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Uitbreiding van de humane perifere bloed γδ T-cellen met behulp van zoledronaat
Makoto Kondo1,2, Takamichi Izumi1,2, Nao Fujieda1,2, Atsushi Kondo1,2, Takeharu Morishita1,2, Hirokazu Matsushita1, Kazuhiro Kakimi1
1Department of Immunotherapeutics (Medinet), University of Tokyo Hospital, 2MEDINET Co., Ltd
Een methode om γδ T-cellen uit het perifere bloed mononucleaire cellen (PBMC) uit te breiden wordt beschreven. PBMC-afgeleide γδ T-cellen worden gestimuleerd en uitgebreid met behulp van zoledronaat en interleukine-2 (IL-2). Grootschalige uitbreiding van γδ T-cellen kunnen worden toegepast op autologe cellulaire immunotherapie van kanker.
Other articles by Kazuhiro Kakimi on PubMed
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Interleukin-18 Inhibits Hepatitis B Virus Replication in the Livers of Transgenic Mice
Journal of Virology.
Nov, 2002 |
Pubmed ID: 12368312 Interleukin-18 (IL-18) produced by activated antigen-presenting cells stimulates natural killer (NK) cells, natural killer T (NKT) cells, and T cells to secrete gamma interferon (IFN-gamma). In this study, injection of a single 10- micro g dose of recombinant murine IL-18 rapidly, reversibly, and noncytopathically inhibited hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in the livers of HBV transgenic mice. Furthermore, HBV replication was inhibited by as little as 1 micro g of IL-18 injected repetitively, and also by a single 0.1- micro g dose of IL-18 injected together with 1 ng of IL-12, neither of which inhibited HBV replication individually, demonstrating synergy between these cytokines in this system. The antiviral effect of IL-18 was mediated by its ability to activate resident intrahepatic NK cells and NKT cells to produce IFN-gamma and by its ability to induce IFN-alpha/beta production in the liver. These results suggest that IL-18 has the potential to contribute to the control of HBV replication during self-limited infection and that it may have therapeutic value for the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis.
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Activated Intrahepatic Antigen-presenting Cells Inhibit Hepatitis B Virus Replication in the Liver of Transgenic Mice
Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950).
Nov, 2002 |
Pubmed ID: 12391236 In this study we evaluated the ability of activated intrahepatic APCs to inhibit hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in transgenic mice. Intrahepatic APCs were activated by administration of an anti-CD40 agonistic mAb (alphaCD40). We showed that a single i.v. injection of alphaCD40 was sufficient to inhibit HBV replication noncytopathically by a process associated with the recruitment of dendritic cells, macrophages, T cells, and NK cells into the liver and the induction of inflammatory cytokines. The antiviral effect depended on the production of IL-12 and TNF-alpha by activated APCs; however, it was mediated primarily by IFN-gamma produced by NK cells, and possibly T cells, that were activated by IL-12. Collectively, these results suggest that activated APCs can directly produce antiviral cytokines (IL-12, TNF-alpha) and trigger the production of other cytokines (i.e., IFN-gamma) by other cells (e.g., NK cells and T cells) that do not express CD40. These results provide insight into a hitherto unsuspected antiviral function of intrahepatic APCs, and they suggest that therapeutic activation of APCs may represent a new strategy for the treatment of chronic HBV infection.
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The Simultaneous Blockade of Chemokine Receptors CCR2, CCR5 and CXCR3 by a Non-peptide Chemokine Receptor Antagonist Protects Mice from Dextran Sodium Sulfate-mediated Colitis
International Immunology.
