PMID: 3745921Aug 21, 1986Paper

Europium-labelled target cells in an assay of natural killer cell activity. II. A novel non-radioactive method based on time-resolved fluorescence. significance and specificity of the method

Journal of Immunological Methods
K BlombergT Lövgren

Abstract

The significance, specificity and high sensitivity of a new method to determine the natural killer cell cytolysis of europium diethylenetriaminepentaacetate (EuDTPA)-labelled target cells has been confirmed. The targets used in this release assay were the NK sensitive cell line K-562 and the resistant cell line Raji. The released EuDTPA was detected by a method based on time-resolved fluorometry. The specific EuDTPA release was higher than specific 51chromium (51Cr) release. Competitive assays, where half of the target cells were labelled with EuDTPA and the other half with 51Cr and the use of double labelled target cells showed that the results were identical with those of single labelled cells. The reliability of the EuDTPA release assay was further confirmed by performing experiments using NK cells from a patient whose complete lack of NK activity had earlier been demonstrated with the 51Cr release assay. Furthermore, our studies show that the amount of incorporated EuDTPA was directly proportional to the concentration of marker used. Due to the proportional incorporation of EuDTPA the labelling conditions can be chosen to obtain a sensitivity which allows even single cells to be detected.

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