Abstract:
Objective:To establish culture system of γδT cell and to explore killing activity of the γδT cells against different human hematologic neoplasms cells. Methods:Four patients with lymphoma who were hospitalized in the Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, the 307th Hospital of PLA and five healthy volunteers for physical examination during January to April 2016 were selected and their peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) were isolated respectively. γδT cells were amplified in vitro with zoledronate (Zol) and IL-2, and killing activities of the γδT cells against hematologic neoplasms Jurkat, THP-1, HL-60, K562, Raji, U-937 and RPMI-8226 line cells were investigated by Flow cytometry assay. Killing effects of CIK cells, NK cells and the γδT cells on K562 cells were compared; and the expression levels of IFN-γ, TNF-α and secretion level of CD107a molecule in the γδT cells were detected. Results: The γδT cells were successfully amplified from peripheral blood in vitro. The γδT cells showed obvious killing activities against all of the Jurkat, THP-1, HL-60, K562, U-937 and RPMI-8226 cells (P<0.05). There was not a statistical difference between killing activities of the γδT and NK cells against the K562 cells (P>0.05), but killing activity of the γδT cells against K562 cells was higher than that of CIK cells (P<0.01). With extending the co-incubation time with K562 cells, level of IFN-γ secreted by the γδT cells increased as a time-dependent manner, in addition, level of TNF-α in the γδT cells gradually increased after 8 h of the co-incubation. After co-incubation of the γδT cells with the K562 or the HL-60 cells, expression level of CD107a molecule in the γδT cells was significantly up-regulated (P<0.01). Conclusion:The γδT cells amplified showed higher killing activity against hematologic neoplasms cells, which could provide experimental evidence for cellular immunotherapy of hematologic neoplasms.