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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
The peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 5 individuals immune to typhus group rickettsiae and from 13 nonimmune individuals were stimulated in vitro for 7 days with typhus group rickettsial antigen (TGRA). At the end of day 7, lysis of the natural killer (NK)-susceptible target K562 by these PBMC was determined. As controls, PBMC from both groups of donors were cultured in vitro for 7 days without antigen or were freshly isolated, and lysis of the K562 target was determined. There was no significant difference between the level of NK activity in freshly isolated PBMC from immune and nonimmune donors. PBMC from immune donors which were stimulated with antigen for 7 days exhibited significantly greater NK activity than did the control population, which was cultured for 7 days without antigen. PBMC from immune donors which were stimulated with TGRA demonstrated significantly higher NK activity than the same PBMC stimulated with antigen derived from an antigenically unrelated rickettsia, Coxiella burnetii. There was no significant difference, however, in the level of NK activity of nonimmune antigen-stimulated PBMC compared with that of the same PBMC population cultured without antigen. Most of the antigen-stimulated NK activity was mediated by Leu-11-positive cells as determined by electronic cell sorting. The ability of TGRA to sustain the NK activity of PBMC from immune donors was abolished when the T4/Leu-3-positive population of lymphocytes was eliminated by positive or negative selection prior to antigen stimulation. The ability of TGRA to sustain the NK activity of PBMC from immune donors was also significantly decreased in the presence of antibodies against human interleukin-2. The results suggest that the activity of human NK cells can be sustained in vitro by antigen-specific T helper cells and that the effect of the T helper cell is mediated, at least in part, by interleukin-2.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
297-302
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Human T helper cells specific for antigens of typhus group rickettsiae enhance natural killer cell activity in vitro.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.