title: Mechanism of suppression of normal hemopoietic activity by lymphokine-activated killer cells and their products.
abstract: Interleukin 2 (IL-2)-activated lymphocytes (lymphokine-activated killer [LAK] cells) have been shown to inhibit the formation of autologous human granulocyte-macrophage hemopoietic progenitors (granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units, CFU-GM) in vitro. Effects of LAK cells on these progenitors may include a number of different mechanisms. LAK cells are potent cytotoxic lymphocytes capable of lysing certain normal autologous cells. They also produce cytokines known to inhibit hemopoiesis (interferon gamma [IFN-gamma] and tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-alpha]) or enhance it (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, GM-CSF). In our current study we analyzed the mechanism of suppression of autologous CFU-GM by LAK cells. Our results suggest that LAK cells are not directly cytotoxic to normal CFU-GM. We show that it is possible to abolish the hemopoiesis-inhibiting activity of LAK cells without abrogating their cytotoxicity against tumor cell lines using inhibitors of DNA synthesis, namely hydroxyurea or irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, England.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Malkovska
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Myint
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meager
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Gordon-Smith
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000494:pharmacology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D004247:DNA; D006918:Hydroxyurea