The effect of monoethylphosphate (MEP, commercial available or synthesized) together with IL-2 on the selective proliferation of human γ~δ T cells in Vitro from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of healthy d...The effect of monoethylphosphate (MEP, commercial available or synthesized) together with IL-2 on the selective proliferation of human γ~δ T cells in Vitro from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of healthy donors and of cancer patients was investigated. The γ~δ T cells were stimulated by MEP to proliferate in a dose-dependent manner. The effect of synthesized MEP was 10 times greater than that of commercial MEP. When the PBMCs of healthy donors were cultured for 25 d in the medium containing different concentrations of MEP, the total cell number increased about 1000-3000 fold; and the ratio of γ~δ T cells reached to 70-80%. The selective expansion of γ~δ T cells depended on the synergic action of MEP and IL-2. The bulk cultured γ~δ T cells exhibited obvious cytotoxic activities against allogenic tumor cell lines (SQ-5,K562 alld Daudi) and autologous tumor cells. The culture system described here not only offers a simple method for obtaining a large number of γ~δ T cells which may become a new effector in the adoptive immunotherapy, but also provides a useful model for the further studies of the structure and function of γ~δ T cells in vitro.展开更多
文摘The effect of monoethylphosphate (MEP, commercial available or synthesized) together with IL-2 on the selective proliferation of human γ~δ T cells in Vitro from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of healthy donors and of cancer patients was investigated. The γ~δ T cells were stimulated by MEP to proliferate in a dose-dependent manner. The effect of synthesized MEP was 10 times greater than that of commercial MEP. When the PBMCs of healthy donors were cultured for 25 d in the medium containing different concentrations of MEP, the total cell number increased about 1000-3000 fold; and the ratio of γ~δ T cells reached to 70-80%. The selective expansion of γ~δ T cells depended on the synergic action of MEP and IL-2. The bulk cultured γ~δ T cells exhibited obvious cytotoxic activities against allogenic tumor cell lines (SQ-5,K562 alld Daudi) and autologous tumor cells. The culture system described here not only offers a simple method for obtaining a large number of γ~δ T cells which may become a new effector in the adoptive immunotherapy, but also provides a useful model for the further studies of the structure and function of γ~δ T cells in vitro.