title: Immunomodulatory activity of a novel nucleoside, 7-thia-8-oxoguanosine. II. Characterization of induced effector cells and the mechanism of induction.
abstract: In a preceding paper we characterized the in vivo and in vitro induction of cytotoxic effector cells elicited by a novel synthetic immuno-stimulator 7-thia-8-oxoguanosine (7T8OG)2. In the present study we further characterized the cells responsible for the induced cytotoxicity and the mechanisms together with the lymphokines mediating the immunological response to 7T8OG. Removal of macrophages from 7T8OG activated spleen cell suspensions by various methods resulted in a significant increase in cytotoxicity to YAC-1 targets. 7T8OG induced effectors did not exert cytotoxic effect on macrophage sensitive P815 target cells. In vivo activated effectors when incubated with anti-asialo-GM1 antibody plus complement lost completely their ability to lyse YAC-1 targets. Together, these findings indicate that the 7T8OG induced effector cells are not macrophage like. Spleen cells from nude mice were readily activated by 7T8OG. The induced effectors were resistant to complement mediated lysis using anti-L3T4, anti-Lyt1 or anti-Lyt2 antibodies. Pretreatment of spleen cells with macrophage depleting agents both, in vitro and in vivo and subsequent activation of cells by 7T8OG resulted in effectors with reduced cytotoxicity. When injected in vivo, 7T8OG induced strong IFN production which paralelled the kinetics of NK cell activation. Furthermore, antibodies to alpha & beta-IFN but not to gamma-IFN diminished the induction of the cytotoxic activity. Although these findings suggest that activation of NK cells by 7T8OG is most likely to be mediated by alpha & beta-IFN involvement of other cytokines can not be ruled out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, ICN Nucleic Acid Research Institute, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mhaskar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balazs
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Smee
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006151:Guanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007372:Interferons / Q000502:physiology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D006151:Guanosine; C061136:isatoribine; D007372:Interferons