INHIBITION OF NATURAL-KILLER CELL-MEDIATED CYTO-TOXICITY BY ML-9, A SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE
INHIBITION OF NATURAL-KILLER CELL-MEDIATED CYTO-TOXICITY BY ML-9, A SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE
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10.1016/0192-0561(89)90070-2
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发表时间:
1989-01-01
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SHIGETA, S
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ITO, M;TANABE, F;SHIGETA, S
To investigate the role of microfilaments in natural killer (NK) cell-mediated cytotoxicity, general microfilament inhibitors, cytochalasins B,D and dihydrocytochalasin B, and a selective inhibitor of myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) which regulates microfilament contraction, i.e. 1-(5-chloronaphthalene-1-sulfonyl)-1H-hexahydro-1,4-diazepine hydrochloride (ML-9) were examined in an NK assay system. ML-9 inhibited NK cell activity in a dose-dependent manner without affecting target cell binding, whereas cytochalasins suppressed the binding. The dextran suspension method revealed that ML-9 inhibits the programming for the lysis stage of the lytic process. In the single cell assay, the addition of ML-9 after target cell binding had occurred inhibited the lysis of bound target cells, whereas the addition of cytochalasins in a similar manner did not affect it. Thus, these results suggest that possibility that microfilament contraction is involved in the lytic mechanism of NK cell-mediated cytolysis. However, the mechanism whereby cytochalasins inhibit target cell binding remains unclear.