Tumor cell responses to IFNγ affect tumorigenicity and response to IL- 12 therapy and antiangiogenesis

  • Christina M. Coughlin
  • , Kevin E. Salhany
  • , Michael S. Gee
  • , Denise C. LaTemple
  • , Serguei Kotenko
  • , Xiao Jing Ma
  • , Giorgia Gri
  • , Maria Wysocka
  • , Ji Eun Kim
  • , Li Liu
  • , Fang Liao
  • , Joshua M. Farber
  • , Sidney Pestka
  • , Giorgio Trinchieri
  • , William M.F. Lee

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Abstract

Expression of a dominant negative mutant IFNγR1 in murine SCK and K1735 tumor cells rendered them relatively unresponsive to IFNγ in vitro and more tumorigenic and less responsive to IL-12 therapy in vivo. IL-12 induced histologic evidence of ischemic damage only in IFNγ-responsive tumors, and in vivo Matrigel vascularization assays revealed that while IFNγ-responsive and -unresponsive tumor cells induced anglogenesis equally well, IL-12 and its downstream mediator IFNγ, only inhibited angiogenesis induced by the responsive cells. IL-12 induced angiogenesis inhibitory activity in the responsive cells, which may be attributable to production of the chemokine IP-10. Thus, IL-12 and IFNγ, inhibit tumor growth by inducing tumor cells to generate antiangiogenic activity.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)25-34
Number of pages10
JournalImmunity
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases

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