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. 1998 Jan;93(1):122-8.
doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00394.x.

Monoclonal antibody anti-NC-2 identifies a second receptor on cells mediating natural cytotoxicity in mice

H Shirzadeh  1 , R C Burton, J H Brien, Y C Smart
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Monoclonal antibody anti-NC-2 identifies a second receptor on cells mediating natural cytotoxicity in mice

H Shirzadeh et al. Immunology. 1998 Jan.

Abstract

We have previously reported the identification by the murine monoclonal antibody (mAb) 1C4 of the first leucocyte receptor which is involved in natural cytotoxicity (NC) against WEHI-164; the NC-1.1 receptor. We report herein the identification and characterization of a second leucocyte receptor which is involved in NC, NC-2 (MW 50,000), identified by a rat anti-mouse mAb D9 (immunoglobulin G2a; IgG2a). Flow cytometric analysis showed that NC-2 was expressed on < 6% of splenic leucocytes of different inbred mouse strains and 96% of the cells of a mast-cell line which has high NC activity. In vitro treatment of splenic leucocytes with the D9 mAb blocked effector cell-WEHI-164 target cell conjugation and NC by approximately 50% without affecting natural killing (NK). Western blot analysis of affinity purified NC-2 and NC-1.1 using the D9 and 1C4 mAbs showed specific reactivity of the proteins with D9 and 1C4, respectively. Pretreatment of splenic leucocytes with both mAbs blocked NC 84%, a result which almost doubled that caused by either mAb alone. Flow cytometric screening of 16 different mouse cell lines showed that 19% of the cell lines expressed both receptors, 6% expressed only NC-2, 44% expressed mainly or only NC-1.1 and the remaining cells expressed neither receptor. These data indicate that D9 identifies a xeno-antigen, NC-2, which is expressed on cells mediating NC and not NK, and that it is not the previously described NC-1.1 allo-antigen. We conclude that NC-2 is likely to be one of a number of receptor molecules on cells mediating NC against tumour cells.

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