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Functional NK cell repertoires are maintained through IL-2R? and Fas ligand.

ABSTRACT: Acquisition of a functional NK cell repertoire, known as education or licensing, is a complex process mediated through inhibitory receptors that recognize self. We found that NK cells containing self-killer Ig-like receptors for cognate HLA ligand in vivo were less susceptible to apoptosis. In vitro IL-15 withdrawal showed that uneducated NK cells upregulated Bim and Fas. Conversely, educated NK cells upregulated Fas ligand (FasL) under these conditions. Induction of cell death and Bim expression on uneducated cells correlated with increased IL-2R? expression. Overexpression and knockdown studies showed that higher IL-2R? limits NK cell survival in a novel manner that is independent from the role of IL-2 in activation-induced cell death. To study the role of FasL in induction of IL-2R?(hi) NK cell death, a coculture assay with FasL-blocking Abs was used. IL-15 withdrawal led to FasL-dependent killing of IL-2R?(hi) NK cells by more educated IL-2R?(lo) NK cells. Finally, CMV reactivation induces a potent long-lasting population of licensed NK cells with enhanced survival. These findings show that education-dependent NK cell survival advantages and killing of uneducated NK cells result in the maintenance of a functional repertoire, which may be manipulated to exploit NK cells for cancer immunotherapy.

SUBMITTER: Felices M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3979985 | biostudies-other | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Functional NK cell repertoires are maintained through IL-2Rα and Fas ligand.

Felices Martin M Lenvik Todd R TR Ankarlo Dave E M DE Foley Bree B Curtsinger Julie J Luo Xianghua X Blazar Bruce R BR Anderson Stephen K SK Miller Jeffrey S JS

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20140314 8

Acquisition of a functional NK cell repertoire, known as education or licensing, is a complex process mediated through inhibitory receptors that recognize self. We found that NK cells containing self-killer Ig-like receptors for cognate HLA ligand in vivo were less susceptible to apoptosis. In vitro IL-15 withdrawal showed that uneducated NK cells upregulated Bim and Fas. Conversely, educated NK cells upregulated Fas ligand (FasL) under these conditions. Induction of cell death and Bim expressio ...[more]

PMID: 24634493

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