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  • Title: Precursor phenotype of lymphokine-activated killer cells in the mouse.
    Author: Salup RR, Mathieson BJ, Wiltrout RH.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1987 Jun 01; 138(11):3635-9. PubMed ID: 3108370.
    Abstract:
    Lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) activity has been proposed to functionally differ from natural killer (NK) activity largely on the basis of a broader target cell spectrum and different kinetics of response to interleukin 2 (IL 2). Similarly, it has been proposed that the precursor cells for LAK activity are phenotypically distinct from NK cells. In most precursor studies, phenotype comparisons have been made between fresh NK cells and LAK cells which have been generated by 3 to 5 days of culture in IL 2. In the present study, we utilized positive selection with monoclonal antibodies to characterize the surface phenotype of precursor cells which give rise to rIL 2-augmented NK activity within 24 hr and to classically generated LAK activity which appears after 3 to 5 days of culture in rIL 2. The results demonstrated that highly purified (93 to 95%) Lyt-2+ or L3T4+ T lymphocytes were unable to generate appreciable amounts of either augmented NK activity or LAK activity when cultured with rIL 2, whereas the highly purified (98%) Lyt-2-, L3T4-, asialo GM1+ lymphocyte subset gave rise to both augmented NK and LAK activities. These findings demonstrate that both augmented NK and LAK activities can arise from precursors expressing the same phenotype. Overall, the results suggest that NK cells in mouse spleen constitute a major precursor component for the generation of LAK activity from that organ.
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