CIK cells are a subset of effector lymphocytes endowed with a non-MHC restricted anti-tumor activity making them an appealing and promising cell population for adoptive immunotherapy. CIK are usually generated ex-vivo by initial priming with Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and monoclonal antibody against CD3 (anti-CD3), followed by culture in medium containing Interleukin-2 (IL-2). Interleukin-15 (IL-15) shares with IL-2 similar biological functions and recently it has been reported to induce CIK with increased anti-leukemic potential. The aim of the study was to compare the killing efficacy of CIK generated by IL-2 alone or IL-2 and IL-15 toward tumor targets of different origins, leukemic cells and malignant cells from epithelial solid tumors. CIK bulk cultures were examined for cell proliferation, surface phenotype and cytotoxic potential against tumor cell lines K562, HL60, HeLa and MCF-7. The results showed that IL-15 is able to induce a selective expansion of CIK cells, but it is less effective in sustaining CIK cell proliferation compared to IL-2. Conversely, our data confirm and reinforce the feature of IL-15 to induce CIK cells with a potent cytotoxic activity mostly against tumor cells from epithelial solid malignancies via NKG2D-mediated mechanism.

Interleukin-15 enhances cytokine induced killer (CIK) cytotoxic potential against epithelial cancer cell lines via an innate pathway / Iudicone, Paola; Fioravanti, Daniela; Cicchetti, Elisabetta; Zizzari, ILARIA GRAZIA; Pandolfi, Annino; Scocchera, Rita; Fazzina, Raffaella; Pierelli, Luca. - In: HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0198-8859. - 77:12(2016), pp. 1239-1247. [10.1016/j.humimm.2016.09.003]

Interleukin-15 enhances cytokine induced killer (CIK) cytotoxic potential against epithelial cancer cell lines via an innate pathway

ZIZZARI, ILARIA GRAZIA;PIERELLI, LUCA
2016

Abstract

CIK cells are a subset of effector lymphocytes endowed with a non-MHC restricted anti-tumor activity making them an appealing and promising cell population for adoptive immunotherapy. CIK are usually generated ex-vivo by initial priming with Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and monoclonal antibody against CD3 (anti-CD3), followed by culture in medium containing Interleukin-2 (IL-2). Interleukin-15 (IL-15) shares with IL-2 similar biological functions and recently it has been reported to induce CIK with increased anti-leukemic potential. The aim of the study was to compare the killing efficacy of CIK generated by IL-2 alone or IL-2 and IL-15 toward tumor targets of different origins, leukemic cells and malignant cells from epithelial solid tumors. CIK bulk cultures were examined for cell proliferation, surface phenotype and cytotoxic potential against tumor cell lines K562, HL60, HeLa and MCF-7. The results showed that IL-15 is able to induce a selective expansion of CIK cells, but it is less effective in sustaining CIK cell proliferation compared to IL-2. Conversely, our data confirm and reinforce the feature of IL-15 to induce CIK cells with a potent cytotoxic activity mostly against tumor cells from epithelial solid malignancies via NKG2D-mediated mechanism.
2016
Cytokine-Induced-Killer; Immunotherapy; Interleukin-15; Interleukin-2; Carcinoma; Cell Proliferation; Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; Epithelial Cells; HL-60 Cells; HeLa Cells; Humans; Immunity, Innate; Interleukin-15; Interleukin-2; K562 Cells; MCF-7 Cells; NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily K; Immunotherapy, Adoptive
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Interleukin-15 enhances cytokine induced killer (CIK) cytotoxic potential against epithelial cancer cell lines via an innate pathway / Iudicone, Paola; Fioravanti, Daniela; Cicchetti, Elisabetta; Zizzari, ILARIA GRAZIA; Pandolfi, Annino; Scocchera, Rita; Fazzina, Raffaella; Pierelli, Luca. - In: HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0198-8859. - 77:12(2016), pp. 1239-1247. [10.1016/j.humimm.2016.09.003]
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