Release of natural killer cytotoxic factor in patients with lymphoproliferative disease of granular lymphocytes

Leukemia Research
R ZambelloG Semenzato

Abstract

To further investigate the mechanisms accounting for defective natural killer (NK) activity observed in the majority of patients with lymphoproliferative disease of granular lymphocytes (LDGL), we have studied the generation of natural killer cytotoxic factor (NKCF) from peripheral blood lymphocytes recovered from twelve LDGL patients. On the basis of their cytotoxic activity against the K-562 target cells, cases under study were separated in two groups. Cells from five patients, referred to as NK+, were found to exhibit high levels of NK-cell mediated cytotoxicity; cells from seven patients, referred to as NK-, despite their ability to bind to the K-562 targets, displayed a defective NK function. The coculture of cells from NK+ patients with NK sensitive K-562 cells triggered a significantly higher production of NKCF with respect to NK- patients (p less than 0.001 at 1:2 dilution). Using phytohemagglutinin (PHA) as the NKCF stimulator, differences between the groups were not significant, due to a recovery of NKCF generation in NK- patients. Furthermore, a consistent lectin (PHA) dependent cellular cytotoxicity (LDCC) was exhibited by both groups of patients. The addition of gamma-interferon (IFN-gamma) or interleukin-2 (IL-2) ...Continue Reading

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