A novel serum protein that is selectively produced by cytotoxic lymphocytes

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
K OgawaK Nagata

Abstract

Cytotoxic lymphocytes such as CTL and NK cells play principal roles in the host defense mechanisms. Monitoring these effector cells in vivo is helpful to understand the immune responses in disorders such as cancer and infectious diseases. In this study, we identified a novel secretory protein, killer-specific secretory protein of 37 kDa (Ksp37), as a Th1-specific protein by a subtractive cloning method between human Th1 and Th2 cells. In peripheral blood leukocytes, Ksp37 expression was limited to Th1-type CD4(+) T cells, effector CD8(+) T cells, gammadelta T cells, and CD16(+) NK cells. Most of these Ksp37-expressing cells coexpressed perforin, indicating that Ksp37 is selectively and commonly expressed in the lymphocytes that have cytotoxic potential. Ksp37 was released at constant rate from both unstimulated and stimulated PBMCs in vitro and also detected in normal human sera. In healthy individuals, serum Ksp37 levels were significantly higher in children (mean +/- SD; 984 +/- 365 ng/ml for age 0-9) than in adults (441 +/- 135 ng/ml for age 20-99), consistent with reported differences in the absolute counts of blood T and NK cells between children and adults. In patients with infectious mononucleosis, transient elevation of...Continue Reading

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