title: Generation of cytotoxic cells from murine bone marrow by human recombinant IL 2.
abstract: Murine bone marrow (BM) cells were cultured in recombinant IL 2 (rIL 2) and interferon-alpha, -beta, and -gamma, and cytotoxic activity against YAC cells was determined in a 4-hr 51Cr-release assay. rIL 2 at 20 U/ml was the only lymphokine that consistently induced significant cytotoxic activity within 3 days of culture, peaking around 5 to 7 days. The cytotoxic cells generated are heterogeneous, consisting of at least two populations of cells: a) NK-1+, Qa-5+, AsGm-1+ Thy-1+/-, Lyt-2- cells, similar to natural killer (NK) cells, and b) NK-1-, Qa-5+, AsGm-1+ Thy-1+, Lyt-2+ cells, similar to cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The precursor/accessory cells of these BM cytolytic cells maintained in 20 U/ml of rIL 2 were Qa-2+, Qa-5+, Thy-1+/-, AsGM-1+/-, and NK-1+/- but Lyt-2-. They also lysed NK-resistant targets, P815 and BW5147, and the antigenic phenotypes of these cells were similar to those that lysed YAC cells. These studies indicate that IL 2 alone is adequate to generate cytotoxic activity from BM and that these cytotoxic cells were similar to splenic NK cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000494:pharmacology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007372:Interferons