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Negi N, Das BK. CNS: Not an immunoprivilaged site anymore but a virtual secondary lymphoid organ. Int Rev Immunol 2017; 37:57-68. [DOI: 10.1080/08830185.2017.1357719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Neema Negi
- Department of Molecular Biology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar (West), New Delhi, India
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Kokkonen TS, Karttunen TJ. Fas/Fas ligand-mediated apoptosis in different cell lineages and functional compartments of human lymph nodes. J Histochem Cytochem 2013; 58:131-40. [PMID: 19826071 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2009.954669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2009] [Accepted: 09/24/2009] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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We have optimized an immunohistochemical double-staining method combining immunohistochemical lymphocyte lineage marker detection and apoptosis detection with terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling. The method was used to trace Fas-mediated apoptosis in human reactive lymph nodes according to cell lineage and anatomical location. In addition to Fas, we also studied the expression of Fas ligand (FasL), CD3, CD20, CD19, CD23, and CD68 of apoptotic cells. The presence of simultaneous Fas and FasL positivity indicated involvement of activation-induced death in the induction of paracortical apoptosis. FasL expression in the high endothelial venules might be an inductor of apoptosis of Fas-positive lymphoid cells. In addition to B-lymphocyte apoptosis in the germinal centers, there was often a high apoptosis rate of CD23-expressing follicular dendritic cells. In summary, our double-staining method provides valuable new information about the occurrence and mechanisms of apoptosis of different immune cell types in the lymph node compartments. Among other things, we present support for the importance of Fas/FasL-mediated apoptosis in lymph node homeostasis.
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- Tuomo S Kokkonen
- Department of Pathology, University of Oulu, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland.
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Apoptotic death ligands and interleukins in the vitreous of diabetic patients. SPEKTRUM DER AUGENHEILKUNDE 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s00717-010-0446-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tanaka K, Sata M. Therapeutic Application of Bone Marrow-derived Progenitor Cells for Vascular Diseases: Magicbullets Having the Good Without the Bad? INT J GERONTOL 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1873-9598(08)70019-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) neuroinvasion occurs early (during period of initial viremia), leading to infection of a limited amount of susceptible cells with low CD4 expression. Protective cellular and humoral immunity eliminate and suppress viral replication relatively quickly due to peripheral immune responses and the low level of initial central nervous system (CNS) infection. Upregulation of the brain protective mechanisms against lymphocyte entry and survival (related to immune privilege) helps reduce viral load in the brain. The local immune compartment dictates local viral evolution as well as selection of cytotoxic lymphocytes and immunoglobulin G specificity. Such status can be sustained until peripheral immune anti-viral responses fail. Activation of microglia and astrocytes, due to local or peripheral triggers, increases chemokine production, enhances traffic of infected cells into the CNS, upregulates viral replication in resident brain macrophages, and significantly augments the spread of viral species. The combination of these factors leads to the development of HIV-1 encephalitis-associated neurocognitive decline and patient death. Understanding the immune-privileged state created by virus, the brain microenvironment, and the ability to enhance anti-viral immunity offer new therapeutic strategies for treatment of HIV-1 CNS infection.
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- Yuri Persidsky
- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5215, USA.
