Abstract
Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) is an immunologic cytotoxic effector mechanism that is dependent on the cooperative interaction of humoral and cellular effector elements. This unit describes an assay of ADCC activity that can be used as a test for immunocompetence in effector cells or to test the activity of a monoclonal antibody to mediate ADCC. In this form of cytotoxicity, effector cells with receptors for the Fc portion of immunoglobulin produce target cell lysis by attachment to the Fc portion of antibodies that are bound to target cells via their antigen-combining sites. Therefore, an ADCC assay involves three essential components: labeled target cells, antibodies with specificity for target-cell surface antigens, and effector-cell populations. The basic protocol describes a method of measuring ADCC effector activity in lymphoid cells (peripheral blood mononuclear cells, or PBMC) that employs (51)Cr-labeled target cells. The three components are mixed in microtiter-plate wells and lysis of the target cells is detected by measuring the release of radioactivity into the cell supernatant. Support protocols describe procedures for preparing anti-target cell antiserum and (51)Cr-labeled target cells.
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