title: Semiquantitative analysis of Th1 and Th2 cytokine expression in CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ renal-cell-carcinoma-infiltrating lymphocytes.
abstract: The mRNA expression of Th1 and Th2 cytokines was compared in freshly isolated CD3+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (CD3+ TIL) and in autologous CD3+ peripheral blood lymphocytes (CD3+ PBL) obtained simultaneously from 20 patients with renal cell carcinomas (RCC). In addition cytokine expression was compared in CD4+ TIL and CD8+ TIL from another group of 20 patients with RCC. TIL were isolated from mechanically disaggregated tumor material and PBL from peripheral blood by gradient centrifugation and subsequent selection with anti-CD3, anti-CD4 or anti-CD8 magnetic beads. In these pure lymphocyte preparations the constitutive expression of interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-2, IL-10, interferon gamma (IFNgamma), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) was determined by using a polymerase-chain-reaction-assisted mRNA amplification assay. In the CD3+ TIL, levels of mRNA for IFNgamma, IL-10, IL-1 and TNFalpha were significantly higher than in the autologous CD3+ PBL whereas IL-2 expression was rather low and did not differ in the two populations. Comparison of cytokine mRNA expression in CD4+ TIL and simultaneously obtained CD8+ TIL revealed a significantly higher expression of IFNgamma in the CD8+ cells. These data reflect an in vivo activation of RCC-infiltrating lymphocytes at the mRNA level with respect to the Th1 as well as the Th2 immune response. Th1 activation seems to be most evident in the CD8+ TIL.
authors.affiliation: Urological Department, University of Freiburg, Experimental Research Group, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Elsässer-Beile
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grussenmeyer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gierschner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmoll
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schultze-Seemann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wetterauer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schulte Mönting
mesh_terms: D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000032:analysis; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000276:immunology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D017252:CD3 Complex; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D016207:Cytokines; D012333:RNA, Messenger