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Nuotio K, Mäyränpää MI, Saksi J, Ijas P, Sairanen T, Carpén O, Soinne L, Saimanen E, Salonen O, Lepäntalo M, Kovanen PT, Kaste M, Lindsberg PJ. Endothelial Apoptosis Does Not Determine Symptom Status in Carotid Artery Disease. Cerebrovasc Dis 2006; 23:27-34. [PMID: 16968983 DOI: 10.1159/000095755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Accepted: 05/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We examined the hypothesis that endothelial denudation in advanced carotid plaques (CPs) occurs by increased apoptosis of endothelial cells (ECs) using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as markers of cellular proliferation and apoptosis in advanced symptomatic CPs (SCPs) and asymptomatic CPs (ACPs). METHODS 93 consecutive patients underwent carotid endarterectomy. Five additional specimens were studied by SEM. We performed TUNEL assays, and immunostaining against Fas receptor (FasR), Fas ligand (FasL), activated caspase 3 (ACA3) and Ki-67. RESULTS SEM revealed morphological changes consistent with EC detachment. Surprisingly, ACA3 positivity was more pronounced on the endothelium of ACPs (4.6 +/- 0.7% of total EC count) than on SCPs (3.3 +/- 0.7%, p = 0.049), and was found to correlate positively with nuclear Ki-67 expression (r(s) = 0.275, p = 0.040). FasL expression was significantly increased on the endothelium of SCPs compared with ACPs (66.4 +/- 4.4 vs. 53.9 +/- 4.5%, p = 0.047). CONCLUSIONS Absence of increased positivity of apoptotic markers dismisses apoptosis as a dominant mechanism underlying endothelial detachment of SCPs. Rather, increased ACA3 with co-expression of Ki-67 in ACPs might suggest that renewal of endothelium by active cell turnover may contribute to clinically silent evolution of plaques with preserved EC integrity. These observations may assist in designing novel therapies to prevent endothelial decay and symptom generation in advanced carotid artery disease.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Apoptosis
- Carotid Artery, Internal/enzymology
- Carotid Artery, Internal/immunology
- Carotid Artery, Internal/pathology
- Carotid Artery, Internal/physiopathology
- Carotid Artery, Internal/surgery
- Carotid Stenosis/enzymology
- Carotid Stenosis/immunology
- Carotid Stenosis/pathology
- Carotid Stenosis/physiopathology
- Carotid Stenosis/surgery
- Caspase 3/analysis
- Cell Adhesion
- Endarterectomy, Carotid
- Endothelium, Vascular/enzymology
- Endothelium, Vascular/immunology
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology
- Endothelium, Vascular/ultrastructure
- Fas Ligand Protein/analysis
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Nick-End Labeling
- Ki-67 Antigen/analysis
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors
- Severity of Illness Index
- fas Receptor/analysis
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Affiliation(s)
- Krista Nuotio
- Neuroscience Program, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Semkova I, Fauser S, Lappas A, Smyth N, Kociok N, Kirchhof B, Paulsson M, Poulaki V, Joussen AM. Overexpression of FasL in retinal pigment epithelial cells reduces choroidal neovascularization. FASEB J 2006; 20:1689-91. [PMID: 16807368 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-5653fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is responsible for the severe visual loss in age-related macular degeneration. CNV formation is considered to be due to an imbalance between pro- and antiangiogenic factors that lead to neovascular growth from the choriocapillaris into the subretinal space. To define whether FasL overexpression in retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) can inhibit choroidal neovascularization through Fas-FasL-mediated apoptosis, we examined the role of this pathway in a mouse model of laser-induced choroidal neovascularization. FasL was expressed in the retinal pigment epithelium of transgenic mice. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), immunoblot, and immunohistochemistry confirmed that the transgene FasL was specifically expressed in RPE. The established laser model was used to induce choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in wild-type (WT) and transgenic mice. CNV formation was compared with respect to fluorescein angiographic leakage (at days 0 and 14 after laser injury) and histological appearance. The lesions were assessed on RPE-choroidal flatmounts after CD31-labeling and with confocal microscopy after perfusion with rhodamine-labeled concanavalin A (Con A). Apoptosis was quantified by TUNEL positivity and caspase activation. FasL mRNA and protein were highly expressed in the RPE of the transgenic mice before and after laser photocoagulation. In contrast, FasL was only weakly expressed in the RPE layer of WT C57BL/6J mice. While ruptures of Bruch's membrane and CNV formation were observed histologically two weeks after laser photocoagulation in transgenic as well as control eyes, the shape and size of CNV lesions were reduced in the transgenic mice. The area of leakage was decreased by 70% in FasL transgenic mice compared with WT mice (P<0.005). The number of TUNEL-positive cells was greater in FasL-overexpressing mice and correlated with the expression of activated caspases. Th expression of other antiangiogenic factors such as PEDF remained unchanged. The specific overexpression of FasL in RPE layer reduced CNV formation in our laser model. Our results strongly point to the FasL-Fas pathway as a potential therapeutic target in controlling pathological choroidal neovascularization.
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- Irina Semkova
- Department of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Immune-mediated inflammation and allograft rejection are greatly reduced in certain organs, a phenomenon called 'immune privilege'. Immune privilege is well developed in three regions of the body: the eye, the brain and the pregnant uterus. Immune-mediated inflammation has devastating consequences in the eye and brain, which have limited capacity for regeneration. Likewise, loss of immune privilege at the maternal-fetal interface culminates in abortion in rodents. However, all three regions share many adaptations that restrict the induction and expression of immune-mediated inflammation. A growing body of evidence from rodent studies suggests that a breakdown in immune privilege contributes to multiple sclerosis, uveitis, corneal allograft rejection and possibly even immune abortion.
