{"title":"Spontaneous Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity (SCMC) Associated with Lymphocytes Negative for Acid α-Naphthyl Acetate Esterase (ANAE) Activity","authors":"V. Rajvanshi , H.H. Peter , H.J. Avenarius","doi":"10.1016/S0340-904X(79)80017-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A modified histochemical procedure for nonspecific acid α-naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE) activity in human lymphocytes was used to identify a subpopulation of E-rosette forming cells. Performing a one hour reaction at pH 6.5 the distinct dot-like staining pattern was almost exclusively observed on high affinity E-rosettes which sedimented readily in a regular Ficoll-Metrizoate gradient. By combining latex phagocytosis with staining for ANAE activity, a clear-cut distinction between mononuclear phagocytes and lymphocytes could be made. An attempt was undertaken to relate the ANAE marker on human lymphocytes to their functional capacity in spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity (SCMC) reactions. Using as targets two allogeneic (K562,IGR3) and a xenogeneic cell line (L1210) it could be clearly demonstrated that high SCMC activity is mediated by ANAE negative mononuclear cells, whereas enrichment for ANAE positive lymphocytes resulted in a loss of SCMC.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101288,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Immunit?tsforschung: Immunobiology","volume":"155 4","pages":"Pages 330-337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1979-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0340-904X(79)80017-2","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift für Immunit?tsforschung: Immunobiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0340904X79800172","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A modified histochemical procedure for nonspecific acid α-naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE) activity in human lymphocytes was used to identify a subpopulation of E-rosette forming cells. Performing a one hour reaction at pH 6.5 the distinct dot-like staining pattern was almost exclusively observed on high affinity E-rosettes which sedimented readily in a regular Ficoll-Metrizoate gradient. By combining latex phagocytosis with staining for ANAE activity, a clear-cut distinction between mononuclear phagocytes and lymphocytes could be made. An attempt was undertaken to relate the ANAE marker on human lymphocytes to their functional capacity in spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity (SCMC) reactions. Using as targets two allogeneic (K562,IGR3) and a xenogeneic cell line (L1210) it could be clearly demonstrated that high SCMC activity is mediated by ANAE negative mononuclear cells, whereas enrichment for ANAE positive lymphocytes resulted in a loss of SCMC.