title: Enhancement of human NK and LAK cytotoxicity against HCMV-infected cells by rhamnogalacturonan: specificity of reaction.
abstract: Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and their subpopulations obtained from healthy donors were used to study improvement of MHC-unrestricted cytotoxic reactions against cells infected with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) at different multiplicities of infection. Natural killer (NK) and lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cytotoxicity against HCMV-infected cells was greatly enhanced in the presence of rhamnogalacturonan (500 ng/ml). The increase of the multiplicity of infection from MOI 0.1 to 1.0 had only a slight effect on cytotoxicity enhancement by rhamnogalacturonan. The chemical specificity of interaction of rhamnogalacturonan with effector cells and virus-infected cells was found to be analogous to the interaction with tumor cells, i.e., both types of target cells must express a receptor for rhamnogalacturonan since rhamnogalacturonan-mediated enhancement of NK and LAK cytotoxicity against HCMV-infected cells was similarly inhibited by preincubation of CD56+ effector cells with 60% deacetylated D-mannose pentaacetate.
authors: Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratorium der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Tübingen, Germany.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Steinmassl
authors: F A
authors: FA
authors: Anderer
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D014784:Mistletoe; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010940:Plant Proteins; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D010940:Plant Proteins; C077177:viscum album peptide