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  • Title: Interleukin-7 selectively enhances natural kill cytotoxicity mediated by the CD56bright natural killer subpopulation.
    Author: Dadmarz R, Bockstoce DC, Golub SH.
    Journal: Lymphokine Cytokine Res; 1994 Dec; 13(6):349-57. PubMed ID: 7535569.
    Abstract:
    Both the CD56bright and CD56dim NK cell subpopulation mediate non-major histocompatibility complex-restricted cytolysis of NK-sensitive tumor cell lines, and IL-2-dependent augmentation of cytolysis and proliferation of CD56bright and CD56dim NK cells was recently reported. We investigated the effects of IL-7 and IL-6 on the killing mediated by these cells to determine whether other cytokines besides IL-2 regulate their activity. IL-7 increased the cytotoxicity in only the CD56bright NK cell population. The effect of IL-7 varied from donor to donor but was comparable to that of IL-2. Furthermore, IL-7 was found to induce lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell generation primarily in the CD56bright cells. CD56bright NK cells also proliferated in response to IL-7, but only weakly in comparison with IL-2. In contrast to the results with CD56bright NK cells, IL-7 had little effect on the CD56dim subset. However, IL-2 enhanced NK cytotoxicity, induced LAK activity, and caused proliferation of these cells. An anti-IL-2 antibody did not inhibit the IL-7-induced increase in CD56bright cytotoxicity, suggesting that IL-7 acted independently of IL-2. However, the IL-7 effect on CD56bright NK cell cytotoxicity was partially inhibited by anti-CD2, anti-CD11a, and anti-CD18 antibodies and almost completely abrogated by a combination of anti-CD2 and anti-CD11a. These data suggest that cell adhesion molecules (CAM) play a role in the regulation of IL-7-induced CD56bright NK cell cytolysis. In contrast to IL-7-mediated effects, IL-6 alone had no effect on CD56+ NK cell cytotoxicity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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