INVITRO-PROPAGATION OF CULTURED HUMAN NATURAL-KILLER CELLS EXPRESSING THE HNK-1 DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN AND SPONTANEOUS CYTO-TOXIC FUNCTION
INVITRO-PROPAGATION OF CULTURED HUMAN NATURAL-KILLER CELLS EXPRESSING THE HNK-1 DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN AND SPONTANEOUS CYTO-TOXIC FUNCTION
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DOI:
10.1002/eji.1830130507
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
BALCH, CM
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作者:
ABO, T;BALCH, CM
Human natural killer (NK) cells expressing the HNK-1 differentiation antigen were established in long-term tissue culture for over 3 mo. The fluorescence-activated cell sorter-purified HNK-1+ cells required both phytohemagglutinin [PHA] and exogenous interleukin 2 [IL-2] to propagate in long-term culture. After 2 wk of culture, virtually all of the growing cells exhibited the surface membrane phenotype associated with immature HNK-1+ cells, since they simultaneously expressed the HNK-1, Leu-4 and Leu-2a but lacked the M1, Leu-3a and T6 antigens and Fc.gamma. receptors. They exhibited a lymphoblastoid appearance, contained cytoplasmic granules and exhibited spontaneously cytotoxic function against a broader spectrum of target cells than did fresh HNK-1+ cells from the same donor. Cultured HNK-1+ cells lacked antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic (ADCC) function, while fresh HNK-1+ were fully capable of ADDC function. Cultured HNK-1+ cells were lymphoblasts without cytoplasmic granules or NK cytotoxic function. The cultured HNK-1+ cells gradually lost their HNK-1 antigen expression over time, although the expression of other surface antigens (e.g., Leu-4 and Leu-2a) was unchanged. With prolonged culture (> 2 mo.), they also exhibited decreasing cytotoxic function and a diminished number of cytoplasmic granules. They were eventually indistinguishable from HNK-1- cells after 3 mo. of culture. These observations were not influenced by adding interferon-.gamma. to the cultures. The immature form of NK cells (that express T cell antigens) preferentially proliferate in long-term cultures when incubated with PHA and IL2.