Interleukin-12: Murine models of a potent antitumor agent
Interleukin-12: Murine models of a potent antitumor agent
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb52676.x
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1996-01-01
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Palleroni, AV
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Brunda, MJ;Luistro, L;Palleroni, AV
Soon after the cloning of interleukin-12 (IL-12), 1, 2 a strong interest was generated in the potential antitumor effects of this cytokine. This interest was based on the utility of other cytokines, such as interferon alpha (IFN-a) and interleukin-2 (IL-2), as therapeutic agents for oncology indications3 and the biological properties of IL-12.4-6 Included among the properties of IL-12 are the induction of proliferation of T and natural killer (NK) cells, the induction of cytotoxic lymphoid populations (cytotoxic T cell [CTL], NK and lymphokine-activated killer [LAK] cells), the stimulation of cytokine secretion, especially interferon gamma (IFN-.) I), and the ability to induce maturation of the Thl helper cell subset, which mediates cellmediated immune responses. The ability of IL-12 to induce these effects may result in the control of tumor growth.Inasmuch as human IL-12 is inactive on murine cells,'the potential antitumor properties of human IL-12 can only be tested on human cells in vitro or in limited in vivo studies by transfer with human cells into immunodeficient animals. In addition to its abilities to stimulate in vitro activity of cytotoxic T, NK, and LAK cells from normal individual^,^^^ IL-I 2 augmented NK activity of immune effector cells from patients with metastatic solid tumors, I0 hairy cell leukemia,'* Sezary syndrome,'* or with hematologic malignancies after allogeneic bone marrow transplant." Likewise, IL-12 can modulate aberrant cytokine production by PBMC from patients with Sezary syndrome12; incubation of PBMC from these patients with IL-12 increased their stimulus-induced production of IFN-.) I while decreasing