title: Production of interleukin-2 by YAC-1 cells stimulated with interleukin-1 and its augmentation of the natural killer activity.
abstract: The production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) by YAC-1 cells stimulated with interleukin-1 (IL-1) was examined in the in vitro culture system. The IL-2 activity was detectable in the culture supernatant of YAC-1 cells stimulated with either a mouse IL-1 preparation or human purified IL-1. This activity could be detected 1 h after stimulation with IL-1. The addition of monoclonal antibody reactive with mouse IL-2 receptor completely blocked the IL-2 activity in the culture supernatant of IL-1-stimulated YAC-1 cells. Further, the culture supernatant of IL-1-stimulated YAC-1 cells augmented the NK activity in mouse spleen cells. The role of the IL-2 activity in the culture supernatant of IL-1-stimulated YAC-1 cells on augmentation of the NK activity is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Daimaru
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Notake
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokochi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2