title: Augmentation of cell-mediated immunotherapy against herpes simplex virus by interleukins: comparison of in vivo effects of IL-2 and IL-7 on adoptively transferred T cells.
abstract: We investigated the ability of human recombinant interleukin-7 (IL-7) to enhance cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity in vivo using mice infected with herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1). IL-7 or interleukin-2 (IL-2) was administered twice daily to immune naive mice subjected to adoptive transfer of immune T cells after infection with HSV-1. The immunotherapeutic effect was measured by detecting the virus recovered from pinna. Administration of HSV-1 immune T cells to naive mice significantly increased their ability to clear the virus. Twice-daily injections of IL-7 at 200 IU provided an additional 20-fold reduction in virus load, compared with T cell therapy alone (P < 0.0005). Combining IL-2 and T cell therapy provided about a sevenfold reduction compared with T cell therapy alone (P < 0.0009). IL-7 also enhanced the antiviral effects of T cell therapy against HSV-1 through the enhancement of CD8+ CTLs, as observed with IL-2. These results indicate that IL-7 may be used adjunct to adoptive T lymphocyte therapy in modulating human viral diseases and cancer through enhanced immune T cell activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7610, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiryana
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Faltynek
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000628:therapy*; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016219:Immunotherapy, Adoptive; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015851:Interleukin-7 / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051379:Mice; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D007376:Interleukin-2; D015851:Interleukin-7; D011994:Recombinant Proteins