Aug, 2005 |
Pubmed ID: 16000328 Chemokine receptors CCR2, CCR5 and CXCR3 are involved in the regulation of macrophage- and T cell-mediated immune responses and in the migration and activation of these cells. In order to determine whether blockade of these chemokine receptors modulates intestinal inflammation, we investigated here the effect of a non-peptide chemokine receptor antagonist, TAK-779 (N,N-dimethyl-N-[4-[[[2-(4-methylphenyl)-6,7-dihydro-5H-benzocyclohepten-8-yl]carbonyl]amino]benzyl]-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-aminium chloride), in mice with dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced experimental colitis. C57BL/6 mice were fed 5% DSS in their drinking water for up to 7 days with or without the administration of TAK-779. The severity of inflammation in the colon was assessed by clinical signs and histological examination. Infiltration of inflammatory cells into the mucosa was analyzed by immunohistochemistry, and the expression of cytokine and chemokine mRNAs in tissues was quantitated by reverse transcription-PCR. During DSS-induced colitis, the recruitment of monocytes/macrophages into the colonic mucosa and the induction of proinflammatory cytokines correlated with the severity of intestinal inflammation. The onset of clinical signs and histopathologic features were delayed in animals treated with TAK-779. The expression of CCR2, CCR5 and CXCR3 mRNAs was inhibited in the TAK-779-treated mice. Consistent with these results, infiltration of monocytes/macrophages into the lamina propria was almost completely inhibited and the expression of colonic IL-1beta and IL-6 was significantly decreased in the TAK-779-treated mice. The blockade of CCR2, CCR5 and CXCR3 prevents murine experimental colitis by inhibiting the recruitment of inflammatory cells into the mucosa. Therefore, chemokines and their receptors may be therapeutic targets for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
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Blockade of Neutrophil Elastase Attenuates Severe Liver Injury in Hepatitis B Transgenic Mice
Journal of Virology.
Dec, 2005 |
Pubmed ID: 16306586 Serine proteinases produced by polymorphonuclear neutrophils play important roles in neutrophil-mediated tissue injury at inflammatory sites. Although neutrophil recruitment to the liver has been shown to be involved in the exacerbation of liver inflammation, the function of neutrophil elastase (NE) in liver injury remains unclear. Here, we found that administration of an NE inhibitor (NEI) reduced serum alanine aminotransferase (sALT) activity and inflammatory cell infiltration into the liver from 8 to 24 h after injection of antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) into hepatitis B virus transgenic mice. Furthermore, the NEI treatment reduced the expressions of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in the liver and tumor necrosis factor alpha production by macrophages. In addition, the NEI treatment suppressed the mRNA expressions of CC chemokine ligand 3 (CCL-3), CCL-4, and macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2) in neutrophils in the liver at 8 h after the CTL injection. In support of these results, we confirmed that administration of anti-CCL-3, anti-CCL-4, and anti-MIP-2 monoclonal antibodies suppressed sALT activity and leukocyte migration into the liver. In conclusion, the present results suggest that NE contributes to the early step of the inflammatory cascade in acute viral hepatitis and that NEIs may have potential as therapeutic drugs against acute severe viral hepatitis.
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Fulminant Liver Failure Triggered by Therapeutic Antibody Treatment in a Mouse Model
International Journal of Oncology.
Nov, 2006 |
Pubmed ID: 17016642 Monoclonal antibodies are finding ever increasing therapeutic applications. However, lethal liver damage has been reported following monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment in combination with subtoxic doses of cytotoxic drugs. In this study, mice were intravenously injected with 200 microg/mouse of anti-CD8 (anti-Lyt-2.2), anti-CD4 (GK1.5) or anti-B220 (RA3-6B2) mAb. Subsequently, mice were administered 15 mg azoxymethane (AOM) per kg body weight by subcutaneous injection. Unexpectedly, all mice pretreated with mAb died within 72 h of a single injection of AOM. The injection of mAb-coated spleen cells accelerated the induction and the severity of liver disease. We found that mAb treatment activates Kupffer cells to produce inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha and IL-12, and induces the expression of FasL on Kupffer and NKT cells. The concomitant upregulation of Fas on hepatocytes increases the susceptibility of the liver to apoptotic signals, and subsequent treatment with AOM causing mitochondrial injury synergistically induces lethal liver damage. Consistently, the lethal liver damage was abrogated in mice which were deficient for Kupffer cells, NKT cells or Fas-antigen. In conclusion, we have demonstrated a potential risk of lethal fulminant liver damage in the concomitant use of therapeutic antibodies and cytotoxic drugs. A possible side effect of antibody therapy is mediated through activation of the immune system, the very mechanism of action on which this treatment depends. In this context, the risk of combining therapeutic antibodies with other agents, particularly cytotoxic drugs, requires careful consideration.
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Memory Th1 Cells Augment Tumor-specific CTL Following Transcutaneous Peptide Immunization
Cancer Research.
