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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 186, Issue 5, Pages 2757-2764Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002867
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- Bundesministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [LU 854/3-1]
- University of Heidelberg
- Baden-Wurttemberg
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Adhesion to tumor target cells is essential for initiation and execution of cellular cytotoxicity. In this study, we use single cell force spectroscopy to determine the exact biophysical values of the interaction forces between NK cells and tumor cells. We show that engagement of the activating NK cell receptor 2B4 can rapidly mediate an increase in the force necessary to separate NK cells from tumor cells, starting from 1 nN and increasing to 3 nN after only 120 s tumor cell contact. This early adhesion was mediated by the integrin LFA-1 and dependent on the actin cytoskeleton. The ability of NK cells to rapidly adhere to tumor target cells is consistent with their function in innate immune responses. Our data further suggest that a killing decision is already made within 120-300 s of tumor cell contact, supporting the essential function of cell adhesion during the early phase of cellular cytotoxicity. The Journal of Immunology, 2011, 186: 2757-2764.
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