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Department of 1 Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, 2 Medical Scientist Program, Department of Pathology, 3 Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, 4 Division of Hematology/Oncology, 5 Division of Epidemiology and Biometrics, 6 The Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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8+ T-cell receptor specific for the P1A tumor antigen (called P1CTL). Mice were then randomized to receive daily low-dose IL-15 (0.5 µg/day) or PBS. Mice receiving the transgenic P1CTL and IL-15 experienced a significantly delayed tumor relapse or complete tumor regression (P < 0.002 compared with PBS), with a striking persistence of the CD8+ V8+ P1CTL compared with mice receiving the CD8+ V8+ P1CTL and PBS vehicle (26.3 versus 5.1% P < 10–5). Animals exhibiting complete tumor regression had a significant population of CD8+ V8+ P1CTL (46%) that persisted with IL-15 treatment until 140 days after adoptive transfer and successfully defended them against tumor rechallenge without IL-15. Low-dose IL-2 afforded no protection over vehicle and resulted in lower percentages of T cells with an activated memory phenotype, lower Bcl-2 expression, and lower ex vivo antitumor cytotoxicity compared with mice treated with IL-15. Collectively, the data support the notion that exogenous low-dose IL-15 therapy can enhance and even reverse the limited efficacy of adoptively transferred tumor-specific T-cell therapy and may do so in a fashion that is superior and distinct from exogenous IL-2 therapy. |
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IL-15 is a pleiotropic cytokine that is important for both innate and adaptive immunity (10, 11, 12, 13)
. When first discovered, it was noted that IL-15 could maintain in vitro proliferation of an IL-2–dependent T-cell line even in the presence of anti-IL-2–neutralizing antibodies. This redundancy in vitro could in part be explained by the fact that both IL-15 and IL-2 use common receptor 
(c) and ß chains for binding and signal transduction, whereas each has a unique receptor chain that confers high-affinity binding without obvious participation in signaling (9)
. Comparing the role of IL-2 and IL-15 in vivo revealed their distinct functions in the homeostasis of CD8+ memory T cells. IL-15–/– mice have a deficit in their CD8+ memory T-cell pool that can be restored with administration of exogenous IL-15 (12
, 14)
. In contrast, IL-2 appears to negatively regulate the CD8+ memory T-cell pool through activation-induced cell death, because IL-2–/– mice have a polyclonal expansion of T cells (15
, 16)
. Furthermore, provision of exogenous IL-15 stimulates proliferation of CD8+ memory T cells in vivo and in vitro (17)
, and transgenic mice that overexpress the murine or human IL-15 protein display a selective expansion of both natural killer cells and CD8+ memory T cells but not naïve CD8+ or CD4+ T cells (18
, 19)
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On the basis of these properties, we hypothesized that systemic administration of exogenous low-dose IL-15 but not IL-2 might promote the maintenance and function of tumor-specific CD8+ memory T cells in vivo and thereby mediate sustained tumor regression in a mouse tumor model that initially responds but ultimately succumbs to adoptive transfer of tumor-specific T cells alone. We used the J558 plasmacytoma cell line that expresses the unmutated tumor antigen P1A, which is recognized by CD8+ CTL from mice with a transgenic V8+ T-cell receptor [(TCR) called P1CTL; ref. 20
]. Immunodeficient rag2–/– mice lacking endogenous T cells were subcutaneously inoculated with the P1A-expressing mouse J558 plasmacytoma tumor, followed by an adoptive transfer of P1CTL, with randomization to exogenous low-dose IL-15, vehicle control (PBS), or IL-2 treatment. We demonstrate that low-dose IL-15 but not IL-2 delays or prevents tumor relapse by sustaining tumor-specific memory CTLs.
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Animals.
