Abstract
Lymphocytes from peripheral blood (PBL) and from pleural effusions (PEL) of cancer patients were tested for cytotoxicity against tumor cells freshly isolated from carcinomatous pleural effusion of the same patient. Significant lysis of autologous tumor cells was recorded for 4 of 28 PBL samples and for 5 of 28 PEL cases when investigated in a 4-hour 51Cr release assay. In vitro treatment of lymphocytes for 20 hours with the streptococcal preparation OK432 resulted in an induction or augmentation of cytotoxicity against autologous tumor cells in 21 of 28 PBL and PEL specimens. OK432-induced cytotoxicity required active cell metabolism, RNA and protein syntheses, but not DNA synthesis of lymphocytes. Supernatants of OK432-stimulated lymphocytes, and interferon and interleukin 2 failed to induce autologous tumor killing. Nylon wool-nonadherent lymphocytes were involved in both spontaneous and OK432-induced lysis of fresh autologous tumor cells. OK432-activated lymphocytes from normal donors and cancer patients caused lysis of fresh allogeneic tumor cells and also K562 cells.
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