International Immunology, Vol. 12, No. 6, 843-850,
June 2000
© 2000 Japanese Society for Immunology
Self-MHC class Ia (RT1-An) protects cells co-expressing the activatory allogeneic MHC class Ib molecule (RT1-Eu) from NK lysis
1 Department of Tumor Immunology, Immunobiology, BMC, Lund University, Sölvegatan 21, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
1 Molecular Immunology Program, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK
1 Active Biotech Research, 223 63 Lund, Sweden
Correspondence to: E. Bäckman-Petersson
We have previously shown activation of NK cells via recognition of an allogeneic, non-classical MHC class I molecule, RT1-Eu. In this study we investigated whether a self-MHC class I molecule could protect the allogeneic targets from being recognized and killed by the alloreactive NK (allo NK) cells. NK cells from BN (RT1 n) rats, primed in vivo by immunization with RT1u-expressing cells, manifested cytolytic activity against RT1u- as well as RT1u/lv1-expressing targets, but not against RT1u/n-expressing targets. The absence of cytolytic activity against semiallogeneic targets, i.e. targets expressing self-allotypes, was also valid for allo NK cells from alloimmunized F344 (RT1 lv1) rats. To analyze the ability of a distinct MHC class I molecule to protect target cells from NK lysis, Rat2 cells transfected with the activating allogeneic MHC class Ib, RT1-Eu molecule were also transfected with the self-MHC class Ia, RT1-A1n molecule. The allo NK cells from BN rats immunized with RT1u-expressing cells were cytolytic against Rat2 transfected with the RT1-Eu molecule. However, the allo NK cells manifested no cytolytic activity against double-transfected Rat2 cells, expressing the RT1-Eu as well as the RT1-A1n molecule. We conclude that expression of a self-MHC class Ia (RT1-A) molecule protects targets from allo NK killing. Furthermore, the NK inhibition via recognition of the self-MHC class Ia molecule dominates over the activation via recognition of the allogeneic MHC class Ib molecule, RT1-E.
Keywords: activation, inhibition, MHC class I, NK cells
Transmitting editor: H. Wigzell
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