Suppression of TGF-β1 in Human Gliomas by Retroviral Gene Transfection Enhances Susceptibility to LAK Cells.

Autor: Yamanaka, Ryuya, Tanaka, Ryuichi, Yoshida, Seiichi, Saitoh, Takafumi, Fujita, Kazuyuki, Naganuma, Hirofumi
Zdroj: Journal of Neuro-Oncology; May1999, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p27-34, 8p
Abstrakt: Human glioma cell line, Onda 10 produces TGF-β1. TGF-β1 has a biological role for the immunosuppression of the host. We have investigated whether suppression of TGF-β1 on human glioma cell enhanced the susceptibility to lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. In vitro, susceptibility to LAK cells on Onda 10 cell is augmented by retroviral gene transfection with antisense TGF-β1. Nude mice bearing Onda 10 cells transduced with antisense TGF-β1 gene has a longer life span compared to mice carrying that of sense TGF-β1 gene or vector alone. The cytotoxic activity of LAK cells induced from spleen cells of mice carrying antisense TGF-β1 gene transduced cells is higher against Onda 10 cell than that of LAK cells from mice carrying vector alone transduced cells. Also, antisense TGF-β1 gene transduced cells are much more sensitive to LAK cells compared to Onda 10. These suggest that the augmented host systemic immunity in mice is one of the mechanisms of the reduced tumorigenicity of antisense TGF-β1 gene transduced cells and that the increased systemic immunity could be ascribed to the increased immunogenicity of the tumor cells. The gene therapy for malignant glioma with antisense TGF-β1 gene is expected to be promising. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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