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Endogenous and adoptively transferred A-NK and T-LAK cells continuously accumulate within murine metastases up to 48 h after inoculation.

In murine models, therapeutic efficacy of adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) of cancer with lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells is seen only when applied together with substantial doses of interleukin-2 (IL-2), probably because this cytokine is imperative for both motility and viability of the LAK cells. We wanted to investigate whether IL-2 in addition mediates an immunostimulatory activation and expansion of endogenous effector cells contributing to tumor regression. Using an immunoperoxidase technique, we have been able to longitudinally analyze the accumulation of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes expressing the pan-T cell/activated lymphocyte phenotype (Thy1.2), the natural killer (NK) cell phenotype (AsGM,) as well as the cytotoxic T (CD8) cell phenotype within experimental established B16 pulmonary melanoma metastases in C57BL/6 mice during the first 48 h after high dose IL-2 monotherapy. Whereas a substantial and selective infiltration of AsGM1+ lymphocytes in tumor tissue was seen (262 and 937 cells per sq.mm malignant tissue at 0 and 48 h, respectively), only a minor increase in accumulation of CD8+ cells was seen (106 and 171 cells per sq.mm tumor tissue at 0 and 48 h, respectively). The addition of adoptive transfer with lymphokine-activated adherent NK (A-NK) cells to the high-dose IL-2 treatment resulted in more than a 1.5 fold increase in infiltrating AsGM1+ cells compared to IL-2 therapy alone (1520 compared to 937 AsGM1+ cells per sq.mm malignant tissue). No substantial accumulation of CD8+ cells was observed in this setting either. In contrast, the treatment with high dose IL-2 together with adoptive transfer of mitogen-stimulated, lymphokine-activated T killer (T-LAK) cells increased the infiltration of CD8+ cells 10-fold compared to IL-2 monotherapy (2078 compared to 171 CD8+ cells per sq.mm malignant tissue, respectively). Interestingly, infiltration of both endogenous and exogenous cells continued over time, since the effector-to-tumor cell ratio in metastatic tissue dramatically increased from 1:8 and 1:6 at 16 h to 1:3 and 1:2 at 48 h after adoptive transfer of A-NK and T-LAK cells, respectively. These data underline the longevity of LAK cells in vivo and highlight the importance of IL-2 treatment in recruiting endogenous immune cells to tumor areas.

Adjuvants, Immunologic↗

Adoptive transfer of immunity to Histoplasma capsulatum in athymic nude mice.

Studies of adoptive transfer of resistance to Histoplasma capsulatum were performed with athymic nude (nu/nu) recipients and heterozygous (nu/+) donor mice. This model has the benefit of employing a recipient mouse (nu/nu) which cannot be immunized actively against H. capsulatum. Nu/nu mice were protected against H. capsulatum by whole spleen cells, fractioned T lymphocytes, and macrophages from immunized nu/+ donor mice. Similar cell populations from nonimmune nu/+ mice were not protective. Treatment with gold sodium thiomalate, an inhibitor of macrophage function, increased susceptibility to H. capsulatum in nu/+ and nu/nu mice. Adoptive transfer of immunity to H. capsulatum is multifactorial and depends on both T lymphocytes and macrophages.

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Efficient tumor eradication by adoptively transferred cytotoxic T-cell clones in allogeneic hosts.

Tumor-specific cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) can play an important role against cancer as illustrated by the observation that adoptive transfer of tumor-specific CTLs can mediate potent anti-tumor effects. Although such CTLs can be detected at the tumor site, relatively little is known about the mechanisms by which they enter the tumor. In this study, the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1 molecules on vascular endothelium in the tumor in entry of, and tumor eradication by, tumor-specific CTL was investigated. Two H-2Db-restricted CTL clones recognizing peptide VNIRNCCYI on human adenovirus type 5 early region 1-(Ad5E1)-induced tumors were used to test whether CTLs were able to cross the vascular endothelium lacking the restricting MHC molecule. One CTL clone recognizes peptide VNIRNCCYI in the context of both H-2Db and H-2Dbm14 molecules. The other CTL clone recognizes this peptide only in the context of H-2Db. Adoptive transfer of these CTLs leads to eradication of Ad5E 1-induced, H-2Db-expressing tumors in B6(H-2Db+) and Bm14(H-2Db-) nude mice. Our data show that presentation of tumor-derived peptides by MHC molecules on endothelial cells of blood vessels in a tumor do not play a major role in eradication of tumors by adoptively transferred CTL in combination with interleukin-2. Moreover, our data show that successful adoptive CTL immunotherapy is possible across allogeneic barriers, without inducing severe side effects, provided the tumor expresses the MHC class 1-peptide complex recognized by the CTLs.

