title: The putative role of arylsulfatase in interleukin-2-mediated cytotoxicity and interleukin-7-mediated bactericidal activity of natural killer cells.
abstract: We have examined the cytolytic and bactericidal activity of resting and cytokine-stimulated natural-killer (NK) cells against K562 and Daudi cell lines and Escherichia coli, respectively. Unstimulated NK cells showed considerable cytolytic activity against K562 (64 +/- 4%) and relatively low activity against the Daudi cell lines (22 +/- 9%). Pretreatment of NK cells with the arylsulfatase (AS) type-II-specific inhibitor NaH2PO4 reduced cytotoxicity towards K562 and Daudi 1.3- and 2.9-fold (p < 0.05; n = 12), respectively, indicating that AS participates in NK-mediated cytotoxicity. Interleukin-2 (IL-2) (200 units/ml) caused a 1.3- and 3.5-fold (p < 0.5; n = 12) enhancement of NK cytotoxic activity against K562 and Daudi, respectively. Pretreatment of these cells with the AS type-II-specific inhibitor NaH2PO4 reduced cytotoxicity 1.1-fold towards K562 (p < 0.05; n = 12) and 1.2-fold towards Daudi (p > 0.05; n = 12) indicating that AS does not participate in IL-2-mediated NK cytolytic activity against these cell lines. IL-7 (3 units/ml) did not cause any enhancement of NK cytolytic activity. Unstimulated NK cells showed considerable bactericidal activity against E. coli (23 +/- 4%). Incubation of resting NK cells with NaH2PO4 reduced the bactericidal effect only by 1.09-fold (p > 0.05; n = 12), indicating that AS does not mediate this effect. IL-2 (200 units/ml) and IL-7 (3 units/ml) enhanced the bactericidal activity 1.5- and 2.2-fold, respectively (p < 0.05; n = 12). This effect was not influenced by incubation of IL-2-stimulated cells with NaH2PO4, indicating that AS does not participate in the IL-2-mediated NK bactericidal effect. IL-2 seems to exert its stimulatory effect upon NK-mediated bactericidal activity by a different, non-AS-dependent mechanism. However, incubation of IL-7-stimulated NK cells with NaH2PO4 reduced the NK bactericidal effect by 1.2-fold (p < 0.05; n = 12), indicating that AS may have a role in this reaction. These data can be further confirmed by detection of AS through degranulation of NK cells, showing that IL-2 induced only mild degranulation of resting and f-MLP-stimulated NK cells (26 +/- 1% vs 22 +/- 2% and 31 +/- 2% vs 29 +/- 2, respectively) (p > 0.05; n = 8). In contrast, IL-7 showed significant enhancement of AS release in resting or f-MLP-induced NK cells (36 +/- 3% vs 22 +/- 2% and 49 +/- 3% vs 29 +/- 2%, respectively) (p < 0.05; n = 8).
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toren
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gadish
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fabian
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagler
mesh_terms: D001192:Arylsulfatases / Q000502:physiology*; D001770:Blood Bactericidal Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D015550:Cell Degranulation; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015851:Interleukin-7 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D015851:Interleukin-7; D001192:Arylsulfatases