P1CTL transgenic mice expressing V8+ TCRs specific for the P1A 35–43:Ld complex were generated by our laboratory as described (20)
. All of the donor mice were between 8 and 12 weeks of age. Six to 8-week-old female immunodeficient rag2–/– mice were purchased from Taconic (Germantown, NY) and maintained in pathogen-free, micro-isolated cages. All of the animal research was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Laboratory Animal Care and Use Committee at The Ohio State University.
Tumor Growth.
Immunodeficient rag2–/– mice were subcutaneously inoculated in the ventral flank with 5 x 106 J558Neo tumor cells (20)
. Subcutaneous tumor growth was measured with digital calipers at 2- to 3-day intervals after the initial tumor cell injection. Injection of J558 tumor cells in >150 rag2–/– mice results in >95% take rate. Tumors were measured with one measurement spanning the longest dimension (in millimeters) and a second perpendicular measurement. An average of these two measurements was used to represent mean tumor diameter for each mouse. Once tumors reached a size of 8 to 14 mm, mice received an adoptive transfer (described below) of pooled splenic and lymph node cells from P1CTL transgenic mice by i.p. injection. Tumor growth was recorded every 2 days until the tumor size had a mean diameter of 
20 to 30 mm or the animal was rendered immobile by the tumor. Animals were then considered moribund and euthanized with a lethal dose of anesthesia (ketamine/xylazine). An animal was considered to have complete tumor regression when there was no measurable or visible tumor mass. Tumor, splenocytes, and blood were collected for analysis of T cells and tumor cells by flow cytometry and for cytotoxicity assays. During the course of the experiments, animals were periodically bled from their tail veins for flow cytometric analysis of T cells in the peripheral blood.
Adoptive Transfer.
P1CTL transgenic females (10–14 weeks of age) were used as donors for adoptive immunotherapy. Donor mice were euthanized with CO2 inhalation. Spleens and lymph nodes were harvested from each mouse and then homogenized into single cell suspensions with cell strainers and syringe plungers. The splenocytes and lymph nodes were pooled and centrifuged, followed by standard red blood cell lysis. We adoptively transferred whole mononuclear lymphocyte suspensions containing 5 x 106 CD8+ V8+ P1CTL (determined by flow cytometry) into tumor bearing rag2–/– mice. All of the adoptively transferred CD8+ CTLs were V8+ P1CTL transgenic T cells. The engraftment of J558 tumor cells in rag2–/– mice followed by adoptive transfer was performed in four separate experiments.
Cytokines.
Cytokines were diluted in filtered PBS containing 0.05% human albumin, and frozen aliquots were thawed each day for sterile injection. Animals were dosed with 0.5 µg of human IL-15 (Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA), 0.5 µg of human IL-2 (proleukin, Chiron Corp., Emeryville, CA), or an equal volume of PBS vehicle by i.p. injection twice a day for 1 week after adoptive transfer. Thereafter, animals received a single daily injection of IL-15 or IL-2 (0.5 µg/dose) or PBS for 180 days.
In vivo Proliferation Assays.
Mice were given three i.p. injections of 0.4 mL bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) solution (Zymed Laboratories, Inc., San Francisco, CA) over a 9-day period after adoptive transfer of pooled splenocytes and lymph nodes from P1CTL transgenic mice on days 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14. On day 15 after adoptive transfer, spleens were harvested and analyzed for incorporation of BrdUrd via intracellular flow cytometry (described below).
Pooled splenocytes and lymph nodes were labeled with carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, OR). Cells (40 to 50 x 106) were labeled in 1 mmol/L carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester solution for 20 minutes at 37°C. Cells were washed, resuspended in 10 mL of RPMI 1640 with 10% FBS, and incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C. Cells (4 to 5 million CD8+ T cells/mouse) were washed again in serum-free RPMI 1640 and then injected into mice via tail vein. After 3 days, spleen and blood cells were harvested, stained with antimouse CD8, and analyzed for carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester fluorescence (FL-1) via flow cytometry.
Flow Cytometry.
