Lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity to autologous cells infected with measles virus. II. Specificity of the cytotoxic reaction and characterization of the effector cells involved. |
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Authors: | J M Galama A Vos C J Lucas |
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Institution: | Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service and Laboratory of Experimental and Clinical Immunology of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The mechanism of lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity to cells infected with measles virus was investigated. Cytotoxicity was measured in a direct assay, immediately after the isolation of lymphocytes from human peripheral blood; mononuclear leukocytes, infected with measles virus in vitro, served as autologous target cells. Virus-specific cytotoxicity required the presence of both IgG antibodies against measles virus and of effector lymphocytes. The effector lymphocytes had Fc receptors and were mainly present in a fraction of non-T lymphocytes. Monocytes were not cytotoxic but rather inhibitory. These results indicate that lysis of virus-infected cells in this direct assay is due to antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), caused by K cells. Control experiments showed that the virus-infected target cells were sensitive to incubation with human serum or IgG, resulting in a nonspecific increase of 51Cr release; however, this did not affect the results of K-cell cytotoxicity. Maximal virus-specific lysis by ADCC did not reach the level obtained by complement-dependent cytotoxicity. Possible explanations for this difference are discussed. |
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