title: Anti-Ly-6E.1-monoclonal-antibody-mediated augmentation of interleukin-2-dependent generation of natural killer cell activity from mouse bone marrow cells.
abstract: Studies have shown that the administration of anti-Ly-6E.1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) to tumor-bearing mice augments their T-cell-dependent functional activities, splenic natural killer (NK) cell activity, and antitumor resistance. The effect of the mAb on splenic NK cell activity resembles that of biological-response modifiers, which involves enhanced large granular lymphocyte (LGL) development in the bone marrow (BM) from pre-NK cells, and their subsequent migration and localization in peripheral organs. We analyze here the effect of anti-Ly-6E.1 mAb on the IL-2-dependent generation of NK cell activity in short-term cultures of mouse BM cells. The results indicate that an increase in the population of LGLs paralleled the mAb-mediated augmentation of IL-2-induced generation of NK cell activity in the cultures. Although pre-NK and T cells present in the BM expressed Ly-6 antigens, the augmentation of NK cell generation appears to be due to the mAb interacting with the T cells, not the pre-NK cells, resulting in increased synthesis of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, which in turn enhanced the interleukin-2-dependent development of NK cell activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pa.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Herberman
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: DeLeo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000950:Antigens, Ly / Q000276:immunology*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology*; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000950:Antigens, Ly; D007376:Interleukin-2; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha