Table 1.

HLA-class I haplotype of 2 patients and hypothetical NK donors


Patients and NK donors

HLA-A

HLA-B

HLA-C

KIR ligand incompatibility

KIR phenotype of donor's alloreactive NK cells
ML2*  A2   B15, 50 (Bw6)   Cw12, w6 (CAsn80, CLys80)   —   —  
   Donor A   A2   B15, 44 (Bw6, w4)   Cw12, w5 (CAsn80, CLys80)   Bw4#  KIR3DL1+ KIR2DL1-, 2/3- 
   Donor B   A2, 3   B35, 44 (Bw6, w4)   Cw3, w5 (CAsn80, CLys80)   Bw4   KIR3DL1+ KIR2DL1-, 2/3- 
ML11  A1, 32   B8, 49 (Bw6, w4)   Cw7 (CAsn80)   —   —  
   Donor C   A1, 68   B8, 44 (Bw6, w4)   Cw7, w2 (CAsn80, CLys80)   CLys80  KIR2DL1+ KIR2DL2/3-, 3DL1- 
   Donor D
 
A2, 3
 
B7, 18 (Bw6)
 
Cw7, w5 (CAsn80, CLys80)
 
CLys80
 
KIR2DL1+ KIR2DL2/3-, 3DL1-
 

Patients and NK donors

HLA-A

HLA-B

HLA-C

KIR ligand incompatibility

KIR phenotype of donor's alloreactive NK cells
ML2*  A2   B15, 50 (Bw6)   Cw12, w6 (CAsn80, CLys80)   —   —  
   Donor A   A2   B15, 44 (Bw6, w4)   Cw12, w5 (CAsn80, CLys80)   Bw4#  KIR3DL1+ KIR2DL1-, 2/3- 
   Donor B   A2, 3   B35, 44 (Bw6, w4)   Cw3, w5 (CAsn80, CLys80)   Bw4   KIR3DL1+ KIR2DL1-, 2/3- 
ML11  A1, 32   B8, 49 (Bw6, w4)   Cw7 (CAsn80)   —   —  
   Donor C   A1, 68   B8, 44 (Bw6, w4)   Cw7, w2 (CAsn80, CLys80)   CLys80  KIR2DL1+ KIR2DL2/3-, 3DL1- 
   Donor D
 
A2, 3
 
B7, 18 (Bw6)
 
Cw7, w5 (CAsn80, CLys80)
 
CLys80
 
KIR2DL1+ KIR2DL2/3-, 3DL1-
 
*

Leukemic patients are indicated in bold

#

The HLA-class I group present in NK donor but absent in patient (ie, that determining KIR/ligand mismatch in graft-versus-host direction)

Expected KIR phenotype of donor's NK cells displaying alloreactivity against the respective leukemic patient

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