Targeting myeloma-osteoclast interaction with Vγ9Vδ2 T cells

Int J Hematol. 2011 Jul;94(1):63-70. doi: 10.1007/s12185-011-0885-9. Epub 2011 Jun 23.

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) cells stimulate osteoclastogenesis, and osteoclasts (OCs) in turn enhance MM growth and drug resistance, resulting in a vicious cycle. Vγ9Vδ2 T cells exert potent anti-tumor effects, making T cell-based immunotherapies using these cells attractive candidates for currently incurable malignancies, such as MM. However, the impact of such treatments on the MM-OC interaction is largely unknown. We demonstrate here that Vγ9Vδ2 T cells expanded by zoledronic acid and IL-2 exerted potent cytotoxic effects on both MM cells and OCs, even in coculture settings, but showed no such effect on bone marrow stromal cells. Vγ9Vδ2 T cells marginally affected colony formation from normal hematopoietic progenitors, and furthermore migrated toward osteopontin and MIP-1α, factors produced by the MM-OC interaction. These results suggest that Vγ9Vδ2 T cells expanded by zoledronic acid and IL-2 are able to migrate to MM bone lesions and preferentially target OCs as well as MM cells, thereby inhibiting both tumor expansion and bone destruction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Communication / drug effects
  • Cell Communication / immunology*
  • Cell Culture Techniques / methods
  • Cell Movement / drug effects
  • Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
  • Diphosphonates / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Imidazoles / pharmacology
  • Interleukin-2 / pharmacology
  • Multiple Myeloma / immunology
  • Multiple Myeloma / pathology*
  • Multiple Myeloma / therapy*
  • Osteoclasts / drug effects*
  • Osteoclasts / pathology
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Zoledronic Acid

Substances

  • Diphosphonates
  • Imidazoles
  • Interleukin-2
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
  • Zoledronic Acid