The corticosteroid-induced inhibitory effect on NK cell function reflects down-regulation and/or dysfunction of triggering receptors involved in natural cytotoxicity
The corticosteroid-induced inhibitory effect on NK cell function reflects down-regulation and/or dysfunction of triggering receptors involved in natural cytotoxicity
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DOI：
10.1002/eji.200425418
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发表时间：
2004-11-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Mingari, MC
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作者：
Vitale, C;Chiossone, L;Mingari, MC
Corticosteroids are known to inhibit NK cell functions. However no information is available on whether such inhibition may affect the expression and/or the function of receptors involved in INK cell activation. In an attempt to analyze this point, we studied peripheral blood NK cells isolated from pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic BM transplantation. NK cells were analyzed before, during and after methylprednisolone administration to treat acute graft-versus-host disease. In INK cells freshly isolated from peripheral blood during methylprednisolone treatment, the surface expression of activating receptors, particularly NKp46 and NKp30, was consistently reduced. Such impaired expression could also be detected after 5 days of culture in IL-2. Such cultured INK cells also failed to express the IL-2-inducible NKp44 receptor. Accordingly, cytotoxicity against different tumor target cell lines was sharply reduced. The effect on INK cells isolated from healthy individuals and cultured in the presence of methylprednisolone was also analyzed. A similar inhibitory effect occurred in the expression of activating INK receptors. In addition, a sharp impairment of NK cytotoxicity against different tumor target cell lines or immature DC was detected.