May, 2008 |
Pubmed ID: 18483280 Targeting dendritic cells in vivo by transcutaneous peptide immunization (TCI) represents an efficient immunization strategy to induce tumor-specific CTL because it reflects the physiologic conditions occurring during pathogen infection. Here we show that including a Th1 peptide in TCI can activate preexisting memory Th1 (mTh1) responses and thereby enhance the CTL response. For this purpose, peptide-25, a major Th1 epitope of Ag85B from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, was selected. We adoptively transferred peptide-25-specific mTh1 cells and hgp100-specific naive CTL (pmel-1 TCR transgenic) into C57BL/6 mice. Subsequently, mice were transcutaneously immunized with CTL peptide (hgp100) and Th1 peptide (peptide-25). Five days after TCI, the frequency and function of pmel-1 cells was monitored by intracellular IFN-gamma staining, ELISPOT, and in vivo cytotoxicity assays. TCI efficiently expanded hgp100-specific, IFN-gamma-producing, strongly cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells. Concurrent activation of mTh1 cells by peptide-25 induced a 1.5-fold increase in the number of hgp100-specific CTL with enhanced effector functions. Furthermore, TCI elicited not only prophylactic but also therapeutic antitumor responses that were augmented by peptide-25. These results show that TCI facilitates peptide-specific activation of CD4(+) T cells, responsible for the augmenting effect of peptide-25 on the hgp100-specific CTL response. Because a significant proportion of the Japanese population has been vaccinated with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, they are likely to possess Ag85B- or peptide-25-specific mTh1 cells. Therefore, concomitant activation of Ag85B- or peptide-25-specific mTh1 cells together with tumor-specific CTL by TCI might augment antitumor immune responses in a sizeable fraction of patients.
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Pathological Role of CD44 on NKT Cells in Carbon Tetrachloride-mediated Liver Injury
Hepatology Research : the Official Journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology.
Jan, 2009 |
Pubmed ID: 18721153 Aim: CD44 has a variety of functions in immune regulation and signal transduction. Although CD44 is involved in the induction of several inflammatory diseases, it remains unknown whether CD44-targeting therapies are useful for liver diseases. Here, we examined whether CD44 blockade is effective in a chemical-induced liver injury model. Methods: We injected CD44 knock out (KO) or wild type mice with carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) and examined the difference of liver injury by immunological or histological analysis. Results: Although CD44KO mice exhibited suppressed liver injury at 6 h after CCl(4) injection with decreased inflammatory cell numbers and cytokine production, these mice showed severe liver injury at 24 h. We found that NKT cells played an important role in liver injury with increased infiltration of theliver after migration, which was independent of the CD44 pathway. In CD44NKT double-KO mice, liver injury was suppressed with reduced cytokine production and macrophage infiltration compared with CD44KO mice. Furthermore, MIP-2 derived from NKT cells or tumor necrosis factor alpha from macrophages contributed to exacerbation of the liver injury, since neutralization of MIP-2 provided significant protection against liver injury in CD44KO mice. Finally, we found that CD44KO mice exhibited excessive liver fibrosis compared with wild-type mice after repeated CCl(4) injections. Conclusion: We found that CD44 has unique characteristics for inflammatory liver diseases associated with NKT cell infiltration and activation. Furthermore, CD44-targeting therapies may need to be viewed with caution for liver diseases due to the actions of the liver immune system.
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UV Irradiation of Immunized Mice Induces Type 1 Regulatory T Cells That Suppress Tumor Antigen Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses
International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer.
Nov, 2010 |
Pubmed ID: 21080436 We previously showed that exposure to UV radiation after immunization suppresses Th1 and Th2 immune responses, leading to impaired Ab and allo-immune responses, but the impact of UV radiation after immunization on anti-tumor immune responses mediated by tumor-specific CD8(+) T cell responses remains less clear. Furthermore, the exact phenotypic and functional characteristics of regulatory T cell population responsible for the UV-induced immunosuppression still remain elusive. Using the MBL-2 lymphoma cell line engineered to express OVA as a surrogate tumor Ag, here we demonstrate that UV irradiation after tumor Ag-immunization suppresses the anti-tumor immune response in a manner dependent on the immunizing Ag. This suppression was mediated by interleukin (IL)-10 released from CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells, by which impaired the induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) able to kill Ag-expressing tumor cells. In addition, we generated a panel of T cell clones from UV-irradiated and non-irradiated mice, and all of the clones derived from UV-irradiated mice had a Tr1-type regulatory T cell phenotype with expression of IL-10 and c-Maf, but not Foxp3. These Tr1-type regulatory T cell clones suppressed tumor rejection in vivo as well as Th cell activation in vitro in an IL-10 dependent manner. Given that suppression of Ag-specific CTL responses can be induced in Ag-sensitized mice by UV irradiation, our results may imply that exposure to UV radiation during premalignant stage induces tumor-Ag specific Tr1 cells that mediate tumor-Ag specific immune suppression resulting in the promotion of tumor progression.
