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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
Activation of NK cells by target cells leads to cytotoxicity as well as production of various cytokines including IFN-gamma. MHC class I molecules on target cells regulate NK cytotoxicity. However, little is known about the regulation of IFN-gamma production by NK cells. We examined the production of IFN-gamma in individual murine NK cells stimulated with tumor cell lines by flow cytometric analysis of intracellular IFN-gamma. Among several tumor lines tested, the rat basophilic leukemia line RBL-1 induced particularly high level of IFN-gamma production in IL-2-activated NK cells, whereas other lines, including the prototypic NK target YAC-1, induced very low or no IFN-gamma production. Transfection of murine classical MHC class I molecules into RBL-1 cells substantially inhibited IFN-gamma production. This inhibition of IFN-gamma production by MHC class I was independent of Ly-49 or CD94/NKG2A expression on NK cells. These results indicate that some target cells directly stimulate IL-2-activated NK cells and induce IFN-gamma production, but the requirements for the induction of IFN-gamma production seem different from those for NK cytotoxicity. Furthermore, similar to NK cytotoxicity, induction of IFN-gamma production is inhibited by MHC class I on stimulating cells. However, the MHC class I-specific receptors inhibiting IFN-gamma production are different from those for NK cytotoxicity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
163
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6488-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Antigens, Ly, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Lectins, C-Type, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Receptors, KIR, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like, pubmed-meshheading:10586040-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
IFN-gamma production and cytotoxicity of IL-2-activated murine NK cells are differentially regulated by MHC class I molecules.
pubmed:affiliation
Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't