Abstract
Natural cytotoxic cells from rat spleen and rat liver, (isolated using the collagenase method) were found to be cytotoxic against different lines of human gliomas: T406, T508, T705, HeRo, HeRoCl 1, HeRoCl8, and HeRo-SV 7/114. After 18 h the lytic units ranged from 75 to 251 in the liver and from 5 to 24 in the spleen. Analyzing the ratio of lysis at 4 h/ 18 h, it may be concluded that this natural killing is predominantly macrophage (Kupffer cell)-dependent. Lysis by Kupffer cells cannot be increased by transforming glioma cells with SV40. Experiments with SV40-transformed mouse fibroblasts (3T3) and virustransformed human cell lines (SV80) suggested a “SV40” receptor on Kupffer cells. Thus Kupffer cells have receptors for glioma cells and SV40-dependent membrane structures.
Key words: Natural killer cells, Macrophages, Glioma cells, SV-40 transformed cells
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