Objective: To study the immune responses of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes against Renal carcinoma cell 786-0(RCC) after activiated by dendritic cells(DCs) loaded with RCC freeze thawing antigen.Methods:DCs were obtained by cultured plastic-adherent monocytes isolated from health human peripheral blood with granulocyte-monocyte colony-stimulating factor(GM-CSF) and interleukin-4(IL-4) and Tumor necrosis factor(TNF) for 9 days.Host lymphocytes were stimulated with freeze thawing antigen of RCC 786-0 under the culture medium containing interleukin-2(IL-2) for 5 day.Killing activity and cytokine release were measured by MTT assay and ELISA.Results:The immune response of CTL activiated by DCs loaded with tumor soluble antigen was demonstrated by the following facts:(1)DCs loaded with tumor antigen could induce the growth of CTL.(2)The cyotoxicity of obtained specific CTL against RCC-7860 was highly enhanced with a significant difference from that of non-specific CTL.(3)The interleukin-12 release/secretion was increased by tumor antigen

which suggest an improved anti-tumor effect.(4)Apoptosis was observed in the RCCs after treated with CTL obtained.Conclution: These findings indicate that specific CTL induced by DCs sensibilized by RCC freeze thawing antigen exerts a remarkable killing activity on RCC 786-0.It is suggestd that DCs antitumor vaccines poses a clinically useful prospect with RCC.