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Immunotherapy of murine leukemias by monoclonal antibody. I. Effect of passively administered antibody on growth of transplanted tumor cells.

Abstract
The objective of the present study was to establish a model system for the evaluation of passive immunotherapy of murine leukemias. Monoclonal antibodies directed at T lymphocyte differentiation antigens (Thy 1 and Lyt 2) were tested for their effect on tumors that were grown in hosts congenic for the target antigen. Tumor challenges were selected that were at least 500 times the dose that was lethal in 50% of untreated controls. The A strain leukemia, ASL.1, was transplanted subcutaneously into a/Thy 1.1 congenic hosts. Intraperitoneal administration of anti-Thy 1.2 monoclonal antibodies of the IgG3 and IgM classes reduced tumor growth. Up to 90% of the mice receiving antibody of the IgG3 subclass failed to develop tumors, whereas IgM antibodies prolonged survival time, but the mice eventually died of tumors. Antibody was most effective if administered within 24 hr of tumor inoculation; delay of antibody injection for 48 hr prolonged host survival but did not eradicate cells at the injection site or prevent metastases. The C57BL/6-derived tumors, ERLD and EL4, were evaluated for susceptibility to treatment with antibody directed at the Lyt 2.2 alloantigen using the protocol that was effective in treating aSL.1. Monoclonal antibody of the IgG2a subclass was effective in the case of C57BL/6/Lyt 2.1 congenic mice bearing ERLD, but caused a decrease in survival time of mice bearing the transplanted EL4 tumor. Thus, antibody of the appropriate immunoglobulin subclass can be effective in controlling tumor growth if administered in the optimal treatment regimen, but inherent features of the tumor cell ultimately determine whether abrogation or enhancement of growth will occur.
AuthorsM E Kirch, U Hammerling
JournalJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) (J Immunol) Vol. 127 Issue 2 Pg. 805-10 (Aug 1981) ISSN: 0022-1767 [Print] United States
PMID6788849 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Isoantibodies
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antibodies (therapeutic use)
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
  • Immunity, Maternally-Acquired
  • Immunoglobulins (classification)
  • Immunotherapy
  • Isoantibodies
  • Leukemia, Experimental (mortality, therapy)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred A
  • Mice, Inbred AKR
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Nude
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Time Factors

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