Recruitment of inflammatory cells to a tumor deposit potentiates the immunotherapeutic effects of interleukin-2

E. Philip Steller, Alexander M.M. Eggermont, Wilbert Matthews, Paul H. Sugarbaker

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Abstract

Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a potent immunotherapeutic agent in murine models of intraperitoneal, pulmonary, and hepatic tumor implantation. Because of the systemic toxicity documented at doses of IL-2 required to control tumor growth, potentiation of the effects of low dose IL-2 is an important problem in immunotherapy. To address this problem, we attempted to recruit lymphocytes into a tumor mass. Allogeneic P185 (H-2d) tumor was mixed with MCA-105 (H-2b) tumor and injected s. c. into C57BL/6 (H-2b) mice. Mice were treated with 50,000 units of IL-2 twice daily from day 0 to day 6. When IL-2 alone was used to treat s. c. tumor, there was no reduction in the size of tumor implants. When allogeneic tumor was mixed with syngeneic tumor, there was a reduction in tumor size at the high dose of allogeneic tumor but not at the low dose. When allogeneic tumor was mixed with syngeneic tumor and the mice treated with IL-2, the immunotherapeutic effects of IL-2 were markedly increased. These studies show that an immune response to alloantigens, generated within tumor tissue can augment the immunotherapeutic effects of exogenous IL-2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)165-168
Number of pages4
JournalCancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1986
Externally publishedYes

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