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56. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie e. V. (DGNC)
3èmes journées françaises de Neurochirurgie (SFNC)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie e. V.
Société Française de Neurochirurgie

07. bis 11.05.2005, Strasbourg

Serum-free generation of mature dendritic cells from malignant glioma patients

Serumfreie Gewinnung reifer dendritischer Zellen von Gliompatienten

Meeting Abstract

  • Z. Özcan - Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Düsseldorf
  • corresponding author M. Rapp - Department of Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Düsseldorf
  • S. Vleeschouwer - Department of Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Düsseldorf
  • W. Stummer - Department of Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Düsseldorf
  • P. Wernet - Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Düsseldorf
  • H.-J. Steiger - Department of Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Düsseldorf
  • R. Sorg - Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Düsseldorf
  • M. Sabel - Department of Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Düsseldorf

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. Société Française de Neurochirurgie. 56. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie e.V. (DGNC), 3èmes journées françaises de Neurochirurgie (SFNC). Strasbourg, 07.-11.05.2005. Düsseldorf, Köln: German Medical Science; 2005. DocP171

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Veröffentlicht: 4. Mai 2005

© 2005 Özcan et al.
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Objective

Immunotherapy with tumor-antigen loaded dendritic cells (DC) is a promising approach, which may allow the specific killing of tumor cells without excessive damage to normal tissues. However, it relies on ex-vivo generation of sufficient numbers of functionally competent DC, which may be impaired in patients. Here, mature monocyte-derived DC were generated from malignant glioma patients in a two-step culture protocol using either plasma-supplemented or serum-free medium.

Methods

DC generation in glioma patients and controls was compared, using GMP-quality, serum-free CellGro DC medium and plasma-supplemented X-Vivo 15 medium. Monocytes were enriched immunomagnetically to over 96% CD14+ purity and cultured in the presence of GM-CSF and IL-4 for the first 6 days, followed by an additional 3-day culture period in the presence of GM-CSF, IL-4 and TNFα, to induce DC maturation. Resulting DC were characterized by flow cytometry.

Results

In patients (n=14), frequencies of lymphocytes and CD3+ T-cells were significantly reduced, whereas the frequency of neutrophils was increased. Immunophenotypic characterization of T-cells revealed a decreased frequency of CD25+ cells in patients. Functionally, there was a slightly better mitogen-responsiveness of T-cells in patients as compared to controls. In the monocyte compartment, the only phenotypic difference observed was a lower frequency of CD80+ cells in patients. DC differentiation of monocytes revealed more homogenous generation of mature CD83+/CD14- DC for patients compared to controls in the presence of X-vivo 15 medium supplemented with autologous plasma. Residual CD14 expression was lower and expression of CD83, CD80 and CD25 was higher for patients. When serum-free CellGro DC medium was used instead, all of these differences disappeared, besides the higher frequency of CD25+ DC in patients.

Conclusions

Overall, the serum-free medium was superior to plasma-supplemented X-vivo 15 medium. Thus, only minor differences between glioma patients and controls were observed, which probably will not affect DC-based immunotherapy. In addition, a serum-free culture system is defined, which allows efficient and homogenous ex vivo generation of mature DC from glioma patients for clinical application.