Human NK cells of mice with reconstituted human immune system components require preactivation to acquire functional competence
- 18 November 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 116 (20), 4158-4167
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2010-02-270678
Abstract
To investigate human natural killer (NK)–cell reactivity in vivo we have reconstituted human immune system components by transplantation of human hematopoietic progenitor cells into NOD-scid IL2Rγnull mice. We demonstrate here that this model allows the development of all NK-cell subsets that are also found in human adult peripheral and cord blood, including NKp46+CD56− NK cells. Similar to human cord blood, NK cells from these reconstituted mice require preactivation by interleukin-15 to reach the functional competence of human adult NK cells. Mainly the terminally differentiated CD16+ NK cells demonstrate lower reactivity without this stimulation. After preactivation, both CD16+ and CD16− NK cells efficiently produce interferon-γ and degranulate in response to stimulation with NK cell–susceptible targets, including K562 erythroleukemia cells. NK-cell lines, established from reconstituted mice, demonstrate cytotoxicity against this tumor cell line. Importantly, preactivation can as well be achieved by bystander cell maturation via poly I:C stimulation in vitro and injection of this maturation stimulus in vivo. Preactivation in vivo enhances killing of human leukocyte antigen class I negative tumor cells after their adoptive transfer. These data suggest that a functional, but resting, NK-cell compartment can be established in immune-compromised mice after human hematopoietic progenitor cell transfer.Keywords
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