title: Effects of pertussis toxin treatment on human natural killer cell function.
abstract: Membranes from highly purified natural killer (NK) cells were ADP ribosylated by treatment with pertussis toxin (PTX). PTX treatment resulted in a single band of 32P incorporation at M(r) 41,600. PTX treatment of NK cells diminished their ability to lyse K562 tumour cells by about 50%. However PTX treatment had no measurable effect on cAMP levels in NK cells. PTX pretreatment also had no effect on the ability of target cells to induce phosphoinositide turnover or on the ability of the NK cells to conjugate with the K562 tumour cells. Movement toward the chemoattractants interleukin-2 (IL-2) and formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine (FMLP) was significantly inhibited indicating that a PTX substrate in NK cells may be involved in the transduction of signals which are involved in cell motility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Whalen
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Doshi
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bankhurst
mesh_terms: D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D015550:Cell Degranulation / Q000187:drug effects; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000032:analysis; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D005966:Glucuronidase