Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Whole live micro-organism – cell – or virus containing – Animal or plant cell
Reexamination Certificate
2001-11-07
2003-06-24
Stucker, Jeffrey (Department: 1648)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Whole live micro-organism, cell, or virus containing
Animal or plant cell
C424S184100, C424S279100, C530S395000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06582697
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Vertebrates have two basic immune responses: humoral or cellular. Humoral immunity is provided by the special class of cells produced by B lymphocytes. These cells produce antibodies which circulate in the blood and lymphatic fluid. On the other hand, cell mediated immunity is provided by the T cells of the lymphatic system.
The cellular immune response is particularly effective against fungi, parasites, intracellular viral infections, cancer cells and foreign matter, whereas the humoral response primarily defends against the extracellular phases of bacterial and viral infections.
Containment of antigen at its point of entry is accomplished by walling off the area by local inflammation. Acute inflammation is characterized by the influx of plasma proteins and polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Chronic inflammation is characterized by the infiltration of T-lymphocytes and macrophages. When acute (antibody induced) and chronic (T-cell induced) inflammations occur in the skin, they are called immediate and delayed type hypersensitivity reactions respectively. ITH peaks at 24 hours, and subsides in 48 hours DTH appears in 24-48 hours and peaks at 48-72 hours. The subset of T cells involved in DTH reactions are called here DTH-Effector cells.
Epiglycanin (epi) is the major cell surface glycoprotein produced by the mammary adenocarcinoma transplantable cell line TA3Ha. Friberg, Jr., J.N.C.I., 48:1463 (1972); Codington, et al., Canc. Res., 43:4373 (1983). The TA3Ha carcinoma cells are covered by a mucin-like glycocalix composed mainly of epiglycanin. Codington, et al., J.N.C.I., 60:811 (1978); Miller, et al., J.N.C.I., 68:981 (1982). Epi is mainly carbohydrate in composition, and expresses multiple T and Tn determinants. T and Tn are general carcinoma autoantigens. Springer, Science, 224:1198 (1984).
Synthetic T and Tn antigens have been prepared, and used in DTH diagnostics. Lemieux, Ep Appl. 44,188. However, their therapeutic or prophylactic use has not been disclosed.
Bretscher, Eur. J. Immunol., 9:311-316 (1979) cultured DTH-Effector cells in vitro and injected them with the sensitizing antigen (burro erythrocytes) into the foot pads of mice. We have used cancer-associated, well characterized carbohydrate antigens to sensitize effector cells and have taught a therapeutic use for them.
It is known that tumors may be treated with a mixture of IL-2 and IL-2-activated killer cells. See Fortune, 16-21 (Nov. 25, 1985), reporting on the work of Steven Rosenberg. The IL-2 induces a general immune response. It thus places a heavy burden on the immune system, diverting resources from the desired cellular response. High, possibly toxic levels of IL-2 are required to induce a cellular response. At these levels, it may unintentionally induce an autoimmune response. Our procedure induces a response which is specific, because the cells recognize a cancer-associated carbohydrate marker only a low level of our inducer is required to stimulate the cellular immune system.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
We have found that the cell-mediated immune response to cancer cells is enhanced by parenteral administration of natural and synthetic cancer-associated carbohydrate antigens or by parenteral administration of DTH effector cells primed by such antigens. This enhancement is likely to be advantageous for both therapy and prophylaxis when the body's primary defense against a challenge is a cellular immune response, e.g., against tumors. The use of other specific carbohydrate antigens, including polysaccharides, glycolipids and glycoproteins, may be useful in protecting a subject against other threats controlled by T cells. It is known that parasites, viruses, bacteria and fungi bear surface carbohydrate determinants.
While we do not favor the use of lymphokines (e.g., IL-2) alone to induce a general cellular immune response, lymphokines may be used in conjunction with the specific antigens or primed DTH-Effector cells of this invention to enhance the specific CMI response.
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Henningsson Carina
Longenecker B. Michael
Biomira, Inc.
Cooper Iver P.
Stucker Jeffrey
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