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Adoptive Immunotherapy for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Using Zoledronate-expanded γδTcells: a Phase I Clinical Study
Journal of Immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997).
Mar, 2011 |
Pubmed ID: 21304399 Human γδ T cells can recognize and kill non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells using the Vγ9Vδ2 T-cell receptor and/or NKG2D. We have established clinical grade large-scale ex vivo expansion of γδ T cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells by culturing with zoledronate and interleukin-2 (IL-2). A phase I study was conducted to evaluate safety and potential antitumor effects of re-infusing ex vivo expanded γδ T cells in patients with recurrent or advanced NSCLC. Patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells were stimulated with zoledronate (5 μM) and IL-2 (1000 IU/mL) for 14 days. Harvested cells, mostly γδ T cells, were given intravenously every 2 weeks without additional IL-2, a total of 6 times. The cumulative number of transferred γδ T cells ranged from 2.6 to 45.1 x 10â¹ (median, 15.7×10â¹). Fifteen patients underwent adoptive immunotherapy with these γδ T cells. There were no severe adverse events related to the therapy. Immunomonitoring data showed that with increasing numbers of infusions, the number of peripheral γδ T cells gradually increased. All patients remained alive during the study period with a median survival of 589 days and median progression-free survival of 126 days. According to the Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors, there were no objective responses. Six patients had stable disease, whereas the remaining 6 evaluable patients experienced progressive disease 4 weeks after the sixth transfer. We conclude that adoptive transfer of zoledronate-expanded γδ T cells is safe and feasible in patients with NSCLC, refractory to other treatments.
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γδ T-cell Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer
Surgery Today.
May, 2011 |
Pubmed ID: 21533930 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, yet there are still no satisfactory protocols available for treating this disease, emphasizing the urgency for more effective therapies. Recent clinical trials have provided encouraging evidence of the benefits of certain forms of immunotherapy. Here, we summarize recent developments in the area of γδ T-cell therapy for lung cancer in our center. γδ T cells constitute 2%-10% of T lymphocytes in human blood and play a role in immune surveillance against microbial pathogens and, possibly, cancer. These T cells recognize phosphoantigens via polymorphic γδ T-cell antigen receptors (TCR), as well as the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related molecules, A and B (MICA and MICB), via nonpolymorphic NKG2D receptors in an MHC-unrestricted manner. This implies that γδ T cells could retain antitumor effects despite reduced expression of MHC and tumor antigens on cancer cells. Thus, clinical trials have been conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of γδ T-cell-based immunotherapies for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and solid tumors. This review focuses on the current status of γδ T-cell-based immunotherapy for lung cancer.
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UV Irradiation of Immunized Mice Induces Type 1 Regulatory T Cells That Suppress Tumor Antigen Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses
International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer.
Sep, 2011 |
Pubmed ID: 21710495 We previously showed that exposure to UV radiation after immunization suppresses Th1 and Th2 immune responses, leading to impaired Ab and allo-immune responses, but the impact of UV radiation after immunization on anti-tumor immune responses mediated by tumor-specific CD8(+) T cell responses remains less clear. Furthermore, the exact phenotypic and functional characteristics of regulatory T cell population responsible for the UV-induced immunosuppression still remain elusive. Using the MBL-2 lymphoma cell line engineered to express OVA as a surrogate tumor Ag, here we demonstrate that UV irradiation after tumor Ag-immunization suppresses the anti-tumor immune response in a manner dependent on the immunizing Ag. This suppression was mediated by interleukin (IL)-10 released from CD4(+) CD25(+) T cells, by which impaired the induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) able to kill Ag-expressing tumor cells. In addition, we generated a panel of T cell clones from UV-irradiated and non-irradiated mice, and all of the clones derived from UV-irradiated mice had a Tr1-type regulatory T cell phenotype with expression of IL-10 and c-Maf, but not Foxp3. These Tr1-type regulatory T cell clones suppressed tumor rejection in vivo as well as Th cell activation in vitro in an IL-10 dependent manner. Given that suppression of Ag-specific CTL responses can be induced in Ag-sensitized mice by UV irradiation, our results may imply that exposure to UV radiation during premalignant stage induces tumor-Ag specific Tr1 cells that mediate tumor-Ag specific immune suppression resulting in the promotion of tumor progression.
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