Recombinant interleukin 2 stimulates in vivo proliferation of adoptively transferred lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · J. Immunol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6235249

Ettinghausen, S E; Lipford, E.H. 3d.; Mule, J J; Rosenberg, S A

The authors previously reported that the adoptive transfer of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells plus repetitive injections of recombinant interleukin 2 (IL 2) produced a marked reduction in established pulmonary metastases from a variety of murine sarcomas. The requirement for the exogenous administration of IL 2 prompted a subsequent examination of the role of IL 2 in the in vivo function of transferred LAK cells. The in vivo proliferation and migration patterns of lymphoid cells in C57BL/6 mice were examined after i.v. transfer of LAK cells alone, i.p. injection of IL 2 alone, or the combination of LAK cells and IL 2. A model for in vivo labeling of the DNA of dividing cells was used in which mice were injected with 5-( SVI)-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine ( SVIUdR) and, 20 hr later, their tissues were removed and were counted in a gamma analyzer. A proliferation index (PI) was calculated by dividing the mean cpm of organs of experimentally treated mice by the mean cpm of organs of control mice. In animals given LAK cells alone, the lungs and liver demonstrated little if any uptake of SVIUdR above saline-treated controls, whereas the same organs of mice receiving 6000 U of IL 2 alone displayed higher radiolabel incorporation. When mice were given LAK cells plus 6000 U of IL 2, their tissues showed an additional increase in SVIUdR uptake.

• Research Organization: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
• OSTI ID: 6235249
• Journal Information: J. Immunol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Immunol.; (United States) Vol. 5; ISSN JOIMA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
ANTIMETABOLITES
AZINES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOCHEMISTRY
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CHEMISTRY
CHIMERAS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
DRUGS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GLANDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODINE 125
IODINE ISOTOPES
IODODEOXYURIDINE
IODOURACILS
ISOTOPES
LEUKOCYTES
LIVER
LUNGS
LYMPHOCYTES
LYMPHOKINES
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
METASTASES
MICE
MITOTIC INDEX
MOSAICISM
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
NUCLEOSIDES
NUCLEOTIDES
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC IODINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PYRIMIDINES
RADIATION CHIMERAS
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RIBOSIDES
RODENTS
SARCOMAS
SOMATIC CELLS
UPTAKE
URACILS
VERTEBRATES