title: Effects of CCK-8 and CCK-33 on human natural killer cell activity: studies on intestinal lamina propria and peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
abstract: Two different molecular forms of cholecystokinin (CCK) were studied with respect to their modulatory effect on non-MHC restricted or natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity. NK activity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells was found to be hardly affected by co-incubation with either CCK-8 or CCK-33 within a physiological concentration range against K-562 or Caco-2 tumour target cells. NK activity by lamina propria mononuclear cells isolated from histologically normal intestinal mucosa was found to be enhanced dose-dependently by incubation with CCK-8 in the 4-h assay against K-562, but not in the prolonged 18-h assay or against Caco-2 targets. In contrast, CCK-8 showed a tendency to inhibit NK activity in the prolonged 18-h assay against K-562; however, these alterations were not found to be statistically significant. CCK-33 was not found to modulate the NK activity of lamina propria mononuclear cells. It is suggested that NK activity by lamina propria mononuclear cells may be stimulated preferentially by CCK-8 because this molecular form of CCK in particular predominates in the nervous tissue of the intestinal mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: van Tol
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Verspaget
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Lamers
mesh_terms: D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D012844:Sincalide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002766:Cholecystokinin; D012844:Sincalide