title: The Kurloff cell in estrogenized guinea pigs as a CT7+ 8BE6- CT6- MR-1- CT10- IgM- lymphocyte with natural killer activity.
abstract: The relationship of the Kurloff cell (KC), guinea pig blood mononuclear cell with natural killer (NK) activity, to a known cell lineage was established. Using indirect immunoperoxidase staining and flow cytometric analysis, numerous monoclonal antibodies directed against guinea pig macrophage antigen, Ia antigen or different T lymphocyte markers and a polyclonal anti-IgM serum were tested in unimmunized estrogenized animals. We excluded any relationship between KC and the monocytic macrophage lineage (MR-1-) and between KC and the B lymphocyte lineage (CT10- and IgM-). The KC immunophenotype was pan T CT7 positive but 8BE6 (mature thymocyte) and CT6 (cytotoxic suppressor T lymphocyte) negative. Since KC displays an NK activity, this cell may be classified among the NK effector cells exhibiting some T lymphocyte markers.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Histologie, UFR de Médicine, CHU Côte-de-Nacre, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Debout
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Griveau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Izard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D004958:Estradiol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000378:metabolism; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D004958:Estradiol; C010452:estradiol-17 beta-benzoate