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- Jerry Y Niederkorn
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9057, USA.
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Sata M, Fukuda D, Tanaka K, Kaneda Y, Yashiro H, Shirakawa I. The role of circulating precursors in vascular repair and lesion formation. J Cell Mol Med 2005; 9:557-68. [PMID: 16202205 PMCID: PMC6741295 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2005.tb00488.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The accumulation of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a principal role in atherogenesis, post-angioplasty restenosis and transplantation-associated vasculopathy. Therefore, much effort has been expended in targeting the migration and proliferation of medial smooth muscle cells to prevent occlusive vascular remodeling. Recent evidence suggests that bone marrow-derived circulating precursors can also give rise to endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells that contribute to vascular repair, remodeling, and lesion formation under physiological and pathological conditions. This article overviews recent findings on circulating vascular progenitor cells and describes potential therapeutic strategies that target these cells to treat occlusive vascular diseases.
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- Masataka Sata
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
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Rakesh K, Agrawal DK. Cytokines and growth factors involved in apoptosis and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells. Int Immunopharmacol 2005; 5:1487-506. [PMID: 16023601 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2005.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2004] [Revised: 05/09/2005] [Accepted: 05/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review focuses on the role of cytokines and growth factors involved in the regulation of smooth muscle cells in an atherosclerotic plaque. As a plaque begins to develop, upon endothelial injury inflammatory cells within the lesion interact with the accumulating LDL, other inflammatory cells and smooth muscle cells and release cytokines and growth factors. The mediators released from the activated cells regulate the proliferation and/or survival of smooth muscle cells. This determines the stability and integrity of a plaque. New data emerging from various studies have provided novel insights into many of the cellular interactions and signaling mechanisms involving apoptosis of smooth muscle cells in the atherosclerotic plaques. A number of these studies, focusing on activation of inflammatory cells and the roles of chemokines, cytokines and growth factors, are addressed in this review.
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- Kriti Rakesh
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178, United States
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Hasel C, Dürr S, Bauer A, Heydrich R, Brüderlein S, Tambi T, Bhanot U, Möller P. Pathologically elevated cyclic hydrostatic pressure induces CD95-mediated apoptotic cell death in vascular endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 289:C312-22. [PMID: 15772124 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00107.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We describe cyclic hydrostatic pressure of 200/100 mmHg with a frequency of 85/min as a hemodynamically relevant pathological condition enforcing apoptosis in endothelial cells (EC) after 24 h of treatment. This went along with an increase of CD95 and CD95L surface expression, shedding of CD95L into the supernatant, cleavage of caspase-3 and caspase-8, and elevated JNK-2, c-Jun, and CD95L mRNA expression. Furthermore, increased DNA-binding activity of the AP-1 transcription factor family members FRA-1 and c-Jun was observed. This activation was reduced by inhibition of JNK, which subsequently prevented elevated CD95L mRNA expression. Caspase inhibitors and a CD95L-neutralizing antibody also reduced EC apoptosis. Most of the pressure-induced events were most prominent at 24 and 48 h. However, after 48 h, the CD95/CD95L expression pattern switched back to CD95−/CD95L+ and the specific death rate decreased. Cyclic pathological hydrostatic pressure is a novel type of stress to EC that renders them susceptible to CD95/CD95L-mediated autoapoptosis and/or paracrine apoptosis accompanied by upregulation of intracellular molecules known to trigger both apoptosis and survival.
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Regardsoe EL, McMenamin MM, Charlton HM, Wood MJA. Local adenoviral expression of Fas ligand upregulates pro-inflammatory immune responses in the CNS. Gene Ther 2004; 11:1462-74. [PMID: 15306838 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The central nervous system (CNS) is a site of relative immunological privilege; despite this it can be a target of the immune system under certain conditions. For example, adenoviral vectors elicit an immune response strong enough to result in antigen elimination, in immunologically primed animals. Fas ligand (FasL) contributes to the immune privilege of certain tissues by inducing apoptosis in activated T cells. We therefore investigated whether local overexpression of FasL could downregulate the immune response to adenovirus in the brain. Adenoviral vectors expressing FasL (AdFasL) and the reporter gene beta-galactosidase (Adbetagal) were co-injected into the striatum of naïve or immunologically primed mice. A co-injection of an adenovirus lacking a transgene (Ad0) and Adbetagal acted as a control. At 2 weeks after inoculation, reporter protein expression was significantly reduced with the AdFasL:Adbetagal combination compared with the Ad0:Adbetagal controls. This was accompanied by a strong inflammatory cell infiltrate, local demyelination and upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine gene expression. These experiments demonstrate that FasL overexpression elicits a pro-inflammatory response in the CNS rather than immunosuppression. This was characterized by chronic inflammation and accelerated loss of transgene expression. Induction of such an unexpected pro-inflammatory response caused by introducing FasL may be a peculiarity of the relative immunoprivilege of the unique environment of the brain.