Peripheral blood lymphocytes or splenocytes were stained with fluorophore-conjugated monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) recognizing the following surface antigens: CD8 (adenomatous polyposis coli or PerCP), CD62L (adenomatous polyposis coli), V8.3 TCR (phycoerythrin), CD44 (FITC), CD4 (PerCP), and CD43 (FITC). All of the mAbs were purchased from BD PharMingen (San Diego, CA). Nonspecific binding of mAbs was blocked by preincubating samples with unconjugated goat IgG (Sigma, St. Louis, MO). Cells were stained with conjugated mAbs on ice for 30 minutes. Cells were washed once with 3 mL of PBS and then fixed in 0.1% formalin and analyzed using a Becton-Dickinson FACSCalibur flow cytometer.
Intracellular staining was performed with hamster antimouse Bcl-2 phycoerythrin, hamster isotype control phycoerythrin, or hamster anti-BrdUrd FITC with DNase (BD PharMingen). Intracellular staining was performed using an intracellular flow cytometry kit (BD PharMingen) as described (21)
. Briefly, cells were stained for CD8 and V8.3 TCR surface markers, washed, and then fixed with the Cytofix/CytoPerm reagent. For BrdUrd staining, cells also were fixed using Cytofix/Cytoperm Plus before staining. Cells were preincubated with unconjugated goat IgG (Sigma) to block nonspecific antibody binding. Data were analyzed with CellQuest (Becton-Dickinson) and WinMDI (Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA) software.
Chromium Release Cytotoxicity Assay.
Assays were performed as described (22)
. Briefly, splenocytes were RBC lysed and cultured at effector:target ratios of 10:1, 20:1, 40:1, and 80:1. P1A-expressing J558 tumor cells were used as targets (10,000 cells/well). Specific lysis was expressed as a percentage with the following formula: sample release – minimum release/maximum release – minimum release.
Statistical Analysis.
An exact Wilcoxon rank-sum test was performed to test for a difference between the percentage of peripheral blood P1CTL and time of tumor relapse in mice receiving adoptive transfers of T cells and cytokines. Each outcome was tested separately. Student’s t test was used to interpret Bcl-2 expression. Cytotoxicity data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA.
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. We next inoculated immunodeficient rag2–/– mice with the P1A-expressing J558 tumor cell line, and when tumors reached a mean diameter of 10 mm, mice were treated with a single adoptive transfer of pooled spleen and lymph node cells from P1CTL transgenic mice. These mice were randomized to receive daily low-dose recombinant human IL-15 as a single agent or PBS vehicle control. Adoptive transfer with vehicle treatment resulted in initial tumor regression, followed by stabilization of tumor size, and then subsequent tumor relapse around day 35 (Fig. 1B)
. Relapsing tumors in vehicle-treated mice expanded unchecked to a diameter of 25 to 30 mm, at which time mice were sacrificed. In contrast, administration of exogenous IL-15 after adoptive transfer significantly prolonged tumor remission compared with vehicle treatment (Fig. 1B
; day 50, P < 0.002). IL-15 treatment of control mice that did not receive adoptive transfer of T cells did not result in inhibition of tumor growth (Fig. 1C)
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8 TCR chain expressed on transgenic tumor-specific T cells. Twenty-one days after adoptive transfer of P1CTL, mice receiving IL-15 treatment had significantly greater CD8+ V8+ P1CTLs in peripheral blood compared with vehicle-treated mice (Fig. 2A
, mean 26.3 versus 5.1%, P < 10–5). Blood P1CTLs in both groups displayed an activated or effector memory T-cell phenotype in vivo with high levels of CD44 and low levels of CD62L expression (Fig. 2B
; refs. 23
, 24
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. Nine months after adoptive immunotherapy and in the absence of IL-15 treatment, tumor-free mice were resistant to rechallenge with J558 tumor cells compared with naïve rag2–/– mice that developed palpable tumors by day 24 (data not shown). The tumor-free survival of these mice permitted analysis of long-term persistence of blood P1CTL. At 140 days after adoptive transfer, each mouse demonstrated a substantial (mean 46%) population of CD8+ V8+ P1CTLs (Fig. 3B)
. However, compared with day 21, P1CTLs now exhibited a CD44high CD62Lhigh central memory phenotype (Fig. 3C
; refs. 23
, 24
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8+ P1CTL proliferation in both spleen and peripheral blood compartments (Fig. 4A)
. CD8+ V8+ P1CTL proliferation was similar in mice treated with exogenous IL-15 or vehicle control (Fig. 4A)
. Furthermore, there was no difference in CD8+ V8+ P1CTL incorporation of BrdUrd in mice treated with either IL-15 or vehicle control at day 15 after adoptive transfer (Fig. 4B)
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. IL-2 treatment of mice that did not receive an adoptive transfer did not result in inhibition of tumor growth (data not shown).
