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Quantifying Human Monocyte Chemotaxis In Vitro and Murine Lymphocyte Trafficking In Vivo
Published on: October 30, 2017
Monocyte-chemoattractant-protein-1-mediated migration of human monocytes towards blasts from patients with acute
M C Legdeur1, M G Broekhoven, G J Schuurhuis
1Department of Hematology, BR 240, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Purpose:
In the present study the possible clinical relevance of monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) was established.
Methods:
The pattern of migration of human monocytes towards the supernatants of blasts from 15 patients with AML was studied and the role of MCP-1, produced by these blasts, was assessed.
Results:
In 4 patients (group 1) the amount of monocyte migration was low and not inhibited by the addition of anti-hMCP-1. In 11 patients, the amount of monocyte migration was high; after addition of anti-hMCP-1, monocyte migration was either completely (8 patients, group 2), or partly or not (3 patients, group 3) inhibited to the level of chemokinesis. In groups 1 and 2, there was a good correlation (r = 0.67) between the concentration of MCP-1 in the supernatants and the amount of monocyte migration. In group 3, such a correlation was not evident, suggesting that another chemokine might be involved or MCP-1 function was impaired by an unknown substance. Finally, measurements of MCP-1 during culture of AML blasts showed that the time at which maximal amounts of MCP-1 are produced differs between the AML samples.
Conclusions:
AML blasts produce different amounts of MCP-1, which plays an important role in monocyte migration towards most AML blasts. Therefore, in the context of adoptive immunotherapy, MCP-1 might be involved in future tumor vaccination programmes using autologous MCP-1-transfected irradiated AML blasts.
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