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International Immunology 2006 18(2):241-247; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh358
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2B4 (CD244), NTB-A and CRACC (CS1) stimulate cytotoxicity but no proliferation in human NK cells

Sebastian Stark and Carsten Watzl

Institute for Immunology, University Heidelberg, INF 305, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Correspondence to: C. Watzl; E-mail: carsten.watzl{at}urz.uni-heidelberg.de

The recently described family of SLAM-related receptors plays an important role in the modulation of lymphocyte activity. The members of this family expressed on human NK cells are 2B4 (CD244), NTB-A and CRACC (CS1). The ligands of these surface receptors are also present on all human NK cells, suggesting that 2B4, NTB-A and CRACC are engaged during the contact of neighboring NK cells. Here we investigate the functional consequence of this interaction. We show that blocking the engagement of 2B4, NTB-A and CRACC has no effect on the proliferation or the development of the cytotoxic potential of human NK cells. However, triggering of 2B4, NTB-A or CRACC by their physiological ligands on MHC class I-negative target cells induces potent NK cell cytotoxicity. This suggests that the engagement of inhibitory receptors by MHC class I on neighboring NK cells blocks 2B4-, NTB-A- and CRACC-induced NK cell cytotoxicity, thereby ensuring that NK cells do not kill each other. In support of this, limiting inhibitory receptor engagement by antibodies leads to the autologous killing of NK cells in a 2B4-, NTB-A- and CRACC-dependent manner.

Keywords: cytotoxicity, natural killer cells, proliferation, surface receptors

Transmitting editor: G. J. Hämmerling


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