PMID: 8599969Feb 1, 1996Paper

Characterization of a cell line, NKL, derived from an aggressive human natural killer cell leukemia

Experimental Hematology
M J RobertsonJ Ritz

Abstract

Cell line NKL was established from the the peripheral blood of a patient with CD3-CD16+CD56+ large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia. The neoplastic LGL of this patient mediated natural killing and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and exhibited proliferative responses similar to normal CD16+CD56dim natural killer (NK) cells. The Morphology of NKL cells resembles that of normal activated NK cells. The karyotype of NKL is 47, XY, add (1) (q42), +6 del (6) (q15 q23), del (17) (p11). NKL cells express CD2, CD6, CD11a, CD26, CD27, CD29, CD38, CD43, CD58, CD81, CD94, CD95, class II MHC, and the C1.7.1 antigen, but do not express detectable levels of CD3, CD4, CD5, CD8, CD14, CD19, CD20, CD28, alpha/beta or gamma/delta T cell receptors on the cell surface. The density of the CD16, CD56, and CD57 antigens declined markedly on NKL cells during prolonged im vitro culture. Nevertheless, NKL cells can mediate ADCC as well as natural killing. NKL cells are strictly dependent on interleukin-2 (IL-2) for sustained growth and die if deprived of IL-2 for more than 7 days. NKL cells proliferate in response to concentrations of IL-2 as low as 1 pM, but an optimal proliferative response requires approximately 100 pM IL-2. NKL cells...Continue Reading

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