PMID: 6980868Jun 1, 1982Paper

Cyclosporin a inhibits T cell-mediated augmentation of mouse natural killer activity

Immunopharmacology
R H Yanagihara, W H Adler

Abstract

Cyclosporin A (CSA) in vitro inhibited the spontaneous cytotoxic activity of mouse spleen cells against YAC target cells in a 4 hr 51Cr release assay. While natural killer (NK) cells were inhibited directly by CSA, these suppressive effects were largely reversible by coculture of effector cells for an optimal period with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly I:C) or lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In contrast concanavalin A (Con A), in the presence of CSA, was unable to augment NK activity. The supernatant, however, of mouse spleen cells cultured with Con A was fully able to augment the NK the activity by freshly cultured spleen cells in the presence of CSA. The results indicate that CSA inhibits NK activity by two distinct mechanisms: a) a direct inactivation of NK cells and b) a suppression of production or release of an NK-activating factor from T cells, but not B cells or macrophages.

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