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8+ P1CTLs found in blood of mice treated with either IL-15 or IL-2 (Fig. 6A)
, yet there was a significant difference in the fraction of these cells exhibiting a CD62Llow or effector memory phenotype (Fig. 6B
; 91 versus 61%, P < 0.002). Furthermore, splenocytes from mice treated with IL-15 displayed greater ex vivo cytolytic activity (57%) against J558 tumors than splenocytes from mice treated with PBS vehicle (24%) or IL-2 (40%; Fig. 6C
; IL-15 versus IL-2, P < 0.01; IL-15 versus PBS vehicle, P < 0.01, n = 3 mice per group). Lastly, IL-15 treatment resulted in increased Bcl-2 expression in blood CD8+ V8+ P1CTL compared with IL-2 treatment [Fig. 6D
; mean fluorescent intensity (MFI) 263 versus MFI 176, P < 0.0005, n = 4 mice per group].
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Maintenance of CD8+ memory T cells by IL-15 in vivo occurs via two mechanisms. The first mechanism is through stimulation of slow homeostatic proliferation. Bai et al. (26) demonstrated that the majority of T-cell priming and proliferation in the P1A transgenic T-cell tumor model occurs in lymphoid tissues via direct priming by tumor or via cross priming by host lymphoid tissues. Expansion of T cells in the spleen occurred between 3 and 5 days after adoptive transfer. In our experiments, we did not observe a difference in the number of divisions undergone by day 3 or in BrdUrd incorporation at day 15 in mice treated with IL-15 or vehicle control. Because the percentage of peripheral blood P1CTLs at 21 and 140 days after adoptive transfer increased (mean of 25% and 46%, respectively), it is possible that this increase was a result of non-CD8 T-cell death, leading to a relative increase in CD8 percentages or a slow rate of proliferation induced by IL-15. Alternatively, IL-15 could have promoted the differentiation of P1CTL into longer-lasting memory T cells.
A second mechanism through which IL-15 maintains memory CD8+ T cells is by the promotion of T-cell survival factors, including the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 (27) . In our in vivo studies, we found that IL-15 treatment results in an increase in T-cell Bcl-2 expression compared with IL-2 controls. Thus, it is possible that IL-15 promoted survival of activated tumor-specific T cells after priming and tumor regression, instead of or in addition to their proliferation. There is ample evidence that IL-15 supports Bcl-2 expression in antigen-specific memory (CD44high) CD8+ T cells both in vitro and in vivo (27 , 28) . Furthermore, there is evidence that IL-15 can prevent IL-2-stimulated activation-induced cell death (7) . Low levels of IL-15 (0.05 to 6 ng/mL) protected purified memory CD8+ T cells from apoptosis in vitro but failed to stimulate proliferation (27) . The concentrations that were sufficient to promote in vitro survival coincided with our pharmacokinetic data demonstrating peak plasma levels of 4.7 ng/mL. Thus, administration of exogenous low-dose IL-15 may have promoted tumor-specific T-cell survival via an increase in Bcl-2 expression.
