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. 1993 Aug;93(2):229–236. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1993.tb07971.x

Effects of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), IL-1 beta and monocytes on lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) induction from natural killer (NK) cells and T lymphocytes.

K Yoneda 1, T Osaki 1, T Yamamoto 1, E Ueta 1
PMCID: PMC1554840  PMID: 8348749

Abstract

Roles of monocytes and cytokines were investigated on LAK induction from T and NK cells. Monocytes augmented more T-LAK induction than did NK-LAK. Expression of IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-mRNA and their cytokine production were superior in NK cells compared with T cells in parallel with their LAK activities. An increase of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta and IFN-gamma production was induced by co-culturing NK or T cells with autologous monocytes. The augmentation of T cell cytokine production and T-LAK activity by monocytes was more prominent than that of NK cells. TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta were generated 24 h after IL-2 stimulation, and these cytokines were able to almost substitute for monocytes in LAK induction. Conversely, LAK induction was almost completely suppressed by both anti-IL-1 beta and anti-TNF-alpha antibodies, if they were added within 24 h after the start of the LAK induction. IFN-gamma, which was produced at a later stage, scarcely affected LAK induction in spite of the cooperation with TNF-alpha. The results obtained indicate conclusively that the superiority of NK-LAK depends on their superior productivity of both IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha, and that the up-regulation of LAK induction by monocytes is largely due to the enhanced generation of both cytokines.

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