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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
alpha-Galactosylceramide (alphaGalCer) stimulates NKT cells and has antitumor activity in mice. Murine NKT cells may directly kill tumor cells and induce NK cell cytotoxicity, but the mechanisms are not well defined. Newly developed human CD1d/alphaGalCer tetrameric complexes were used to obtain highly purified human alphaGalCer-reactive NKT cell lines (>99%), and the mechanisms of NKT cell cytotoxicity and activation of NK cells were investigated. Human NKT cells were cytotoxic against CD1d(-) neuroblastoma cells only when they were rendered CD1d(+) by transfection and pulsed with alphaGalCer. Four other CD1d(-) tumor cell lines of diverse origin were resistant to NKT cells, whereas Jurkat and U937 leukemia cell lines, which are constitutively CD1d(+), were killed. Killing of the latter was greatly augmented in the presence of alphaGalCer. Upon human CD1d/alphaGalCer recognition, NKT cells induced potent cytotoxicity of NK cells against CD1d(-) neuroblastoma cell lines that were not killed directly by NKT cells. NK cell activation depended upon NKT cell production of IL-2, and was enhanced by secretion of IFN-gamma. These data demonstrate that cytotoxicity of human NKT cells can be CD1d and ligand dependent, and that TCR-stimulated NKT cells produce IL-2 that is required to induce NK cell cytotoxicity. Thus, NKT cells can mediate potent antitumor activity both directly by targeting CD1d and indirectly by activating NK cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adjuvants, Immunologic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD1d, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antineoplastic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CD1D protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytokines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Galactosylceramides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interferon-gamma, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interleukin-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/KRN 7000, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
167
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3114-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Antigens, CD1, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Antigens, CD1d, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Carcinoma, Small Cell, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Galactosylceramides, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-HL-60 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Immunomagnetic Separation, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Jurkat Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11544296-U937 Cells
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Human NKT cells mediate antitumor cytotoxicity directly by recognizing target cell CD1d with bound ligand or indirectly by producing IL-2 to activate NK cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't