IL-15 treatment maintained P1CTLs that displayed the phenotype of effector memory T cells (TEM, CD44high CD62Llow) 3 weeks after adoptive transfer. However, 17 weeks after adoptive transfer, the majority of P1CTL were central memory T cells (TCM, CD44high CD62Lhigh; refs. 23 , 24 ). This progression toward TCM is consistent with data from Wherry et al. (29) , who reported that CD8+ memory T-cell development is a linear continuum: naïve T > effector T > TEM > TCM, as demonstrated by their adoptive transfer of sorted TCM and TEM LCMV-specific T cells. Manjunath et al. (30) have reported previously the generation of TCM cultured with IL-15 (20 ng/mL) after peptide or anti-CD3 stimulation of CD8+ T cells. TCM displayed less cytotoxicity but persisted longer in vivo compared with TEM that were highly cytotoxic (30) . Supporting our data, Bai et al. (26) have already reported that P1CTLs from transgenic mice are indeed competent for lysis. IL-15 reportedly up-regulates gene expression of effector molecules, such as perforin and granzyme B (31 , 32) . In our experiments, the maintenance of a largely TCM P1CTL correlated with antitumor efficacy in vivo, implying that despite its biased differentiation away from TEM cytotoxic phenotypes, preservation of long-term T-cell memory with IL-15 has therapeutic potential.
Recently, Klebanoff et al. (33) compared high-dose IL-15 and IL-2 therapy for enhancement of in vivo antitumor activity of tumor-specific T cells. Transgenic pmel-1–specific T cells were stimulated in vitro with pmel-1–derived peptide, cultured in IL-2 or IL-15 for 1 week, and then adoptively transferred into wild-type mice bearing murine B16 melanoma tumors (33) . Additional treatment of these mice with exogenous high-dose IL-2 or IL-15 (12 to 108 µg, twice daily for 6 days) resulted in a significant delay in tumor growth (12 versus 29 days) compared with control (no cytokine treatment in vivo); there was no significant difference observed between treatment with exogenous IL-2 and IL-15. Interestingly, Kobayashi et al. (34) demonstrated distinct kinetics for IL-15 and IL-2, where IL-15 displayed faster clearance from the blood and greater accumulation in bone, spleen, and kidney tissues. Although both tumor models used transgenic T cells against tumor antigens, our data show, for the first time, that effective tumor regression could be achieved with low-dose IL-15 but not IL-2 and without requirement for peptide stimulation in vitro and peptide vaccination in vivo.
In summary, our data show that IL-15 promotes the long-term maintenance of tumor-specific memory T cells and can maintain and, in some cases, enhance tumor regression in vivo when cellular therapy alone is unsuccessful. Current strategies for adoptive immunotherapy with tumor-specific T cells, therefore, may benefit from the addition of recombinant IL-15 protein or gene therapy (35) . In addition to providing ligands for costimulatory receptors (25) , IL-15 also could be applied as an adjuvant in cancer vaccine strategies using tumor antigens that aim to expand tumor-specific T cells in vivo. Because IL-15 costimulates proinflammatory cytokine production by natural killer cells and recent evidence suggests that it also can promote maturation of antigen-presenting cells (36 , 37) , IL-15 may have multiple effects on the enhancement of cell-mediated antitumor efficacy that could be exploited clinically.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
Requests for reprints: Michael A. Caligiuri, The Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, A458 Starling Loving Hall, 320 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210. Phone: 614-293-7521; Fax: 614-293-7522; E-mail: caligiuri-1{at}medctr.osu.edu
Received 5/27/04. Revised 8/10/04. Accepted 8/23/04.
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, 0.5 µg/day) or PBS vehicle (
). Mean tumor size for each group is graphed with SE bars. The administration of IL-15 resulted in significant delay in tumor relapse (P < 0.002) compared with PBS vehicle. Data shown are representative of three independent experiments with identical results. C, growth curve demonstrating unchecked J558 tumor progression in rag2–/– mice receiving no adoptive transfer. Line, a single mouse.
