Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: HLA-E-Directed Accumulation of KIR + NKG2C + NK Cells upon HCMV Peptide Presentation In Vitro: Association with the Ex Vivo Phenotype
doi: 10.3390/ijms27136087
Figure Lengend Snippet: Proliferative activity and phenotype of bulk NK cell cultures obtained with and without LFL presentation: ( a ) expansion coefficient of bulk NK cell cultures after cultivation with and without HCMV peptide presentation, number of donors: N = 18 (HCMV + -13, HCMV − -5); ( b ) proportions of KIR + and KIR + NKG2C + cells in bulk NK cell cultures obtained with and without peptide presentation, with representative cytometric data, N = 18 (HCMV + -13, HCMV − -5); ( c ) correlation between the relative expansion coefficient K = K(LFL)/K (no peptide) and the proportion of KIR + NK cells ex vivo, N = 14 (HCMV + -9, HCMV − -5); ( d ) correlation between the expansion coefficient of NK cell cultures obtained without (left) and with (right) LFL presentation and the proportion of HLA-DR + NK cells ex vivo, N = 13 (HCMV + -8, HCMV − -5); ( e ) correlation between the relative proportion of NKG2C + (NKG2C ratio = NKG2C + ,% (LFL)/NKG2C + ,% (no peptide)) cells in cultures obtained with LFL presentation and the proportion of HLA-DR + ex vivo, N = 11 (HCMV + -6, HCMV − -5); ( f ) correlation between the relative proportion of KIR + cells (KIR ratio = KIR + ,% (LFL)/KIR + ,% (no peptide)) in cultures presented with the LFL peptide and the proportion of CD57 + NKG2C + ex vivo, N = 11 (HCMV + -6, HCMV − -5); ( g ) proportion of non-viable cells in spheroids of HLA-E-expressing tumor lines MCF7 and SKOV3 after co-incubation with bulk cultures of NK cells activated with and without peptide presentation, with representative cytometric data; 6 to 8 replicates are presented. Cultivation time T = 14 days, total number of donors: N = 18 (HCMV + -13, HCMV − -5). Statistical analysis was performed using a nonparametric Wilcoxon’s test ( b ) or nonparametric Mann–Whitney test ( a , g ) (* p < 0.05, ** p <0.01, ns—not significant); means ± SD are shown. Correlation analysis was done using Spearman’s correlation for non-normally distributed data; p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Article Snippet: Mouse anti-human fluorescent-labeled antibodies that were used for PBMC/NK cell surface staining were as follows: CD3-APC-Vio 770 (Clone REA613), CD56-FITC, CD56-PE-Vio 615, CD56-PE-Vio 770 (Clone REA196), CD57-VioBlue, CD57-APC-Vio 770 (Clone TB03), KIR2DL2/3-FITC, KIR2DL2/3-PE-Vio 615 (Clone REA 1006), KIR2DL2/3-APC (Clone DX27), NKG2A-PE, NKG2A-PE-Vio 770 (Clone REA110), NKG2C-FITC, NKG2C-PE (Clone REA205), HLA-DR-PE-Vio 770 (Clone REA805) (Miltenyi Biotech); CD3-PerCP (Clone HIT3a), CD56-Brilliant Violet 421 (Clone 5.1H11) (Sony, San Jose, CA, USA) (also shown in ).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Ex Vivo, Expressing, Incubation, MANN-WHITNEY