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Induction of monocyte antitumor response by human cancer cells transduced with TNF-GFP fusion gene: possible implications for immunotherapy of cancer.

This study was undertaken to determine how human pancreatic cancer (HPC-4) cells transduced with the TNF-GFP fusion gene (TLG) alter the antitumor response of human monocytes in vitro and whether they could act as an antitumor vaccine. In our model, HPC-4 cells were transduced with retroviral vector harboring TLG gene and designated as HPC-4(TLG). The TLG protein expression was confirmed by Western blot and flow cytometry analysis. Monocytes were co-cultured with transduced and control HPC-4 cells. The secretion of TNF, IL-10 and IL-12 was measured by ELISA. The cytotoxicity of monocytes against HPC-4 cells was determined by MTT test. The results show that the HPC-4(TLG) cells expressed membrane-bound, intracellular and secretory TLG protein. When cultured with HPC-4(TLG) cells, monocytes released a higher amount of TNF, but IL-10 and IL-12 secretion was inhibited. The pre-exposure of monocytes to HPC-4(TLG), but not to HPC-4, cells did not decrease TNF nor increase IL-10 production, thus not leading to monocyte deactivation. Also, the antitumor cytotoxicity of monocytes stimulated with HPC-4(TLG) was not downregulated, which occurred when non-transduced HPC-4 cells were used. In conclusion, compared to parental HPC-4 cells, TLG gene transduced HPC-4 cells induced stronger antitumor response of monocytes in vitro and prevented deactivation of monocytes.