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 Blood, 15 September 2007, Vol. 110, No. 6, pp. 2020-2023.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on May 30, 2007; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-02-076927.

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IMMUNOBIOLOGY

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2B4 inhibits NK-cell fratricide

Ruth T. Taniguchi1, Dustin Guzior1, and Vinay Kumar1

1 University of Chicago Department of Pathology, Committee on Immunology, Chicago, IL

2B4 (CD244) and its ligand, CD48, are expressed on all natural killer (NK) cells. In studies using 2B4-deficient, CD48-deficient, or wild-type NK cells with blocking antibodies, we found that in the absence of 2B4-CD48 interactions, activated murine NK cells kill each other. We also show that NK-NK fratricide in the absence of 2B4-CD48 interaction is dependent on perforin both in vitro and in vivo. 2B4 has been reported to have activating, costimulatory, and inhibitory functions on murine NK cells. 2B4-mediated inhibition of NK-cell fratricide explains some of the paradoxes of 2B4 function reported in studies of murine NK cells. We show that in the absence of 2B4 signaling, activated NK cells have defective cytotoxicity and proliferation because of fratricide and not due to the absence of a 2B4-dependent activation signal.


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