title: Homogenous expression of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) on polyclonal natural killer cells detected by a monoclonal antibody to KIR2D.
abstract: The activity of human natural killer (NK) cells is in part regulated by the expression of killer cell immunoglobulin (Ig)-like receptors (KIR) that recognize major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and can inhibit NK cell cytotoxicity. A monoclonal anti-KIR antibody was established and designated Lig1. Lig1 was shown to be specific for KIR in cell-surface staining and to react with all KIR2D, except KIR2DL4 which lacks a D1 domain, but not with KIR3D molecules in an enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blotting. Unlike other anti-KIR antibodies, Lig1 did not inhibit binding of KIR-Ig-fusion proteins to MHC-class I expressing cells nor did it interfere with KIR-mediated inhibition of NK cell cytotoxicity in a functional assay. Lig1 reacted with all NK cells in polyclonal NK populations from different donors, demonstrating that all NK cells express at least one KIR2D receptor.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watzl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000235:genetics; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D054340:Receptors, KIR; D054345:Receptors, KIR2DL4; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D007136:Immunoglobulins; C515079:KIR2DL4 protein, human; D010455:Peptides; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D054340:Receptors, KIR; D054345:Receptors, KIR2DL4; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins