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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 146, Issue 5 1416-1421, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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Effect of cyclosporin A on lymphopoiesis. III. Augmentation of the generation of natural killer cells in bone marrow transplanted mice treated with cyclosporin A

A Kosugi and GM Shearer
Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

The effects of cyclosporin A (CsA) on the generation of NK cells were studied using syngeneic bone marrow transplanted mice subsequently treated with CsA (BMT/CsA mice). In contrast to a severe reduction in T cells that was reported previously, these mice exhibited a marked enhancement of splenic NK activity. The enhanced NK activity was mediated by NK1.1+, Thy-1- cells as assessed by antibody plus complement treatment, and was concomitant with an absolute increase in the numbers of NK1.1+ cells as assessed by flow cytometry. Because the depletion of host-derived, mature NK cells by injection of anti-asialo GM1 antibody before bone marrow reconstitution did not affect the enhancement of NK activity, CsA appeared to augment the generation of NK cells from bone marrow precursors. To investigate a possible relationship between the enhancement of NK activity and the maturational arrest of T cells in the thymus induced by CsA, mice were thymectomized, followed by irradiation, bone marrow reconstitution, and CsA treatment. These mice exhibited as strong enhancement of splenic NK activity as BMT/CsA mice, suggesting that the CsA-induced effect on NK cells is distinct from its effect on T cell development in the thymus. Taken together, these results are the first demonstration of the positive effect of CsA on NK cell generation and may be of importance in clinical bone marrow transplantation.


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