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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 140, Issue 11 3712-3716, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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Target cell expression of MHC antigens is not (always) a turn-off signal to natural killer cells

R Chervenak and RM Wolcott
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130.

Recent evidence has demonstrated that the lytic function of natural killer cells might be regulated by potential target cells through the target cells' expression of cell surface components that are able to inhibit the lytic process. Specifically, it has been shown in many target cell systems that the expression of class I MHC proteins by target cells is inversely proportional to their susceptibility to lysis by NK cells. It has been suggested, therefore, that MHC proteins may act as important negative regulatory elements in the ongoing control of NK cell function. Herein, we examined two closely related murine lymphoma cells (ASL1 and ASL1w), both in terms of their susceptibility to lysis by NK cells as well as their expression of both H-2K and H-2D class I MHC proteins. The results of these studies showed that whereas ASL1 and ASL1w cells differed greatly in their susceptibility to NK cell lysis (ASL1 was much more NK resistant than ASL1w), both expressed high levels of H-2K and D proteins. In contrast to what might have been predicted base on reports from other target cell systems, the more NK susceptible ASL1w cells expressed somewhat higher levels of H-2K Ag than did ASL1 cells. These results indicate that expression of H-2 class I proteins by target cells, in and of itself, is not sufficient to inhibit the lytic activity of murine NK cells.


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