title: In vitro generation of natural killer cells from SJL/J bone marrow precursors.
abstract: The development of natural killer (NK) cells from undifferentiated bone marrow (BM) precursors of low-NK-reactive SJL/J mice was studied. Results indicate that BM cells of untreated mice are not able to generate NK effector cells in cultures supplemented with recombinant interleukin-2 (IL-2). On the other hand in the presence of IL-2, NK cells are generated in cultures of BM from mice pretreated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU, 150 mg/kg iv 4 days before harvesting), a treatment which has been shown to eliminate more differentiated but spare less differentiated BM precursors. The 5-FU resistant BM progenitor is asialoGM1-, Thy.1+, Lyt.1- and Lyt.2-. The cells generated by culturing with IL-2 are asialoGM1+, Thy.1+, Lyt.5+, Lyt.1-, Lyt.2- and lyse only NK-susceptible targets. Generation of NK cells is blocked by addition of anti-IL-2 receptor (IL-2/r) antibodies. These studies demonstrate that it is possible to generate NK effectors from SJL/J BM cells by in vitro culturing with IL-2.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Adamio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cannarile
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Migliorati
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riccardi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000494:pharmacology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D005472:Fluorouracil