A novel hemolytic complement-sufficient NSG mouse model supports studies of complement-mediated antitumor activity in vivo.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2017

JAX Source

J Immunol Methods 2017 Jul; 446:47-53

Volume

446

First Page

47

Last Page

53

ISSN

1872-7905

PMID

28390927

Grant

OD018259, DK104218, CA034196, CA171983

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have emerged as a mainstream therapeutic option against cancer. mAbs mediate tumor cell-killing through several mechanisms including complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC). However, studies of mAb-mediated CDC against tumor cells remain largely dependent on in vitro systems. Previously developed and widely used NOD-scid IL2rγ(null) (NSG) mice support enhanced engraftment of many primary human tumors. However, NSG mice have a 2-bp deletion in the coding region of the hemolytic complement (Hc) gene, and it is not possible to evaluate CDC activity in NSG mice. To address this limitation, we generated a novel strain of NSG mice-NSG-Hc(1)-that have an intact complement system able to generate the membrane attack complex. Utilizing the Daudi Burkitt's human lymphoma cell line, and the anti-human CD20 mAb rituximab, we further demonstrated that the complement system in NSG-Hc(1) mice is fully functional. NSG-Hc(1) mice expressed CDC activity against Daudi cells in vivo following rituximab treatment and showed longer overall survival compared with rituximab-treated NSG mice that lack hemolytic complement. Our results validate the NSG-Hc(1) mouse model as a platform for testing mechanisms underlying CDC in vivo and suggest its potential use to compare complement-dependent and complement-independent cytotoxic activity mediated by therapeutic mAbs. J Immunol Methods 2017 Jul; 446:47-53.

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