Induction of natural killer cell activity by inactivated Candida albicans in mice.
AUTOR(ES)
Marconi, P
RESUMO
Injection of merthiolate-inactivated yeast form cells of Candida albicans into the peritoneal cavities of mice induced the appearance of a cytolytic effector population against YAC-1 tumor cell lines. This induction was maximally manifested in 5- to 8-week-old animals 3 to 4 days after injection of 2 X 10(7)C. albicans cells, and the peritoneal lytic population exerted its optimum cytotoxic effect after 4 h of incubation. No significant natural cytotoxic activity was generated by C. albicans in the bone marrow or thymus, whereas there was a slight, transient, but significant depression of natural splenic cytotoxicity. Experiments performed to characterize the natural cytotoxic population elicited by the inactivated yeast showed that the effectors were nonadherent, nonphagocytic cells. Moreover, the anti-YAC-1 lytic activity was partially sensitive to anti-Thy1.2 serum and was completely abrogated by treatment of peritoneal nonadherent cells with monoclonal anti-asialo GM1 antibodies. Finally, the peritoneal population of cytotoxic cells induced by C. albicans was fully susceptible to Ly5.1 plus anti-immunoglobulin G2a and complement lysis. Although different cell populations could be induced by inactivated C. albicans, all of our data support the view that the anti-YAC-1 activity was entirely attributable to natural killer lymphocytes.
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