title: Simultaneous production of T helper-1-like cytokines and cytolytic activity by tumor-specific T cells in ovarian and breast cancer.
abstract: Cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) cultures were generated from five ovarian cancer patients (OvCTL) and from three breast cancer patients (BrCTL). All CTL lines were T-cell receptor (TcR) alphabeta+ and predominantly CD8+ (73 +/- 13%). These CTL lines preferentially recognized autologous tumor cells in an HLA class I-restricted, and in part HLA-A2-restricted, manner. In addition, the CTL lines recognized allogeneic HLA-A2+ ovarian and breast tumor cells. Specific recognition was determined by T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity as well as cytokine release. Coculture of irradiated autologous tumor cells with OvCTL induced secretion of IFN-gamma, GM-CSF and TNF-alpha, but not IL-4, indicating a T helper-1-type response. Similar results were obtained when OvCTL and BrCTL were stimulated with histologically matched HLA-A2+ tumor cells. Also, BrCTL stimulated with HLA-A2+ but not HLA-A2- ovarian tumor cells produced significant levels of GM-CSF and TNF-alpha. Finally, the Her2/neu peptide p654-662, earlier identified as a tumor antigen in both ovarian and breast cancer, induced cytotoxicity as well as the specific release of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha but not IL-4 by OvCTL and BrCTL. Thus, tumor-specific recognition by CTL was verified by cytotoxicity and cytokine release. The secretion of Th1-like cytokines as opposed to Th2-like cytokines suggest that therapeutically OvCTL and BrCTL could potentially enhance the endogenous immune response to tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Goedegebuure
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Douville
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Linehan
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Eberlein
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D016207:Cytokines; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; C091577:HER2-neu-derived peptide (654-662)