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- Title
Regulation of Natural Killer Cell Activity by Transforming Growth Factor-β and Prostaglandin E<sub>2</sub>.
- Authors
Malygin, A. M.; Meri, S.; Timonen, T.
- Abstract
The separate and combined effects of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-βl)and prostaglandin E2 on human natural killer (NK) activity were studied. Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and large granular lymphocytes (LGL, 70-90% purity) were used as effector cells and K562 as targets. Overnight incubation of the effector cells with TGF-β1 resulted in a significant inhibition of NK activity. TGF-β1 did not influence the expression of CD3, CD 16, CD 18 or CD56 antigens on PBL. Combination of TGF-β1 with indomethacin gave the same NK-suppressive effect as TGF-β1 alone, showing that the inhibition of NK activity by TGF-β1 is not due loan increase in PGE2 levels. TGF-β1 did not influence cAMP level in PBL whereas PGE2 significantly increased it. On the other hand, TGF-β1 and PGE2 showed an additive inhibitory effect on NK activity. TGF-β1 did not reduce the binding of PBL and LGL to K562. PGE2 suppressed the binding and TGF-β did not influence this suppression. TGF-β also suppressed IL-2- induced activation of NK activity and increase of expression of the granule proteins granzyme A and perforin. PGE2 did not appear to affect granzyme A and perforin contents. The results indicate that TGF-β1 and PGE2 suppress NK activity by different mechanisms.
- Subjects
TRANSFORMING growth factors; KILLER cells; PROSTAGLANDINS E; LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS; BIOLOGY
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 1993, Vol 37, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
0300-9475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3083.1993.tb01667.x