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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 99, Issue 26, Pages 16963-16968Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.012681099
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activation; NK receptors; HLA class I
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Circulating human natural killer (NK) lymphocytes have been functionally defined by their ability to exert cytotoxic activity against MHC class I-negative target cell lines, including K562. Therefore, it was proposed that NK cells recognized the missing self. We show here that the Ig-like CD160 receptor expressed by circulating CD56(dim+) NK cells or IL-2-deprived NK cell lines is mainly involved in their cytotoxic activity against K562 target cells. Further, we report that HLA-C molecules that are constitutively expressed by K562 trigger NK cell lysis through CD160 receptor engagement. In addition, we demonstrate, with recombinant soluble HLA-Cw3 and CD160 proteins, direct interaction of these molecules. We also find that CD158b inhibitory receptors partially interfere with CD160-mediated cytotoxicity, whereas CD94/CD159a and CD85j have no effect on engagement with their respective ligands. Thus, CD160/HLA-C interaction constitutes a unique pathway to trigger NK cell cytotoxic activity.
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