MDA-MB-468 cells were maintained in DMEM (Corning) supplemented with 10% FBS (Corning) and 1% penicillin/streptomycin (ThermoFisher). Healthy human T cells were obtained from the Human Immunology Core (University of Pennsylvania) and expanded as previously described.26 (link) Briefly, CD4 and CD8 T cells were incubated 1:1 and stimulated with CD3/CD28 Dynabeads (Gibco). Human IL-2 (Gibco) was maintained at a concentration of 50 IU/mL for 10 days. The Dynabeads were removed after 7 days of culturing, and the cells were maintained at 0.5–1 M/mL an additional 7 days. The cells were frozen down using a 1:1 mixture of X-VIVO media (Lonza) and 10% DMSO in FBS and allowed to rest in RPMI media (Corning) supplemented with 10% FBS and 1% penicillin/streptomycin 24 hours before cytolysis assays.
10,000 tumor cells were seeded per well 24 hours prior to adding BsAb treatments and T cells at an E:T ratio of 10:1. Controls included 3-fold serial dilutions starting at 100 nM or 10 nM of the monoclonal antibodies alone (Cetuximab and OKT3 separately) and an equimolar mixture of Cetuximab and OKT3. Tumor cytolysis was tracked up to 72 hrs post-treatment using xCelligence Real-Time Cell Analysis (ACEA Biosciences). Data were analyzed and plotted with GraphPad Prism8.