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Adoptive transfer from interferon-alpha-fed mice is associated with inhibition of active experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by decreasing recipient tumor necrosis factor-alpha secretion.

Ingested type I interferon (IFN) suppresses clinical relapse in murine chronic experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), inhibits clinical attacks more effectively than subcutaneous doses, and decreases the adoptive transfer of EAE. To determine whether splenocytes from IFN-fed donors were "suppressor-like" populations, donor SJL/J mice were immunized and fed with mock IFN-alpha or with IFN-alpha every other day for at least 4 weeks after initial clinical attack. Recipients of adoptively transferred CD8+ T cells from mock IFN-alpha-fed donors showed no clinical improvement of clinical disease compared with actively immunized controls. In contrast, recipients of adoptively transferred CD8+ T cells from IFN-alpha-fed donors showed decreased clinical disease compared with recipients of mock IFN-alpha-fed CD8+ T cells. To evaluate the mechanism of protection by donor CD8+ T cells and to determine if ingested IFN-alpha activates natural immunomodulatory cell populations, the authors used the acute EAE model and naïve-fed donor animals as sources of T cells and CD8+ T cells. Con A-activated spleen T cells from naïve nonimmunized mock IFN-alpha-fed donors inhibited actively induced disease and showed decreased recipient TNF-alpha secretion compared with recipients of T cells from mock IFN-fed mice. Donor activated spleen CD8+ T cells from naïve nonimmunized IFN-alpha-fed animals suppressed actively induced EAE in recipients and showed decreased IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha proinflammatory secretion. Decreased recipient TNF-alpha secretion correlates best with the disease protection from IFN-fed T and CD8+ T cells.

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Monoclonal antibodies to human beta-interferon produced by adoptive transfer in irradiated mice.

Three murine anti-human beta-interferon (IFN-beta) monoclonal antibodies have been isolated following adoptive transfer of immune spleen cells. Adoptive transfer was used to increase the specific efficiency of the fusion. These antibodies have been used to define two epitopes on IFN-beta; the antiviral, antiproliferative, and immunomodulatory effects of IFN-beta are associated with one of these epitopes.

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Tumor regression after adoptive transfer of effector T cells is independent of perforin or Fas ligand (APO-1L/CD95L).

The adoptive transfer of tumor-specific effector T cells can result in complete regression and cure mice with systemic melanoma, but the mechanisms responsible for regression are not well characterized. Perforin- and Fas ligand (APO-1/CD95 ligand)-mediated cytotoxicity have been proposed as mechanisms for T cell-mediated tumor destruction. To determine the role of perforin and Fas ligand (FasL) in T cell-mediated tumor regression in a murine melanoma model, B16BL6-D5 (D5), we generated D5-specific effector T cells from tumor vaccine-draining lymph nodes of wild type (wt), perforin knock out (PKO), or FasL mutant (gld) mice and treated established D5 metastases in mice with the same genotype. Effector T cells from wt, PKO and gld mice induced complete regression of pulmonary metastases and significantly prolonged survival of the treated animals regardless of their genotype. Complete tumor regression induced by PKO effector T cells was also observed in a sarcoma model (MCA-310). Furthermore, adoptive transfer of PKO and wt effector T cells provided long-term immunity to D5. Therapeutic T cells from wt, PKO, or gld mice exhibit a tumor-specific type 1 cytokine profile; they secrete IFN-gamma, but not IL-4. In these models, T cell-mediated tumor regression and long-term antitumor immunity are perforin and FasL independent.

Adoptive Transfer↗

Cell cycle assessment of adoptive transferred lymphokine activated killer cells.

The use of lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells for adoptive transfer therapy has been reported from number of clinical trials. To our knowledge, however, there has been no report concerning the cell cycle progression of LAK cells. Thus, for the present study we have attempted to examine the LAK cell cycle either before or after transfer. In vitro and in vivo analyses of LAK cells labeled with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) were carried out using two-parameter flow cytometries of their nuclear staining using fluorescein isothiocyanate(FITC)-conjugated anti-BrdU antibody and propidium iodide (PI). The in vitro growth of BrdU-positive cells showed the cells to divide once in the S phase, continue to the G2-M phase and return to the G0-G1 phase with a similar pattern after 48 or 72 h culture. They formed a definite subpopulation and were of phenotypes, thy-1.2 (+), Lyt-1.1 (-), Lyt-2.1 (+), L3T4 (-) and AGM1 (+). The percentage of BrdU-positive cells decreased significantly (P < 0.05) when treated with complement plus anti-thy-1.2, anti-Lyt-2.1 or anti-AGM1 anti-bodies, demonstrating BrdU-labeled LAK cells to have the same phenotype as control LAK cells. As in vitro, the in vivo cell cycle of LAK cells 48 and 72 h after transfer had a similar pattern, and the LAK cells also continued on to the S phase after the first division. The in vivo growth of the LAK cells treated with interleukin-2 (IL-2) was promoted 24 and 48 h after transfer. In conclusion, the present study showed LAK cells to be capable of dividing following transfer and to keep their own phenotypic characteristics; also, that treatment with IL-2 may promote their division. Adoptive transfer therapy seems to be a viable therapeutic method.

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Adoptive transfer of allergic airway responses with sensitized lymphocytes in BN rats.

To evaluate the role of lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of allergic bronchoconstriction, we investigated whether allergic airway responses are adoptively transferred by antigen-primed lymphocytes in Brown Norway (BN) rats. Animals were actively sensitized to ovalbumin (OA) or sham sensitized, and 14 d later mononuclear cells (MNCs) were isolated from intrathoracic lymph nodes, passed through a nylon wool column, and transferred to naive syngeneic rats. Recipients were challenged with aerosolized OA or bovine serum albumin (BSA) (5% wt/vol) and analyzed for changes in lung resistance (RL), airway responsiveness to inhaled methacholine (MCh), and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells. Recipients of MNCs from sensitized rats responded to OA inhalation and exhibited sustained increases in RL throughout the 8-h observation period, but without usual early airway responses. Recipients of sham-sensitized MNCs or BSA-challenged recipients failed to respond to antigen challenge. At 32 h after OA exposure, airway responsiveness to MCh was increased in four of seven rats that had received sensitized MNCs (p = 0.035). BAL eosinophils increased at 32 h in the recipients of both sensitized and sham-sensitized MNCs. However, eosinophil numbers in BAL were inversely correlated with airway responsiveness in the recipients of sensitized MNCs (r = -0.788, p = 0.036). OA-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) was undetectable by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) in recipient rats following adoptive transfer. In conclusion, allergic late airway responses (LAR) and cholinergic airway hyperresponsiveness, but not antigen-specific IgE and early responses, were adoptively transferred by antigen-primed lymphocytes in BN rats.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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In situ analysis of T cell subset composition in experimental autoimmune thyroiditis after adoptive transfer of activated spleen cells.

T cells from genetically susceptible mice developing experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) proliferate in response to restimulation with mouse thyroglobulin (MTg) in vitro. The in vitro-activated cells adoptively transfer EAT as well as differentiate into cells cytotoxic for syngeneic thyroid monolayers. To examine the kinetics of T cell subset infiltration and distribution in situ after adoptive transfer, we applied the avidin-biotin-peroxidase labeling technique to thyroid sections, utilizing rat monoclonal antibodies followed by a biotinylated rabbit anti-rat antibody. Female CBA donor mice were immunized with MTg and lipopolysaccharide. Their spleen cells were obtained 7 days later, cultured with MTg, and transferred into recipient mice. The thyroids were removed on Days 7, 10, and 14 after transfer and serially sectioned. The early phase of transferred EAT showed a higher percentage of L3T4+ cells compared to Lyt-2+ cells, yielding a ratio of 2.3 and total T cells of about 35%. By Day 10, both T cell subsets had increased to a total of about 56%. However, the relative increase was greater in the Lyt-2+ subset; the nearly doubled percentage was statistically significant, resulting in a downward shift in the subset ratio to 1.7. Little change in the in situ distribution was seen on Day 14. The percentages of F4/80+ (macrophage) population in lesions examined on Days 10 and 14 were fairly constant and B cell involvement was minimal. These findings illustrate the pathogenic role of both T cell subsets in adoptively transferred EAT and the time-dependent changes in their relative proportions leading to thyroid gland destruction.

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Adoptively transferred anti-idiotype pulsed B cells mediate autoimmune myocarditis.

Syngeneic mice receiving adoptively transferred enriched B cells or splenocytes pulsed in vitro with polyclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies (anti-Ids) against anti-CVB3 virus antibodies developed coxsackievirus B3 antigen-binding and virus-neutralizing antibodies during a 30-day period, in addition to overt expression of autoimmune myocarditis. Adoptive transfer of anti-Id pulsed T cells resulted in delayed appearance and transient expression of antiviral antibodies, and antiviral antibodies were marginal to absent in syngeneic animals receiving anti-Id pulsed macrophage populations. Proliferation analysis of recipient splenocytes indicated lack of proliferative capacity in response to monoclonal or polyclonal anti-Ids and only marginal proliferative capacity in response to coxsackievirus B3 virus antigen(s). In vitro assessment of delayed hypersensitivity in recipient animals demonstrated some specific immunity to anti-Ids in recipients receiving splenocytes or T cells. Anti-Ids expressing mimicry for heart-associated and/or viral antigen(s) interacting with B cells or other accessory cells suggest an autoantibody or anti-Id triggering of B-cell-mediated mechanisms involved in the development of myocarditis.

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Splenic noradrenergic and adrenocortical responses during the preclinical and clinical stages of adoptively transferred experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE).

When experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is induced by adoptive transfer of myelin basic protein (MBP)-specific lymphocytes the splenic noradrenergic and adrenocortical responses mirror in most respects those that occur following sensitization with spinal cord and Freund's adjuvant (CFA), despite the absence of the primary immune challenge. An early drop in splenic noradrenaline (NA), observed only when purified protein derivative-primed cells are transferred may reflect a vigorous proliferative response in vitro, not observed with MBP-specific cells. However, serum corticosterone (CS) levels and the density of splenocyte beta-adrenergic receptors were increased in both experimental groups within 3 days of cell inoculation. The stress of clinical signs of EAE resulted in highly significant increases in both splenic NA and plasma CS. Thus adoptively transferred EAE provides a well-delineated model of autoimmune disease for investigating the immunomodulatory role of the neural and endocrine systems.

Adrenal Cortex↗

CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells generated in response to insulin B:9-23 peptide prevent adoptive transfer of diabetes by diabetogenic T cells.

NOD mice have a relative deficiency of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells that could result in an inability to maintain peripheral tolerance. The aim of this study was to induce the generation of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in response to autoantigens to prevent type 1 diabetes (T1D). We found that immunization of NOD mice with insulin B-chain peptide B:9-23 followed by 72 h in vitro culture with B:9-23 peptide induces generation of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells. Route of immunization has a critical role in the generation of these cells. Non-autoimmune mice BALB/c, C57BL/6 and NOR did not show up regulation of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells. These cells secreted large amounts of TGF-beta and TNF-alpha with little or no IFN-gamma and IL-10. Adoptive transfer of these CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells into NOD-SCID mice completely prevented the adoptive transfer of disease by diabetogenic T cells. Although, non-self antigenic OVA (323-339) peptide immunization and in vitro culture with OVA (323-339) peptide does result in up regulation of CD4+CD25+ T cells, these cells did not prevent transfer of diabetes. Our study for the first time identified the generation of antigen-specific CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells specifically in response to immunization with B:9-23 peptide in NOD mice that are capable of blocking adoptive transfer of diabetes. Our results suggest the possibility of using autoantigens to induce antigen-specific regulatory T cells to prevent and regulate autoimmune diabetes.

