Paclitaxel probably enhances cytotoxicity of natural killer cells against breast carcinoma cells by increasing perforin production

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• 作者：Makoto Kubo ; Takashi Morisaki ; Kotaro Matsumoto ; Akira Tasaki ; Naoki Yamanaka ; Hiroshi Nakashima ; Hideo Kuroki ; Katsuya Nakamura ; Masafumi Nakamura and Mitsuo Katano
• 关键词：Natural killer cells ; Nuclear factor B ; Paclitaxel ; Perforin
• 刊名：Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：May 2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：54
• 期：5
• 页码：468-476
• 全文大小：487 KB

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Paclitaxel, a semisynthetic taxane, is one of the most active chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of patients with breast cancer. We focused on the effect of paclitaxel on the cytotoxicity of natural killer (NK) cells. NK cells were purified by negative selection with magnetic beads from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy volunteers. A human breast carcinoma cell line BT-474 and an NK cell–sensitive erythroleukemia cell line K562 were used as targets. Cytotoxicity of NK cells was determined by 51Cr-release assay with labeled target cells. Paclitaxel (1–100 nM) did not affect cellular viability, and significantly enhanced cytotoxicity of NK cells in a dose-dependent manner. Although paclitaxel did not affect Fas-ligand expression of NK cells, paclitaxel induced mRNA and protein production of perforin, an effector molecule in NK cell–mediated cytotoxicity. Concanamycin A, a potent inhibitor of the perforin-mediated cytotoxic pathway, inhibited paclitaxel-dependent NK cell–mediated cytotoxicity. Furthermore, paclitaxel induced activation of nuclear factor B (NF-B) in NK cells. NF-B inhibitor pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate significantly suppressed both paclitaxel-induced perforin expression and NK cell cytotoxicity. Our results show for the first time that paclitaxel enhances in vitro cytotoxicity of human NK cells. Moreover, our results suggest a significant association between enhanced NK cell cytotoxicity, increased perforin production, and NF-B activation.