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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 182, Issue 10, Pages 6168-6178Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803036
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- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan [H16-Iyaku-32]
- Astellas Foundation
- Uehara Memorial Foundation
- Sagawa Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research
- Society of Japanese Pharmacopoeia
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20679005] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The development of NK cells from hematopoietic stem cells is thought to be dependent on IL-15. In this study, we demonstrate that stimulation of human cord blood CD34(+) cells by a Notch ligand, Delta4, along with IL-7, stem cell factor, and Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand, but no IL-15, in a stroma-free culture induced the generation of cells with characteristics of functional NK cells, including CD56 and CD161 Ag expression, IFN-gamma secretion, and cytotoxic activity against K562 and Jurkat cells. Addition of gamma-secretase inhibitor and anti-human Notchl Ab to the culture medium almost completely blocked NK cell emergence. Addition of anti-human IL-15-neutralizing Ab did not affect NK cell development in these culture conditions. The presence of IL-15, however, augmented cytotoxicity and was required for a more mature NK cell phenotype. CD56(+) cells generated by culture with IL-15, but without Notch stimulation, were negative for CD7 and cytoplasmic CD3, whereas CD56(+) cells generated by culture with both Delta4 and IL-15 Were CD7(+) and cytoplasmic CD3(+) from the beginning and therefore more similar to in vivo human NK cell progenitors. Together, these results suggest that Notch signaling is important for the physiologic development of NK cells at differentiation stages beyond those previously postulated. The Journal of Immunology, 2009, 182: 6168-6178.
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