Bacterial activation of human natural killer cells. Characteristics of the activation process and identification of the effector cell
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Bacterial activation of human natural killer cells. Characteristics of the activation process and identification of the effector cell
Abstract
We showed previously that contact of human peripheral blood lymphocytes with glutaraldehyde-fixed Salmonella bacteria augmented their cytotoxic capacity against NK-sensitive targets. We have now analyzed the characteristics of the activation and also identified the subsets of lymphocytes responding to bacterial contact. Blocking of protein synthesis with cyclohexamide totally abrogated bacterial induction of activated killing (AK), whereas inhibition of DNA synthesis with mitomycin C did not significantly affect the capacity of lymphocytes to respond to bacterial contact. Both the induction and the effector phase of AK were radioresistant. The AK cells exhibited efficient lytic activity, comparable to that induced by recombinant IL 2 (rIL 2), against NK-resistant targets (including both hematopoietic and solid tumor cell lines). All inducible cytotoxic activity was contained within the subset of lymphocytes expressing Leu-19 (NKH-1) antigen. Leu-19- lymphocytes exhibited no significant NK activity and could not be further stimulated by bacterial contact, rIL 2, or IFN-alpha. Within the Leu-19+ lymphocyte subset, two distinct cell types were present; CD3-, Leu-19+ NK cells and CD3+. Leu-19+ T cells. The CD3+, Leu-19+, T cells mediated low levels of non-MHC-restricted cytotoxicity against K562, but did not respond to bacterial contact, even though rIL 2 could augment their lytic activity slightly. However, the cytotoxic activity of CD3-, Leu-19+ NK cells was significantly augmented by bacterial contact. Within the CD3-, Leu-19+ NK cell population both CD16+ and CD16- cells responded to bacterial activation. The CD3-, CD16-, Leu-19+ cells constituted 1 to 4% of the Percoll-fractionated low buoyant density lymphocytes and accounted for the activation seen within the CD16- lymphocyte population. Thus bacterial stimulation of NK activity seems to be mediated for the most part via CD16+, Leu-19+ cells, and a minor overall contribution is mediated via CD3-, CD16-, Leu-19+ cells. No apparent involvement of T cells was seen in the lytic response of lymphocytes to bacterial contact.
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