title: Possible role for cytotoxic lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of acute interstitial nephritis after recombinant interleukin-2 treatment for renal cell cancer.
abstract: A patient with renal cell cancer developed acute renal failure due to biopsy-proven acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis (AIN) in the 6th week of continuous infusion of 9 x 10(6) IU m-2 day-1 recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2). We investigated whether the AIN was the result of a cellular cytotoxic reaction induced by the rIL-2 treatment. The cytolytic activity of cryopreserved peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), isolated before and at the end of the rIL-2 treatment (at the time of AIN), was studied after 5 days of culture with or without rIL-2 or anti-CD28 and immobilized anti-CD3 antibodies. The PBL isolated before and at the end of the rIL-2 treatment showed cytolytic activity towards a number of allogeneic targets. However, only the PBL isolated at the end of the rIL-2 treatment showed, when stimulated with rIL-2 in vitro, significant cytolytic activity against an autologous renal cell line cultured from the AIN biopsy specimen and against an allogeneic renal cell cancer cell line. These PBL displayed no enhanced killing capacity towards autologous PBL and the melanoma cell line M14. These observations suggest that the AIN may be the result of a cytotoxic lymphocyte-mediated reaction induced by the rIL-2 treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Vlasveld
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van de Wiel-van Kemenade
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sein
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gallee
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Krediet
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Mellief
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hekman
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Figdor
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins