Lysis of autologous melanoma cells by tumor infiltrating lymphocytes: Association with clinical response

Paul Aebersold, Cornelia Hyatt, Susan Johnson, Ken Hines, Laura Korcak, Melinda Sanders, Michael Lotz, Suzanne Topalian, James Yang, Steven A. Rosenberg

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Abstract

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) can be grown in vitro in medium containing interleukin-2 (IL-2). In clinical trials at the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute, patients with metastatic malignant melanomas were treated with IL-2 plus the adoptive transfer of autologous TILs. At the time of treatment, TILs were assayed for in vitro lysis of fresh autologous and allogeneic melanoma cells and Daudi cells. Patients were evaluated for clinical response 4-8 weeks later. Lysis of autologous tumor cells by TILs was significantly higher for responding than for non responding patients. Tumor cells from responding and non-responding patients were equally sensitive to lysis by allogeneic lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. There was no difference between TILs from responding and non-responding patients for lysis of LAK sensitive Daudi cells, which was low in most cases and demonstrated that TIL lysis of autologous tumor cells was not due to LAK cells. The observed association of autologous tumors cell lysis by TILs with clinical response suggests that the development of culture methods to optimize lysis of autologous tumors may lead to increased response rates using this TIL treatment regimen.[J Natl Cancer Inst 83: 932-937, 1991].

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)932-937
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the National Cancer Institute
Volume83
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 3 1991
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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