CD4+ T cell clones isolated from human renal cell carcinoma possess the functional characteristics of Th2 helper cells. 1993

D D Schoof, and Y Terashima, and G E Peoples, and P S Goedegebuure, and J V Andrews, and J P Richie, and T J Eberlein
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

The underlying cause for the observed poor antitumor activity of lymphocytes resident, in situ, in freshly resected human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is unknown. To examine the basis for this observation we evaluated 217 T cell clones established from 20 consecutive patients with renal cell carcinoma. Of these, 75% were CD4+, 22% were CD8+, and 3% were NK+. Cytotoxic T cell function of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell clones was assessed by antibody-induced triggering of the TcR/CD3 complex. Nearly 93% of the CD4+ clones possessed poor cytolytic activity defined as < 50% killing (E:T, 50:1). Alternatively, nearly 80% of CD8+ clones possessed strong cytolytic activity defined as > or = 50% killing. In all T cell clones tested, MHC nonrestricted killing against Daudi or K562 was not observed. Overall, 77% of the T cell clones isolated from patients with RCC in this study were characterized by poor antitumor cytotoxic function; only 22% of the clones displayed strong cytolytic activity. Clones with strong cytotoxic function were tested for cytotoxic function against autologous tumor. However, all clones tested demonstrated little to no tumoricidal activity against autologous tumor. These results indicate that cytolytic T cells, while present in RCC, are not effectively activated by tumor to express CTL function. The immunobiology of CD4+ T cell clones was further evaluated. Thirty-two CD4+ clones from seven patients revealed distinct patterns of cytokine production following TcR/CD3 activation. CD4+ clones could be divided into IL-2 nonproducers and IL-2 producers. A total of 27/32 clones did not produce IL-2 following activation and IFN-gamma production by IL-2 nonproducers was more than threefold less than that by IL-2 producers. However, no differences were found in the levels of IL-4, IL-6, GM-CSF, or TNF-alpha between the two groups. Antitumor cytotoxicity mediated by CD4+ clones did not correlated with cytokine production. These results demonstrate that among T cells resident in human RCC, the predominant type of lymphocyte population consists of noncytolytic helper CD4+ T cells capable of secreting IL-4, but importantly not IL-2, and low levels of IFN-gamma following activation, thus resembling murine Th2 cells. Only a minor contribution by Th0-like cells was observed (i.e., CD4+ clones capable of secreting IL-2, IL-4, and IFN-gamma following activation).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007680 Kidney Neoplasms Tumors or cancers of the KIDNEY. Cancer of Kidney,Kidney Cancer,Renal Cancer,Cancer of the Kidney,Neoplasms, Kidney,Renal Neoplasms,Cancer, Kidney,Cancer, Renal,Cancers, Kidney,Cancers, Renal,Kidney Cancers,Kidney Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Kidney,Neoplasm, Renal,Neoplasms, Renal,Renal Cancers,Renal Neoplasm
D002292 Carcinoma, Renal Cell A heterogeneous group of sporadic or hereditary carcinoma derived from cells of the KIDNEYS. There are several subtypes including the clear cells, the papillary, the chromophobe, the collecting duct, the spindle cells (sarcomatoid), or mixed cell-type carcinoma. Adenocarcinoma, Renal Cell,Carcinoma, Hypernephroid,Grawitz Tumor,Hypernephroma,Renal Carcinoma,Adenocarcinoma Of Kidney,Adenocarcinoma, Renal,Chromophil Renal Cell Carcinoma,Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma,Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma,Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma,Collecting Duct Carcinoma,Collecting Duct Carcinoma (Kidney),Collecting Duct Carcinoma of the Kidney,Nephroid Carcinoma,Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma,Renal Cell Cancer,Renal Cell Carcinoma,Renal Cell Carcinoma, Papillary,Renal Collecting Duct Carcinoma,Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma,Adenocarcinoma Of Kidneys,Adenocarcinomas, Renal Cell,Cancer, Renal Cell,Carcinoma, Collecting Duct,Carcinoma, Collecting Duct (Kidney),Carcinoma, Nephroid,Carcinoma, Renal,Carcinomas, Collecting Duct,Carcinomas, Collecting Duct (Kidney),Carcinomas, Renal Cell,Collecting Duct Carcinomas,Collecting Duct Carcinomas (Kidney),Hypernephroid Carcinoma,Hypernephroid Carcinomas,Hypernephromas,Kidney, Adenocarcinoma Of,Nephroid Carcinomas,Renal Adenocarcinoma,Renal Adenocarcinomas,Renal Carcinomas,Renal Cell Adenocarcinoma,Renal Cell Adenocarcinomas,Renal Cell Cancers,Renal Cell Carcinomas,Tumor, Grawitz