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[Effect of anti-brain sera on the appearance of hypersensitivity of the delayed type and its adoptive transfer].

The effect of rabbit immunosera against CBA mouse brain on lymphoid cells of guinea pigs was studied in experiments with adoptive transfer of hypersensitivity of the delayed type. In vitro treatment of the transferred cells abolished their capacity for adoptive transfer. Such an effect of the sera was not selective with respect to the sensitizing antigen, i. e. it was nonspecific. Pretreatment with sera blocked the development of local allergic reactions of the delayed type and did not affect reactions of the immediate type.

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Adoptive transfer of NK 1.1+ lymphocytes in immune-mediated colitis: a pro-inflammatory or a tolerizing subgroup of cells?

UNLABELLED: T lymphocytes expressing NK1.1 marker (NKT) have been suggested to play crucial roles in immune modulation. AIM: To determine the role of NK1.1+ cells in induction and maintenance of pro-inflammatory and/or tolerizing responses. METHODS: Colitis was induced in C57/B6 donor mice by intracolonic instillation of trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS). Donor mice received five oral doses of colonic proteins extracted from TNBS-colitis colonic wall. Depletion of NK1.1+ lymphocytes was performed before lymphocyte harvesting. Splenocytes were harvested and separated into T-cell subpopulations, and transplanted into recipient mice before intracolonic instillation of TNBS. Standard clinical, macroscopic, and microscopic scores, and intracellular staining, flow cytometry, and cytotoxicity assays were performed. RESULTS: The adoptive transfer of CD4+ and NK1.1+ cells harvested from tolerized mice markedly ameliorated the colitis in recipient mice. In contrast, the adoptive transfer of CD8+ and double negative lymphocytes failed to transfer the tolerance. Recipients of splenocytes from tolerized mice exhibited an increase in CD4+ IL4+/CD4+ IFNgamma+ ratio. In contrast, recipients of splenocytes from NK1.1-depleted-tolerized mice exhibited severe colitis with a significant decrease of the CD4+ IL4+/CD4+ IFNgamma+ ratio. However adoptive transfer of splenocytes from non-tolerized NKT-depleted mice led to an alleviation of colitis with a relative increase of the CD4+ IL4+/CD4+ IFNgamma+ ratio. CONCLUSIONS: NK1.1+ lymphocytes play a critical role in immune regulation. They may be accountable for an alteration of the inflammatory response and the CD4+ IL4+/CD4+ IFNgamma ratio immune-mediated colitis and in peripheral tolerance induction.

Adoptive Transfer↗

Inhibition of tumor metastasis by adoptive transfer of IL-12-activated Valpha14 NKT cells.

A unique lymphocyte lineage, the Valpha14 NKT cells, expresses both NK1.1 and an invariant antigen receptor encoded by Valpha14 and Jalpha281 gene segments. Valpha14 NKT cells play crucial roles in various immune responses, including autoimmune diseases, allergic reactions and anti-tumor immunity. Valpha14 NKT cells were demonstrated to be essential for anti-tumor effect of IL-12 in vivo. Here, we report that adoptive transfer of IL-12-activated Valpha14 NKT cells prevents hepatic metastasis of B16 melanoma. The injection of large amounts of IL-2, IL-4, and IFN-gamma, which are cytokines produced by activated Valpha14 NKT cells, exhibited no significant inhibition of the metastasis of this melanoma. The cells prepared from the liver of IL-12-injected mice expressed a potent cytotoxic activity on B16 melanoma cells in vitro. Although the adoptive transfer of IL-12-activated Valpha14 NKT cells prevents hepatic metastasis of B16 melanoma, activated NK cells from IL-12-injected RAG-1-/- mice failed to inhibit the metastasis of this melanoma. Thus, the anti-tumor effect of IL-12 can be replaced by adoptive transfer of IL-12-activated Valpha14 NKT cells but not by IL-12-activated NK cells, suggesting a minor role of NK cells for the IL-12-mediated anti-tumor effect in this experimental system. Moreover, our studies have suggested the involvement of direct cytotoxic mechanisms rather than cytokine-mediated immune responses at the effector phase of the Valpha14 NKT cell-mediated anti-tumor activity.

