Table 2.

Effects on complement-mediated cytotoxicity of blocking CD46, CD55, and CD59

Conditions DHL-4 Karpas WSU-NHL BJAB
Medium 0* 0  0  0  
NHS 0.8  2  2.3  1.3 
R + NHS  62.4  7.8  48.2  55.4 
R + NHS + anti-CD55  75  39.9  56.8  73.8 
R + NHS + anti-CD46  54.8  0.7  46.8  56.7 
R + NHS + anti-CD59  83.7  5.6  67.5  61.4 
R + NHS + anti-CD55/CD59  83.9  26.8  90.6 95.9 
Conditions DHL-4 Karpas WSU-NHL BJAB
Medium 0* 0  0  0  
NHS 0.8  2  2.3  1.3 
R + NHS  62.4  7.8  48.2  55.4 
R + NHS + anti-CD55  75  39.9  56.8  73.8 
R + NHS + anti-CD46  54.8  0.7  46.8  56.7 
R + NHS + anti-CD59  83.7  5.6  67.5  61.4 
R + NHS + anti-CD55/CD59  83.9  26.8  90.6 95.9 
*

The data are the % lysed cells above that of the untreated control. They are representative of 3 independent experiments.

Normal human serum (NHS) was used at 25% for all cell lines, except for DHL-4 in which 5% was added.

R: 2 μg/mL rituximab.

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