IL-2 expansion of T and NK cells from growth factor-mobilized peripheral blood stem cell products: Monocyte inhibition

Ana G. Ageitos, Rakesh K. Singh, Kazuhiko Ino, Ibrahim Ozerol, Stefano Tarantolo, Elizabeth K. Reed, James E. Talmadge

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Abstract

The expansion of T and natural killer (NK) cells in growth factor-mobilized peripheral blood stem cell (PSC) products with interleukin-2 (IL-2) requires a reduction in monocyte frequency. Monocytes are enriched with stem cells during apheresis and, in this series of growth factor-mobilized PSC products from breast cancer patients, represented 36 ± 6% of the cells in the product. Immunophenotyping studies revealed that monocytes inhibited the proliferation of NK cells (CD56+ and CD3 CDS+ CD56+ cells) and T cells (CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ cells) during IL-2 co-culture for 7, 14, or 21 days. A reduction in monocytes resulted in 61-fold expansion of CD3 CD8+ CD56+ cells compared with a 3.7-fold increase of CD3+ cells by day 21. In addition, following IL-2 co-culture, cells from PSC products with a reduced frequency of monocytes had a significantly increased T cell mitogenic response and NK cell activity in PSC products compared with intact products. We suggest that monocytes inhibit the IL-2-dependent proliferation and augmented function of NK and T cells from growth factor-mobilized PSC products.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)409-417
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Immunotherapy
Volume21
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

Keywords

  • Immunophenotype
  • Interleukin-2
  • Monocytes
  • Natural killer cells
  • Suppression
  • T cells
  • Tolerance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology
  • Pharmacology
  • Cancer Research

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