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Table 2 Mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of activating NK receptor ligand staining on K562, .221 and CEM.NKr.CCR5 cells by specific antibodies and chimeric proteins

From: Expression of ligands for activating natural killer cell receptors on cell lines commonly used to assess natural killer cell function

Ligand ID

Cell Stained

K562

.221

CEM.NKr.CCR5

MFIa

Range MFI

Ctlb

Background subtracted MFI

MFI

Range MFI

Ctl

Background subtracted MFI

MFI

Range MFI

Ctl

Background subtracted MFIg

Panel 1

 ULBP-1

895

852, 935

586c

309

389

382, 396

413c

− 24

276

271, 281

201

75c

 ULBP-2/5/6

3779

3685, 4905

503d

3276

93.5

85, 123

79d

14.5

115

101, 127

24d

90

 ULBP-3

1480

1219, 1895

749d

731

396

374, 437

379d

17

191

164, 223

159d

32

 MIC-A

1065

923, 1192

357d

707

710

587, 1212

196d

514

170

164, 183

156d

16

 MIC-B

786

784, 793

204d

514

667

468, 877

113d

554

107

94, 118

40d

67

Panel 2

 CD48

1044

788, 2347

169.2d

874.5

43,843

30,131, 54,430

299d

43,544

10,684

5081, 16,047

90d

10,594

 CD80

8980.5

7293, 10,778

527d

8453

45,424

25,478, 65,004

526d

44,898

469

425, 807

449d

20

 CD86

355

317, 367

264d

90

55,878

53,432, 56,184

22d

55,856

85

52, 112

67d

17

 CD112

3211

2485, 3923

296d

2915

1.5

0.1, 12.1

1.6d

− 0.12

544

470, 675

270d

234

 CD155

6187.5

5368, 6955

135d

6052

70.8

67, 73

51d

19.8

45

42, 54

28d

18

Panel 3

 ICAM-1

5087

4656, 11,162

497d

4590

16,875

11,852, 22,761

612d

16,875

203

185, 220

117d

86.5

 ICAM-2

54,429

50,356, 57,335

227d

54,201

60,331

44,271, 78,093

379d

59,952

61,416

47,186, 87,979

103d

61,313

 NKp30

1173

1152, 1217

157e

1016

182

165, 209

208e

− 25

160

116, 189

78e

82

 NKp44

668

619, 836

157e

511

406

373, 469

208e

145

297

194, 350

78e

218

 NPp46

302

165, 324

157e

145

299

197, 450

208e

91

268

209, 314

78e

190

HLA Panel

 HLA-F (3D11)

10,690

7197, 13,867

1252c,e

9438f

5032

4905, 6218

236c,e

4796f

1710

1608, 1881

189e

1521

 HLA-F (KIR3DS1-Fc)

9630

6437, 12,587

416c,e

9219f

8093

5789, 9287

236c,e

7856f

2861

2578, 3600

187e

3380

 HLA-E

280

208, 359

12e

267

171

99, 250

2.5e

169

477

435, 690

48e

428

  1. aMedian of 6 replicates, MFI – mean fluorescence intensity
  2. bCtl = Control staining
  3. cControl staining where control was an isotype control
  4. dControl staining where control was fluorescence minus one
  5. eControl staining where control was a fluorochrome conjugated secondary antibody alone
  6. fThe isotype control was used for background correction
  7. gAverage of 6 replicates