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D002999 Clone Cells A group of genetically identical cells all descended from a single common ancestral cell by mitosis in eukaryotes or by binary fission in prokaryotes. Clone cells also include populations of recombinant DNA molecules all carrying the same inserted sequence. (From King & Stansfield, Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Clones,Cell, Clone,Cells, Clone,Clone,Clone Cell
D003602 Cytotoxicity, Immunologic The phenomenon of target cell destruction by immunologically active effector cells. It may be brought about directly by sensitized T-lymphocytes or by lymphoid or myeloid "killer" cells, or it may be mediated by cytotoxic antibody, cytotoxic factor released by lymphoid cells, or complement. Tumoricidal Activity, Immunologic,Immunologic Cytotoxicity,Immunologic Tumoricidal Activities,Immunologic Tumoricidal Activity,Tumoricidal Activities, Immunologic
D006377 T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer Subpopulation of CD4+ lymphocytes that cooperate with other lymphocytes (either T or B) to initiate a variety of immune functions. For example, helper-inducer T-cells cooperate with B-cells to produce antibodies to thymus-dependent antigens and with other subpopulations of T-cells to initiate a variety of cell-mediated immune functions. Helper Cell,Helper Cells,Helper T Cell,Helper-Inducer T-Lymphocytes,Inducer Cell,Inducer Cells,T-Cells, Helper-Inducer,T-Lymphocytes, Helper,T-Lymphocytes, Inducer,Helper T-Cells,Cell, Helper T,Cells, Helper T,Helper Inducer T Lymphocytes,Helper T Cells,Helper T-Cell,Helper T-Lymphocyte,Helper T-Lymphocytes,Helper-Inducer T-Cell,Helper-Inducer T-Cells,Helper-Inducer T-Lymphocyte,Inducer T-Lymphocyte,Inducer T-Lymphocytes,T Cell, Helper,T Cells, Helper,T Cells, Helper Inducer,T Lymphocytes, Helper,T Lymphocytes, Helper Inducer,T Lymphocytes, Inducer,T-Cell, Helper,T-Cell, Helper-Inducer,T-Cells, Helper,T-Lymphocyte, Helper,T-Lymphocyte, Helper-Inducer,T-Lymphocyte, Inducer
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013602 T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic Immunized T-lymphocytes which can directly destroy appropriate target cells. These cytotoxic lymphocytes may be generated in vitro in mixed lymphocyte cultures (MLC), in vivo during a graft-versus-host (GVH) reaction, or after immunization with an allograft, tumor cell or virally transformed or chemically modified target cell. The lytic phenomenon is sometimes referred to as cell-mediated lympholysis (CML). These CD8-positive cells are distinct from NATURAL KILLER CELLS and NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS. There are two effector phenotypes: TC1 and TC2. Cell-Mediated Lympholytic Cells,Cytotoxic T Cells,Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte,Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes,TC1 Cell,TC1 Cells,TC2 Cell,TC2 Cells,Cell Mediated Lympholytic Cells,Cell, Cell-Mediated Lympholytic,Cell, TC1,Cell, TC2,Cell-Mediated Lympholytic Cell,Cytotoxic T Cell,Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes,Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte,Lymphocyte, Cytotoxic T,Lympholytic Cell, Cell-Mediated,Lympholytic Cells, Cell-Mediated,T Cell, Cytotoxic,T Lymphocyte, Cytotoxic,T Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic,T-Lymphocyte, Cytotoxic
D015496 CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes A critical subpopulation of T-lymphocytes involved in the induction of most immunological functions. The HIV virus has selective tropism for the T4 cell which expresses the CD4 phenotypic marker, a receptor for HIV. In fact, the key element in the profound immunosuppression seen in HIV infection is the depletion of this subset of T-lymphocytes. T4 Cells,T4 Lymphocytes,CD4-Positive Lymphocytes,CD4 Positive T Lymphocytes,CD4-Positive Lymphocyte,CD4-Positive T-Lymphocyte,Lymphocyte, CD4-Positive,Lymphocytes, CD4-Positive,T-Lymphocyte, CD4-Positive,T-Lymphocytes, CD4-Positive,T4 Cell,T4 Lymphocyte
D016207 Cytokines Non-antibody proteins secreted by inflammatory leukocytes and some non-leukocytic cells, that act as intercellular mediators. They differ from classical hormones in that they are produced by a number of tissue or cell types rather than by specialized glands. They generally act locally in a paracrine or autocrine rather than endocrine manner. Cytokine

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