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Requirement for NK Cells in CD40 Ligand-Mediated Rejection of Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells

Tanja A. Gruber^*,, Dianne C. Skelton^* and Donald B. Kohn^1,*,

^* Division of Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027; and Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033

We have previously developed a murine model of Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia by i.v. injection of a pre-B ALL cell line (BM185) derived from Bcr-Abl-transformed BALB/c bone marrow. We are studying the potential to elicit autologous antileukemic immune responses by introducing genes encoding immunomodulators (CD40 ligand (CD40L), CD80, and GM-CSF) into leukemia cells. BM185 cells expressing CD40L or CD80 alone, when injected into BALB/c mice, were rejected in approximately 25% of mice, whereas cohorts receiving BM185 cells expressing two or more immunomodulator genes rejected challenge 50–76% of the time. The greatest protection was conferred in mice receiving BM185 cells expressing all three immunomodulators. Addition of murine rIL-12 treatments in conjunction with BM185/CD80/CD40L/GM-CSF vaccination allowed rejection of preestablished leukemia. BM185 cell lines expressing CD40L were rejected in BALB/c nu/nu (nude) mice, in contrast to cell lines expressing CD80 and/or GM-CSF. Nude mice depleted of NK cells were no longer protected when challenged with BM185/CD40L, demonstrating a requirement for NK cells. Similarly, NK cell depletion in immunocompetent BALB/c mice resulted in a loss of protection when challenged with BM185/CD40L, confirming the data seen in nude mice. The ability of CD40L to act in a T cell-independent manner may be important for clinical applications in patients with depressed cellular immunity following chemotherapy.

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