Adoptive Transfer↗

Serial adoptive transfer of murine experimental allergic encephalomyelitis: successful transfer is dependent on active disease in the donor.

In an attempt to understand the mechanisms underlying disease progression in adoptively transferred experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), and perhaps multiple sclerosis (MS), this study has examined the transfer of EAE serially from primary to secondary and tertiary recipients using myelin basic protein (MBP)-responsive lymphocytes. It was found that EAE could be serially transferred only when there was acute or relapsing disease activity in the donor animal. Cells from donors with quiescent disease did not transfer EAE. Autoradiographic attempts to locate primary adoptively transferred cells in the central nervous system of secondary and tertiary recipients were uniformly unsuccessful. These findings implicate the requirement of effector cell activation in the donor and the recruitment of augmenting autoimmune cells in lesion formation.

Acute Disease↗

An adoptive transfer system for the investigation of granuloma formation in murine listeriosis.

A system is described for studying adoptive transfer of granuloma formation in infection of mice with the facultative intracellular bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes. Intravenous injection of graded numbers of L. monocytogenes-immune peritoneal exudate T-enriched cells (PETLEs) together with 5 X 10(4) living L. monocytogenes resulted in dose-dependent accelerated granuloma formation in the livers of recipient mice. The lymphoid cells conferring granuloma formation were T cells by virtue of their nonadherence to nylon wool and sensitivity to anti-Thy 1.2 antiserum plus complement. Since granuloma formation could not be transferred from C57B1/6J donors to BALB/c recepients it is concluded that adoptive transfer of granuloma formation is genetically restricted.

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Treatment of murine gliomas by adoptive transfer of ex vivo activated tumor-draining lymph node cells.

The adoptive transfer of tumor-reactive T lymphocytes has recently been demonstrated to be an effective means for mediating the regression of experimental intracranial fibrosarcomas. In this study, mice bearing syngeneic intracranial GL261 gliomas were cured by the combination of sublethal whole body irradiation followed by the intravenous transfer of tumor-draining lymph node (LN) T cells activated with anti-CD3 or staphylococcal enterotoxin C2 (SEC2). To further identify the functional effector T cel population in the adoptive immunotherapy, LN T cells were separated into two subsets, based on the level of expression of the cell adhesion molecule CD62L (L-selectin). As few as 5 x 10(5) CD62Llow cells could cure the majority of animals, whereas 2 x 10(6) CD62Lhigh cells were completely ineffective. Moreover, T cells isolated from advanced intracranial tumors were identified to be predominantly CD62Llow. In contrast, spleens contained a mixture of CD62L low and high cells similar to the transferred cell population. T cells in the glioma site were more actively proliferating than those isolated from the spleen. Mice cured of GL261 tumors demonstrated long-term immunologic memory by rejecting intracranial challenges of the original tumor but not an immunologically distinct tumor. Furthermore, despite infiltration of transferred cells into the intracranial tumors, cured mice did not exhibit any apparent neurologic abnormalities during treatment, prolonged follow-up, or after intracranial tumor rechallenge. This study demonstrates the effective treatment of an intracranial murine glioma by the systemic adoptive transfer of activated tumor-draining LN T cells and selective tumor infiltration by the therapeutically active CD62Llow T cells.

Adoptive Transfer↗