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CELLULAR & MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 477-484Publisher
CHIN SOCIETY IMMUNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2010.41
Keywords
expansion; IL-15; MICA; natural killer; 4-1BBL
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- National Natural Science Foundation [30400399, 30671917]
- Natural Science Fund of Jiangsu Province [BK2008215, BK2004404]
- Educational Committee of Jiangsu Province in China [04KJB320162]
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related protein A (MICA), which is a ligand for human NKG2D, is expressed by a variety of epithelial tumor cells and promotes the activation of natural killer (NK), CD8(+) and gamma delta-T cells. Although ectopic expression of MICA on tumor cells elicits anti-tumor responses, soluble MICA downregulates the activities of lymphocytes. In this study, we showed that recombinant, immobilized MICA (iMICA) molecules coated on plastic wells weakly promote peripheral NK cell activation, secretion of interferon (IFN)-gamma and degranulation without inducing apoptosis. In addition, iMICA synergized with IL-15 and soluble 4-1BB ligand (s4-1BBL) to expand NK cells 25-to 42-fold in a 13-day culture, whereas NK cells stimulated only with IL-15 and s4-1BBL expanded 10- to 16-fold. In contrast to NK cells expanded by IL-15 and s4-1BBL stimulation, NK cells expanded long term in the presence of iMICA exhibited increased cytotoxicity against leukemia cells. These results suggest that large numbers of NK cells with high cytotoxicity can be generated by stimulation with IL-15 and s4-1BBL in the presence of iMICA and that these cells can be used for adoptive cancer immunotherapy. Cellular & Molecular Immunology (2010) 7, 477-484; doi: 10.1038/cmi.2010.41; published online 27 September 2010
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