Anti-Tumor Activity of Expanded PBMC-Derived NK Cells by Feeder-Free Protocol in Ovarian Cancer

Natural killer (NK) cells have shown great therapeutic potential against a wide range of cancers due to their pan-specific target recognition. Numerous reports indicate that NK cell immunotherapy is an effective therapeutic approach for treating hematological malignancies, but shows limited effects...

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Autores principales: Minhua Chen, Yutong Li, Yu Wu, Siqi Xie, Jie Ma, Jingjing Yue, Rong Lv, Zhigang Tian, Fang Fang, Weihua Xiao
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2791ed452327405c9a47550744ca0ee72021-11-25T17:04:54ZAnti-Tumor Activity of Expanded PBMC-Derived NK Cells by Feeder-Free Protocol in Ovarian Cancer10.3390/cancers132258662072-6694https://doaj.org/article/2791ed452327405c9a47550744ca0ee72021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/22/5866https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6694Natural killer (NK) cells have shown great therapeutic potential against a wide range of cancers due to their pan-specific target recognition. Numerous reports indicate that NK cell immunotherapy is an effective therapeutic approach for treating hematological malignancies, but shows limited effects against solid tumors. In this study, several models of ovarian cancer (OC) were used to test the anti-cancer effects of NK cells derived from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and expanded using a feeder cell-free expansion system (eNKs). The results show that eNKs exhibit potent inhibitory activity on tumor growth in different ovarian cancer xenograft mice (i.e., solid tumors, abdominal metastatic tumors, and ascites), importantly, in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, adoptive transfer of eNKs resulted in significant reduction in ascites formation in OC peritoneal tumor models, and especially in reducing intraperitoneal ascites. We found that eNKs could migrate to the tumor site, retain their activity, and proliferate to maintain high cell counts in cutaneous xenograft mice. In addition, when increased the infusion with a high dose of 12 × 10<sup>7</sup> cells/mouse, Graft-versus-host disease could be induced by eNK. These data show that eNK cell immunotherapy could be a promising treatment strategy for ovarian cancers, including solid tumors and ascites.Minhua ChenYutong LiYu WuSiqi XieJie MaJingjing YueRong LvZhigang TianFang FangWeihua XiaoMDPI AGarticlenatural killer cellovarian cancerascitescell immunotherapyallogenic NKimmunotherapyNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282ENCancers, Vol 13, Iss 5866, p 5866 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
topic natural killer cell
ovarian cancer
ascites
cell immunotherapy
allogenic NK
immunotherapy
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
spellingShingle natural killer cell
ovarian cancer
ascites
cell immunotherapy
allogenic NK
immunotherapy
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
Minhua Chen
Yutong Li
Yu Wu
Siqi Xie
Jie Ma
Jingjing Yue
Rong Lv
Zhigang Tian
Fang Fang
Weihua Xiao
Anti-Tumor Activity of Expanded PBMC-Derived NK Cells by Feeder-Free Protocol in Ovarian Cancer
description Natural killer (NK) cells have shown great therapeutic potential against a wide range of cancers due to their pan-specific target recognition. Numerous reports indicate that NK cell immunotherapy is an effective therapeutic approach for treating hematological malignancies, but shows limited effects against solid tumors. In this study, several models of ovarian cancer (OC) were used to test the anti-cancer effects of NK cells derived from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and expanded using a feeder cell-free expansion system (eNKs). The results show that eNKs exhibit potent inhibitory activity on tumor growth in different ovarian cancer xenograft mice (i.e., solid tumors, abdominal metastatic tumors, and ascites), importantly, in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, adoptive transfer of eNKs resulted in significant reduction in ascites formation in OC peritoneal tumor models, and especially in reducing intraperitoneal ascites. We found that eNKs could migrate to the tumor site, retain their activity, and proliferate to maintain high cell counts in cutaneous xenograft mice. In addition, when increased the infusion with a high dose of 12 × 10<sup>7</sup> cells/mouse, Graft-versus-host disease could be induced by eNK. These data show that eNK cell immunotherapy could be a promising treatment strategy for ovarian cancers, including solid tumors and ascites.
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author Minhua Chen
Yutong Li
Yu Wu
Siqi Xie
Jie Ma
Jingjing Yue
Rong Lv
Zhigang Tian
Fang Fang
Weihua Xiao
author_facet Minhua Chen
Yutong Li
Yu Wu
Siqi Xie
Jie Ma
Jingjing Yue
Rong Lv
Zhigang Tian
Fang Fang
Weihua Xiao
author_sort Minhua Chen
title Anti-Tumor Activity of Expanded PBMC-Derived NK Cells by Feeder-Free Protocol in Ovarian Cancer
title_short Anti-Tumor Activity of Expanded PBMC-Derived NK Cells by Feeder-Free Protocol in Ovarian Cancer
title_full Anti-Tumor Activity of Expanded PBMC-Derived NK Cells by Feeder-Free Protocol in Ovarian Cancer
title_fullStr Anti-Tumor Activity of Expanded PBMC-Derived NK Cells by Feeder-Free Protocol in Ovarian Cancer
title_full_unstemmed Anti-Tumor Activity of Expanded PBMC-Derived NK Cells by Feeder-Free Protocol in Ovarian Cancer
title_sort anti-tumor activity of expanded pbmc-derived nk cells by feeder-free protocol in ovarian cancer
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/2791ed452327405c9a47550744ca0ee7
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