title: Enhancement of porcine natural killer cell activity by recombinant human and murine IL-12.
abstract: These studies describe the effects of recombinant human (rHu) and recombinant murine (rMu) interleukin 12 (IL-12) in the porcine system. To examine the effects of rHu and rMu IL-12, porcine PBL were cultured with rHu and rMu IL-12, and then used for a NK assay. Significant enhancement of porcine NK cell cytotoxicity was observed, and maximal enhancement was reached after 26 hr culture in nanogram quantities (5 ng/ml = 10 units/ml) of rHu and rMu IL-12. Monoclonal antibody (mAb) specific for human IL-12, C8.6, blocked rHu IL-12 enhanced porcine natural killer (NK) cytotoxicity. It was also shown that rHu IL-12 had additive effects on enhancement of NK cell cytotoxicity with PNK-E/G7 mAbs which react with cytolytic trigger molecules on porcine NK cells. By using purified NK cells, porcine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) secretion was measured on rHu IL-12 and PNK-E/G7 mAb-activated NK cells. rHu IL-12 and PNK-E/G7 mAbs synergize to induce TNF-alpha secretion. These data indicate that rHu and rMu IL-12 are cross-reactive in the porcine system and suggest the potential use of the porcine system as an important animal model for further study of rHu IL-12.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, Illinois 60064, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Halloran
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trinchieri
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000276:immunology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D017452:Receptors, IgG / Q000276:immunology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; C089240:G7 protein, Sus scrofa; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D018664:Interleukin-12