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BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY
卷 119, 期 3, 页码 660-664出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03879.x
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natural killer cells; multiple myeloma; cellular cytotoxicity; HLA expression; GVL effect
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Natural killer ( NK) cells are assumed to contribute to a graft-versus-leukaemia effect. In vitro experiments have shown that many leukaemic cells are NK-cell sensitive. Nevertheless, no data concerning the influence of purified NK cells on malignant myeloma ( MM) cells exist. We co-incubated NK cells with three different MM cell lines and fresh bone marrow samples of nine MM patients. The proportion of vital MM cells was determined before and after co-cultivation by a flow-cytometry-based assay. All MM cells tested, with the exception of one cell line (NCI H929), were susceptible to a NK-cell attack even without exogenous interleukin 2 ( IL-2). The mean killing of the native MM samples was 23.1 +/- 5.4% and 34.5 +/- 6.5% at 10: 1 and 20: 1 effector: target ratio respectively, This corresponded to about 2/3 of those values obtained with the highly sensitive line K562. In contrast, CD34-positive haematopoietic stem cells as well as peripheral mononuclear cells were completely resistant under similar experimental conditions ( 1.3% killing). To elucidate the underlying triggering mechanisms, we measured human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-class I expression of the MM cells. No evidence for HLA loss, which could have explained the NK-cell recognition if it occurred, was demonstrated. These findings may contribute to the understanding of in vivo NK-cell activation and encourage clinical applications of NK cells for MM patients.
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