Use of leukemic dendritic cells for the generation of antileukemic cellular cytotoxicity against Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia
Use of leukemic dendritic cells for the generation of antileukemic cellular cytotoxicity against Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia
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DOI:
10.1182/blood.v89.4.1133
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发表时间:
1997-02-15
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Champlin, RE
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作者:
Choudhury, A;Gajewski, JL;Champlin, RE
The success of adoptive immunotherapy for the treatment of leukemia depends on the generation of T cells that can specifically react with malignant cells. Dendritic cells (DCs) are important antigen-presenting cells in the development of antileukemic T-cell responses. In this study, we generated DCs from peripheral blood cells of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). CML cells incubated concurrently with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-4, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vitro developed morphologic and phenotypic characteristics of DCs. Fluorescence in situ hybridization showed the presence of t(9;22) in the nuclei of these cells, indicating that they were leukemic in origin. These cells were potent stimulators of lymphocyte proliferation in specific in vitro assays for DC function. Autologous T cells stimulated with in vitro-generated, leukemic DCs displayed vigorous cytotoxic activity against CML cells but low reactivity to major histocompatability complex-matched normal bone marrow cells. Cytotoxic activity against CML targets was fourfold to sixfold higher using DC-stimulated autologous T cells than with autologous T cells expanded by culture with interleukin-2 alone. DC-stimulated T cells also inhibited growth of CML clonogenic precursors in colony-forming assays in vitro. These results suggest that cytokine-driven in vitro differentiation of CML cells results in generation of DCs with potent T-cell stimulatory function. In vitro-generated DCs can be effectively used as antigen-presenting cells for the ex vivo expansion of antileukemic T cells. (C) 1997 by The American Society of Hematology.