Production of Stem Cell Antigen 1 Sca-1/Ly-6A/E by Freshly Isolated NK Cells Cultured with Relevant Cytokines.

Autor: Markova T; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria. iskrasainova@gmail.com., Sainova I; Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria., Kolyovska V; Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria., Dimitrova-Dikanarova D; Department of Biology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria., Markova M; Department of Biology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine [Bull Exp Biol Med] 2022 Nov; Vol. 174 (1), pp. 62-65. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 28.
DOI: 10.1007/s10517-022-05649-2
Abstrakt: Activated NK cells in appropriate conditions are known to express stem cell antigen 1 (Sca-1/Ly-6A/E). To investigate its production, NK cells isolated from mouse spleens were incubated ex vivo in the presence of different combinations of cytokines (IL-12, IL-15, IL-18, and IFNγ). Expression of Sca-1 was found to be considerably higher in NK cells incubated in the presence of IL-18, IL-15, and IL-12 than in those treated with IL-15 and IL-18 only. To test the hypothesis that the effect of IL-12 was due to stimulation of IFNγ production, we replaced IL-12 with IFNγ in some samples and added specific anti-IFNγ antibody to some samples cultured with IL-15/IL-18+IL-12. In the subpopulations incubated in the presence of IL-15/IL-18 with added IFNγ instead of IL-12, the expression of Sca-1 was not increased. By contrast, in samples treated with IL-15/IL-18+IL-12 and anti-IFNγ antibody, the expression of Sca-1 was activated to a similar extent as in those stimulated by IL-15/IL-18+IL-12 combination without the antibody. The obtained data suggest that IL-12 activates the production of Sca-1 by NK cells through an IFNγ-independent mechanism.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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