MICA expressed by multiple myeloma and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance plasma cells Costimulates pamidronate-activated gammadelta lymphocytes.
Cancer Res
; 65(16): 7502-8, 2005 Aug 15.
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ABSTRACT
Amino-biphosphonates (like pamidronate) activate human Vgamma9/Vdelta2 T lymphocytes and promote their cytotoxicity against multiple myeloma cells. T-cell receptor (TCR)-mediated effector functions of gammadelta cells are enhanced upon triggering of the activating receptor NKG2D by MICA, a stress-inducible antigen expressed by epithelial and some hematopoietic tumors, including multiple myeloma. Here we show that MICA was expressed not only by myeloma cell lines and by 6 of 10 primary multiple myeloma cells from patients but also by bone marrow plasma cells from all (six of six) patients with preneoplastic gammopathy (monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, MGUS), a direct precursor of multiple myeloma. Moreover, compared with multiple myeloma plasma cells, MICA was expressed by MGUS plasma cells at significantly (P < 0.05) higher levels. MICA expressed by myeloma cell lines contributed to killing and IFN-gamma production by Vgamma9/Vdelta2 cells only upon pamidronate treatment, suggesting a dual interaction between Vgamma9/Vdelta2 lymphocytes and multiple myeloma plasma cells involving both TCR triggering and NKG2D-mediated signals. Finally, MICA enhanced killing of freshly derived, pamidronate-treated multiple myeloma cells from patients by gammadelta cells, as indicated by the significantly (P < 0.05) higher gammadelta cytotoxicity against MICA-positive rather than MICA-negative multiple myeloma cells. Our results indicate that MICA expressed by monoclonal plasma cells is functional and correlates with disease stages, suggesting a role for the molecule in the immune surveillance against multiple myeloma. Moreover, pamidronate-activated Vgamma9/Vdelta2 lymphocytes can be exploited in the immune therapy of early stages multiple myeloma and possibly of premalignant disease.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Paraproteinemias
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Células Plasmáticas
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Linfocitos T
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Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I
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Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T gamma-delta
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Difosfonatos
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Mieloma Múltiple
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cancer Res
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia