Abstract |
The pentameric serum IgMs are critical to immune defense and surveillance through cytotoxicity against microbes and nascent cancer cells. Ficolins, a group of oligomeric lectins with an overall structure similar to C1q and mannose-binding lectin (MBL) participate in microbe infection and apoptotic cell clearance by activating the complement lectin pathway or a primitive opsonophagocytosis. It remains unknown whether serum IgMs interplay with ficolins in cancer immunosurveillance. Here we report a natural cancer killing of different types of cancer cells by sera from a healthy human population mediated by a novel IgM-H-ficolin complement activation pathway. We demonstrate for the first time that H-ficolin bound to a subset of IgMs in positive human sera and IgM-H-ficolin deposited on cancer cells to activate complement attack in cancer cells. Our data suggest that the IgM-H-ficolin -mediated complement activation pathway may be another defensive strategy for human cancer immunosurveillance.
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Authors | Xiaoying Lei, Chaoxu Liu, Kazem Azadzoi, Cuiling Li, Fan Lu, An Xiang, Jianbin Sun, Yanhai Guo, Qingchuan Zhao, Zhen Yan, Jinghua Yang |
Journal | Scientific reports
(Sci Rep)
Vol. 5
Pg. 7824
(Jan 16 2015)
ISSN: 2045-2322 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 25592840
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- FCN3 protein, human
- Glycoproteins
- Immunoglobulin M
- Lectins
- Complement System Proteins
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Apoptosis
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Complement Activation
- Complement System Proteins
(metabolism)
- Female
- Glycoproteins
(chemistry, immunology, metabolism)
- HT29 Cells
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin M
(chemistry, immunology, metabolism)
- Lectins
(chemistry, immunology, metabolism)
- MCF-7 Cells
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Middle Aged
- Protein Binding
- Serum
(immunology, metabolism)
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