrast, combination therapy of B16-bearing mice with r-TNF and recombinant interleukin 2 (rIL-2) potentiated the therapeutic effect of rTNF and 30% of the mice were totally cured from tumour. Spleen cells obtained from B16-bearing mice showed markedly decreased immune responses including IL-2 production, IL-2 responsiveness and mixed lymphocyte reaction owing to the existence of suppressor macrophages. However, spleen cells obtained from mice cured with rTNF plus rIL-2 showed the same level of T cell responsiveness as that from normal mice. The decreased induction of alloantigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) in B16-bearing mice was also recovered after treatment with rTNF plus rIL-2. Moreover, B16-specific CTL, which could not be induced in normal or B16-bearing mice, was effectively induced from the spleen cells of B16-cured mice by rTNF and rIL-2. These results demonstrated that local therapy of melanoma with rTNF and rIL-2 was effective and induced systemic antitumour immunity in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Urano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Habu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000276:immunology; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha