Abstract
We investigated the effect of human peripheral blood monocytes on the augmentation of natural killer cytotoxicity by α or γ natural and recombinant interferons (IFN) and certain interferon inducers. We observed that: (1) in the majority of the donors examined (75%) human peripheral blood monocytes do not affect natural killer cytotoxicity, determined by a 4-hour chromium-51 release assay, against target cells from hemopoietic human tumor cell lines. (2) Monocytes are not required and do not affect the augmentation of natural killer cytotoxicity by Escherichia coli-derived IFN-γ, natural human IFN-γ, E. coli-derived IFN-α2 or natural human IFN-α. E. coli-derived IFN-γ and natural human IFN-γ have been reported to activate monocyte cytotoxicity determined in 72-hour assay. (3) Monocytes are not required for the augmentation of natural killer cytotoxicity against target cells from hemopoietic tumor cell lines by polyinosinic acid-polycytidylic acid or staphylococcal enterotoxin A.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | International Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy