title: Clones derived from human natural killer cells are susceptible to lysis by human interleukin-2-activated killer cells.
abstract: Peripheral blood lymphocytes cultured with interleukin-2 (IL-2), which are referred to as lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, develop the ability to lyse a wide variety of tumor cells but not normal cells. However, we report here that a cloned human natural killer cell line, NK3.3, was susceptible to lysis by human LAK cells. An IL-4-dependent NK3.3 subclone showed higher sensitivity to LAK-mediated lysis than the conditioned medium-dependent parent clone or the IL-2-dependent NK3.3 subclone. Cytokine-"starved" NK3.3 cells, which were cultured in medium lacking IL-2 or IL-4, exhibited a decreased susceptibility to LAK cell lysis. Periodate treatment of NK3.3 cells, which can induce nonspecific binding between effector cells and target cells through Schiff-base formation, enhanced the sensitivity to LAK, suggesting that adhesion molecules may be involved in this killing mechanism. The "starved" NK3.3 cells expressed lower levels of intracellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1); however, anti-ICAM-1 antibody could not inhibit the sensitivity of the NK3.3 clone to LAK lysis. These results suggest that ICAM-1 is not the major ligand in NK3.3 sensitivity, although the sensitivity correlates well with the magnitude of ICAM-1 expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Loudon
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Grimm
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000276:immunology; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000276:immunology; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000276:immunology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D007376:Interleukin-2; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D015847:Interleukin-4