Abstract
In the present study, we examined the effect of interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene transfer into multidrug resistance (MDR) cancer cells on the therapeutic efficacy of MRK16. Human MDR ovarian cancer cells, AD10, were transduced with a bicistronic IL-2 retrovirus, Ha-IL2-IRES-Neo. The G418-resistant population, IL2-AD10, secreted IL-2 into the culture supernatant and did not form a tumor mass in nude mice. The IL2-AD10 cells were more susceptible to the cytotoxicity of murine spleen cells than AD10 cells in vitro. For examination of the effect of IL-2 gene transfer on the antitumor activity of MRK16 against P-glycoprotein-positive tumors, IL2-AD10 cells were co-transplanted s.c. with AD10 cells into nude mice in a ratio of 1:3, and the mice were treated with MRK16 on days 2 and 7. MRK16 markedly inhibited the growth of AD10 cells mixed with IL2-AD10 cells under conditions (0.3-1 microgram/body) where it showed only marginal effects on the growth of AD10 tumors. These findings suggest that IL-2 gene transfer potentiates the antitumor activity of MRK16 against MDR tumors.
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