Porcine aortic endothelial cells transfected with HLA-G are partially protected from xenogeneic human NK cytotoxicity
Porcine aortic endothelial cells transfected with HLA-G are partially protected from xenogeneic human NK cytotoxicity
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10.1016/s0198-8859(00)00202-0
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发表时间:
2000-11-01
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2.7
通讯作者:
Seebach, JD
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作者:
Forte, P;Matter-Reissmann, UB;Seebach, JD
In this study we tested whether the expression of HLA-G protects porcine endothelial cells (PEC) from the lysis mediated by human natural killer (NK) cells. Because HLA-E is nor: present in PEG, this model provides an ideal tool to study the direct role of HLA-G in NK inhibition. Immortalized porcine aortic endothelial cells (PED) were stably transfected with a vector coding for the HLA-G1 protein and surface expression was demonstrated by Row cytometry analysis. Although the adhesion of human NK cells to FED was not compromised by HLA-G, the expression of HLA-G partially protected FED from the lysis mediated by polyclonal NK lines derived from different donors. A decrease of the surface-expression of HLA-G on FED corresponded to a loss of the capacity of FED to inhibit NK cytotoxicity, indicating chat the surface density of HLA-G molecules must exceed a certain threshold to protect target cells. In summary, these data show that HLA-G, independent from the presence of HLA-E, can only partially and inefficiently protect FED from human NE; cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Because ILT-2/LIR-1 expression did not correlate with HLA-G mediated inhibit ion, we hypothesize that other yet unidentified receptors expressed by peripheral blood NK cells are involved in the recognition of HLA-G. (C) American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, 2000. Published by Elsevier Science Inc.