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- E L Regardsoe
- Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, OX1 3QX, UK
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Sata M. Molecular strategies to treat vascular diseases: circulating vascular progenitor cell as a potential target for prophylactic treatment of atherosclerosis. Circ J 2004; 67:983-91. [PMID: 14639011 DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Atherosclerosis is responsible for more than half of all deaths in Western countries. Numerous studies have reported that accumulation of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a principal role in atherogenesis, post-angioplasty restenosis and transplantation-associated vasculopathy. Although much effort has been devoted to targeting the migration and proliferation of medial SMCs, effective therapy to prevent occlusive vascular remodeling has not been established. Recently, it was suggested that bone marrow-derived precursors can give rise to vascular cells that contribute to the repair, remodeling, and lesion formation of the arterial wall under certain circumstances. This review highlights the recent findings on circulating vascular precursors and describes the potential therapeutic strategies for vascular diseases, targeting mobilization, homing, differentiation and proliferation of circulating progenitor cells.
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- Masataka Sata
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo and PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi.
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A plethora of studies in cultured cells have established that oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) may enhance arterial apoptosis that involves both mitochondrial and death receptor pathways (Fas/FasL, TNF receptors I and II), thereby activating caspase cascade and other proteases. When apoptosis is inhibited by Bcl-2 overexpression, oxLDL may trigger necrosis through a calcium-dependent pathway. Despite this effort, the pathophysiological relevance of apoptosis in vivo remains to be elucidated. In principle, apoptosis occurring in atherosclerotic areas could be involved in endothelial cell lining defects, necrotic core formation, and plaque rupture or fissuring. This complex pathogenic framework may favor coronary atherothrombotic events. To date, the pathogenic role of apoptosis in thrombosis is attractive, but a solid evidence is still needed. When the precise role of oxLDL in vascular programmed cell death occurring in vivo is clarified, this may aid in the development of novel therapeutic approaches to adverse atherogenesis and its clinical sequelae.
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- Claudio Napoli
- Department of Medicine, University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
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Apoptosis, also known as programmed cell death, is the major type of cell death involved in normal development, regeneration, proliferation and pathologic degeneration in the central nervous system (CNS). The apoptotic process can be divided further into two pathways depending on the involvement of mitochondria and related biochemical cascades. The internal pathway of apoptosis is initiated by a variety of cytotoxic stimuli and mediated by the release of cytochrome c and subsequent activation of downstream caspases. The external pathway is mainly triggered by ligation of death receptors such as Fas, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis inducing ligand-R1 (TRAIL-R1), TRAIL-R2 and TNFRp55, and mediated by direct activation of upstream caspases. The Fas-FasL system has been known as a prototypic inducer of extrinsic cell death responsible for cell-mediated cytotoxicity, peripheral immune regulation, immune privilege and "counterattack" of malignant tumor cells against the host immune system. Fas and FasL are expressed in the normal CNS, and expression increases in inflamed and degenerated brains. Like other specialized tissues such as the eye and testis, the Fas-FasL system is thought to be involved in immune suppressed status in the CNS. Expression of Fas and FasL is significantly elevated in a variety of the neurologic disorders, suggesting the possibility that this system may play roles in degenerative and inflammatory responses in the CNS. Therefore, the FasL-Fas system should be considered as a double-edged sword in the CNS: maintaining the immune suppressed status in normal brain and inducing neuronal cell death and inflammation in a variety of neurologic disorders.
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- Chulhee Choi
- The Center for Cell Signaling Research and Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Sudaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, South Korea.
