BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The CIK cell is one of the most important means of the adoptive cellular immunotherapy, and it is a hotspot of which to simplify its culture procedure and to promote its inhibition rate. The aim of this study is to observe the biological function of the CIK cells cultivated by the recombinant human fibronectin (RN) and to establish an effective and simple way of cells expansion. METHODS: We separated the mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in 50 mL peripheral blood from 10 healthy persons with density gradient centrifugation in the lymphocyte-separating medium, and the PBMCs were divided into two groups, of which were cultivated by RN-introduced and conventional method separately. Then we estimated the proliferation ability, and analyzed the immunologic type, IFN-gamma, IL-4, perforin and granzyme B of them with flow cytometry. Besides that, we tested the inhibition rate of CIKs cells to four kinds of human lung cancer cell lines in vitro by MTT assay. RESULTS: The RN-induced group had a higher proliferation rate that was 2.0-3.5 times of the conventional group, and there was an obvious statistical difference between the two (P < 0.05). The proliferation rates of CD3+CD16+CD56+T cells in each group were 3 778 and 2 068 times of the initial number, respectively. There was also a higher percentage of CD3+CD8+ T cells in RN-induced group (P < 0.05), while the percentage of CD3+CD4+T cells had no significant statistical difference (P > 0.05). We found a similar inhibition rate of the CIK cells to all this human lung cancer cell lines (P > 0.05). The cells which secreted IFN-gamma increased, while the cells which secreted IL-4 did not. The cells which secreted granzyme B and perforin were positive. CONCLUSION: It is an effective and simple way to cultivate the CIK cells with RN, which should be adopted.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The CIK cell is one of the most important means of the adoptive cellular immunotherapy, and it is a hotspot of which to simplify its culture procedure and to promote its inhibition rate. The aim of this study is to observe the biological function of the CIK cells cultivated by the recombinant humanfibronectin (RN) and to establish an effective and simple way of cells expansion. METHODS: We separated the mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in 50 mL peripheral blood from 10 healthy persons with density gradient centrifugation in the lymphocyte-separating medium, and the PBMCs were divided into two groups, of which were cultivated by RN-introduced and conventional method separately. Then we estimated the proliferation ability, and analyzed the immunologic type, IFN-gamma, IL-4, perforin and granzyme B of them with flow cytometry. Besides that, we tested the inhibition rate of CIKs cells to four kinds of humanlung cancer cell lines in vitro by MTT assay. RESULTS: The RN-induced group had a higher proliferation rate that was 2.0-3.5 times of the conventional group, and there was an obvious statistical difference between the two (P < 0.05). The proliferation rates of CD3+CD16+CD56+T cells in each group were 3 778 and 2 068 times of the initial number, respectively. There was also a higher percentage of CD3+CD8+ T cells in RN-induced group (P < 0.05), while the percentage of CD3+CD4+T cells had no significant statistical difference (P > 0.05). We found a similar inhibition rate of the CIK cells to all this humanlung cancer cell lines (P > 0.05). The cells which secreted IFN-gamma increased, while the cells which secreted IL-4 did not. The cells which secreted granzyme B and perforin were positive. CONCLUSION: It is an effective and simple way to cultivate the CIK cells with RN, which should be adopted.
The ratio changes of the CIK cells subsets cultured by RN
Phenotypes
CIK cultured by RN
CIK cultured by conventional method
d1
d7
d14
d21
d1
d7
d14
d21
*t =2.55, P=0.020; **t =2.21,
P=0.042.
CD3+
73.48±4.95
86.07±2.74
92.54±1.78
97.08±2.14
73.48±4.95
81.31±3.64
91.45±1.78
97.22±2.25
CD3+CD4+
60.00±8.61
31.86±12.09
24.10±13.39
15.31±8.49
60.00±8.61
34.64±14.35
26.88±14.11
18.79±6.84
CD3+CD8+
31.02±2.57
65.12±10.86
77.30±6.72
76.26±8.60
31.02±2.57
62.20±13.73
68.31±8.87*
66.79±9.52**
CD3+CD16+CD56+
1.83±0.21
4.43±2.35
15.16±8.49
26.01±7.68
1.83±0.21
5.33±2.25
18.21±8.73
31.32±7.34
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RN诱导法培养的CIK细胞中各亚群比例随培养天数的变化
The ratio changes of the CIK cells subsets cultured by RN
RN诱导法培养的CIK细胞中各亚群比例随培养天数的变化The ratio changes of the CIK cells subsets cultured by RNRN诱导法培养的CIK细胞中各亚群比例随培养天数的变化The ratio changes of the CIK cells subsets cultured by RN
The positive rate of cells secreting IFN-γ and IL-4 in CIK cells cultured by RN
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RN诱导后的CIK细胞穿孔素、颗粒酶B的阳性率
The positive rates of cells secreting perforin and granzyme B in CIK cells cultured by RN
RN诱导前后分泌IFN-γ和IL-4细胞的阳性率The positive rate of cells secreting IFN-γ and IL-4 in CIK cells cultured by RNRN诱导后的CIK细胞穿孔素、颗粒酶B的阳性率The positive rates of cells secreting perforin and granzyme B in CIK cells cultured by RN