title: CD161B:ClrB interactions mediate activation of enhanced lysis of tumor target cells following NK cell:DC co-culture.
abstract: Co-culture of natural killer (NK) cells and dendritic cells (DCs) results in their reciprocal co-activation, and an enhancement of lysis of tumor target cells. The receptor:ligand pairings mediating this enhancement are unknown. Therefore, we investigated whether interactions of CD161, on NK cells, with Clrs, on DCs, might have a role in this effect. Blocking expression of CD161B using siRNA resulted in a reduction in enhanced lytic activity following NK:DC co-culture. Conversely, blocking expression of CD161F with siRNA had no effect on enhanced lytic function following NK:DC co-culture. Blocking expression of ClrB/Ocil, a ligand for CD161B, resulted in a reduced level of enhanced lytic function following NK:DC co-culture. This is the first report of NK receptors responsible for interaction with DCs having a role in mediating enhanced lytic function following NK:DC interactions.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-1863, USA.
authors.forename: Tianbing
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Melanie S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Flint
authors.forename: Katie M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000276:immunology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D055651:NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily B; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D055651:NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily B