γ Interferon induced by S. aureus protein A augments natural killing and   ADCC

William J. Catalona; Timothy L. Ratliff; Robert E. McCool

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γ Interferon induced by S. aureus protein A augments natural killing and ADCC

William J. Catalona^*, Timothy L. Ratliff, Robert E. McCool

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Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus produces a protein identified as protein A (SpA) with a molecular weight of 41,000 (ref. 1) which binds to the Fc region of many types of mammalian IgG², activates complement³, blocks opsonins⁴ and is both chemotactic⁵ and mitogenic ^6,7. SpA has been used for various immunological purposes including removal of immune complexes⁸, arming effector cells with antibody⁹, distinguishing between antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and natural killing (NK)¹⁰, and exerting anti-tumour activity¹¹. We have now demonstrated that SpA induces the production of γ interferon (IFN-γ) in nonadherent, T lymphocyte-depleted (E^-), Fc receptor-bearing (FcR⁺) human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Our data also suggest that IFN-γ is a potent stimulator of both NK and ADCC activity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	77-79
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	291
Issue number	5810
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/291077a0
State	Published - 1981

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