PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tilden, A B
AU  - Cauda, R
AU  - Grossi, C E
AU  - Balch, C M
AU  - Lakeman, A D
AU  - Whitley, R J
TI  - Demonstration of NK cell-mediated lysis of varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-infected cells: characterization of the effector cells.
DP  - 1986 Jun 01
TA  - The Journal of Immunology
PG  - 4243--4248
VI  - 136
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.jimmunol.org/content/136/11/4243.short
4100  - http://www.jimmunol.org/content/136/11/4243.full
SO  - J. Immunol.1986 Jun 01; 136
AB  - Infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) rendered RAJI cells more susceptible to lysis by non-adherent blood lymphocytes. At an effector to target ratio of 80:1 the mean percentage of 51Cr release of VZV-infected RAJI cells was 41 +/- 12%, whereas that of uninfected RAJI cells was 15 +/- 6%. The increased susceptibility to lysis was associated with increased effector to target conjugate formation in immunofluorescence binding assays. The effector cells cytotoxic for VZV-infected RAJI cells were predominantly Leu-11a+ Leu-4- granular lymphocytes as demonstrated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. The effector cell active against VZV-infected RAJI cells appeared similar to those active against herpes simplex virus (HSV)-infected cells, because in cold target competition experiments the lysis of 51Cr-labeled VZV-infected RAJI cells was efficiently inhibited by either unlabeled VZV-infected RAJI cells (mean 71% inhibition, 2:1 ratio unlabeled to labeled target) or HSV-infected RAJI cells (mean 69% inhibition) but not by uninfected RAJI cells (mean 10% inhibition). In contrast, competition experiments revealed donor heterogeneity in the overlap between effector cells for VZV- or HSV-infected RAJI vs K-562 cells.