PMID- 17284650 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070315 LR - 20070207 IS - 1066-5099 (Print) IS - 1066-5099 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 2 DP - 2007 Feb TI - Allogeneic intrabone marrow-bone marrow transplantation plus donor lymphocyte infusion suppresses growth of colon cancer cells implanted in skin and liver of rats. PG - 385-91 AB - We have recently found that allogeneic intrabone marrow-bone marrow transplantation (IBM-BMT) + donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) using CD4(+) cell-depleted spleen cells (CD4(-) cells) can prevent graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) but suppress tumor growth (Meth A: fibrosarcoma) in mice. In the present study, we show that allogeneic IBM-BMT + DLI using CD4(-) cells also has suppressive effects on the growth of colon cancer cells implanted not only in the skin but also in the liver of rats. First, we examined the effects of allogeneic IBM-BMT + DLI on the subcutaneously inoculated ACL-15 (rat colon cancer cell line). Lethally irradiated Fischer rats (F344 rats) were transplanted with T-cell-depleted bone marrow cells (BMCs) from Brown Norway (BN) rats. Simultaneously, DLI was performed using whole spleen cells (whole cells), CD4(+) cell-depleted spleen cells (CD4(-) cells) or CD8(+) cell-depleted spleen cells (CD8(-) cells) of BN rats. Although allogeneic IBM-BMT + DLI suppressed tumor growth, a considerable number of rats treated with allogeneic IBM-BMT + DLI using whole cells or CD8(-) cells died due to GvHD. In contrast, allogeneic IBM-BMT + DLI using CD4(-) cells also suppressed tumor growth, but there was no GvHD. Based on these findings, we next examined the effects of allogeneic IBM-BMT + DLI using CD4(-) cells on the cancer cells implanted in the liver. Allogeneic IBM-BMT + DLI using CD4(-) cells via the portal vein significantly prolonged the survival. These results suggest that allogeneic IBM-BMT + DLI using CD4(-) cells could become a new strategy for the treatment of solid tumors. FAU - Koike, Yasushi AU - Koike Y AD - First Department of Pathology, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Adachi, Yasushi AU - Adachi Y FAU - Suzuki, Yasuhiro AU - Suzuki Y FAU - Iwasaki, Masayoshi AU - Iwasaki M FAU - Koike-Kiriyama, Naoko AU - Koike-Kiriyama N FAU - Minamino, Keizo AU - Minamino K FAU - Nakano, Keiji AU - Nakano K FAU - Mukaide, Hiromi AU - Mukaide H FAU - Shigematsu, Akio AU - Shigematsu A FAU - Kiyozuka, Yasuhiko AU - Kiyozuka Y FAU - Tubura, Airo AU - Tubura A FAU - Kamiyama, Yasuo AU - Kamiyama Y FAU - Ikehara, Susumu AU - Ikehara S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Stem Cells JT - Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) JID - 9304532 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Colonic Neoplasms/*pathology MH - Killer Cells, Natural/immunology MH - Liver/*pathology MH - *Lymphocyte Transfusion MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred BN MH - Rats, Inbred F344 MH - Skin/*pathology MH - Spleen/cytology/immunology MH - Survival Rate MH - Transplantation, Homologous MH - *Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays EDAT- 2007/02/08 09:00 MHDA- 2007/03/16 09:00 CRDT- 2007/02/08 09:00 PHST- 2007/02/08 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/03/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/02/08 09:00 [entrez] AID - 25/2/385 [pii] AID - 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0227 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Stem Cells. 2007 Feb;25(2):385-91. doi: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0227.