title: Reverse of NK cytolysis resistance of type II cytokine predominant-human tumor cells.
abstract: Tumor cells suppress host immunity by secreting soluble factors, among which cytokines play important roles. Type I cytokine mRNA levels (IL-2 and IFNgamma) and type II cytokine mRNA levels (IL-4, IL-10 and IL-13) of twenty tumor cell lines and fresh tumor tissues from fifteen patients with colorectal cancer were examined by RT-PCR method. Upon analysis, tumor cells showed type II predominance and were resistant to NK cytolysis. In order to reverse the type II predominant status, type I cytokines (IL-2 or IFNgamma) and/or anti-type II cytokine antibody (IL-10 mAb) were used in an in vitro study. By this shifting treatment, type II cytokine mRNA levels of these tumor cells were decreased, moreover, the sensitivity to natural cytolysis of these cells was then significantly increased. Thus, tumor-induced type II cytokine dominance is possibly to be shifted into type I status, which benefits the anti-tumor natural immunity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunopharmacology & Immunotherapy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan 250012, China. zhangj65@sdu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tian
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016207:Cytokines; D012333:RNA, Messenger