Expression of two natural killer cell antigens, H-25 and H-366, by human
immature myeloid cells and by erythroid and granulocytic/monocytic
colony-forming units
D Wisniewski, R Knowles, M Wachter, A Strife and B Clarkson
Two monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs), H-25 and H-366, shown previously to
react with human peripheral blood large granular lymphocytes with natural
killer (NK) cell activity and some peripheral blood monocytes, have now
been shown to also react with a significant proportion of the myeloid and
erythroid precursor cells in human bone marrow and peripheral blood. In
FACS IV cell sorting and immune rosetting of bone marrow cells, the
antigens recognized by H-25 and H-366 were found to be expressed on most
blasts and promyelocytes but sequentially fewer of the more mature cells of
the myeloid lineage. Both antigens were also found on most monocytes but
only a minor proportion of lymphoid and nucleated red cells in the bone
marrow. In vitro assays detecting hematopoietic colony-forming units
revealed that these antigens are expressed by virtually all mature
erythroid colony-forming units (day-7 CFU-E), and the majority of the more
primitive erythroid burst forming units (day-14 BFU-E). H-25 but not H-366
was also found on a variable proportion of the day-7 and day-14
granulocytic/monocytic colony- forming units (CFU-GM) in the bone marrow.
The same type of precursor cells are also found in the H-25 and H-366
positive cell populations isolated from peripheral blood. In preliminary
testing of cells from acute leukemic patients, FACS analysis showed that
both antigens are also expressed on leukemic cells from patients with T
cell acute lymphocytic leukemia and with myeloid leukemias. These studies
demonstrate that the H-25 and H-366 positive NK cells in the peripheral
blood retain some of the cell surface properties of early hematopoietic
precursor cells, thus providing further evidence supporting the bone marrow
origin of NK cells.
Volume 69,
Issue 2,
pp. 419-429,
02/01/1987
Copyright © 1987 by The American Society of Hematology