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Joussen AM, Poulaki V, Mitsiades N, Cai WY, Suzuma I, Pak J, Ju ST, Rook SL, Esser P, Mitsiades CS, Kirchhof B, Adamis AP, Aiello LP. Suppression of Fas-FasL-induced endothelial cell apoptosis prevents diabetic blood-retinal barrier breakdown in a model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. FASEB J 2003; 17:76-8. [PMID: 12475915 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0157fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Diabetic macular edema, resulting from increased microvascular permeability, is the most prevalent cause of vision loss in diabetes. The mechanisms underlying this complication remain poorly understood. In the current study, diabetic vascular permeability (blood-retinal barrier breakdown) is demonstrated to result from a leukocyte-mediated Fas-FasL-dependent apoptosis of the retinal vasculature. Following the onset of streptozotocin-induced diabetes, FasL expression was increased in rat neutrophils (P<0.005) and was accompanied by a simultaneous increase in Fas expression in the retinal vasculature. Static adhesion assays demonstrated that neutrophils from diabetic, but not control, rats induced endothelial cell apoptosis in vitro (P<0.005). The latter was inhibited via an antibody-based FasL blockade (P<0.005). In vivo, the inhibition of FasL potently reduced retinal vascular endothelial cell injury, apoptosis, and blood-retinal barrier breakdown (P<0.0001) but did not diminish leukocyte adhesion to the diabetic retinal vasculature. Taken together, these data are the first to identify leukocyte-mediated Fas-FasL-dependent retinal endothelial cell apoptosis as a major cause of blood-retinal barrier breakdown in early diabetes. These data imply that the targeting of the Fas-FasL pathway may prove beneficial in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy.
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- Antonia M Joussen
- Retina Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
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Ehtesham M, Samoto K, Kabos P, Acosta FL, Gutierrez MAR, Black KL, Yu JS. Treatment of intracranial glioma with in situ interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene transfer. Cancer Gene Ther 2002; 9:925-34. [PMID: 12386831 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2002] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Interferon-gamma (IFNgamma) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) are potent immunostimulatory cytokines with demonstrated tumoricidal effects in a variety of cancers. With the aim of investigating their ability to generate antitumor immune responses in malignant brain tumors, we describe the use of in situ adenoviral-mediated IFNgamma and TNFalpha gene transfer in glioma-bearing rodents. Survival was prolonged in mice treated with AdmIFNgamma or AdTNFalpha compared to AdLacZ- and saline-inoculated controls, and AdmIFNgamma- or AdTNFalpha-treated animals revealed significantly smaller tumors. These effects were accompanied by significant up-regulation of tumor MHC-I expression in AdmIFNgamma-inoculated animals, and of MHC-II in AdTNFalpha-treated tumors. Significantly enhanced intratumoral infiltration with CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells was visible in animals treated with AdmIFNgamma, AdTNFalpha, or a combination of AdmIFNgamma and AdTNFalpha. In addition, AdTNFalpha therapy down-regulated the expression of endothelial Fas ligand, a cell membrane protein implicated as a contributor to immune privilege in cancer. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of local IFNgamma and TNFalpha gene transfer as a treatment strategy for glioma and illustrate possible physiological pathways responsible for the therapeutic benefit observed.
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- Moneeb Ehtesham
- Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
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Cappellesso S, Thibault G, Hoarau C, Hérault O, Iochmann S, Bardos P, Lebranchu Y. FasL-transfected endothelial cells decrease the proliferative response of allogeneic PBL. Transpl Immunol 2002; 10:293-302. [PMID: 12507401 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-3274(02)00073-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Graft endothelium has a key role in organ transplantation because it regulates graft infiltration by allogeneic activated T cells. Overexpression of death molecules that could induce apoptosis of alloreactive T cells might be an alternative to the immunosuppressive treatment currently used in graft transplantation. Several studies have shown that immune-privileged sites express Fas ligand (FasL) and induce apoptosis of activated T-cells. We propose that endothelial cells engineered to express FasL could inhibit alloreactive T cell-proliferation by inducing apoptosis. An expression vector was constructed with human FasL cDNA and used to transfect an endothelial cell line (ECV304 cells). We demonstrated that FasL-transfected ECV304 cells were effective in inducing apoptosis of Jurkat T cell lymphoma as an agonist anti-Fas antibody. Using a mixed lymphocyte-endothelial cell culture model we observed that FasL-transfected ECV304 cells which conserved their two principal costimulatory pathways inhibited alloreactive T cell-proliferation by inducing activated T-cell apoptosis. These results suggest that endothelial cells could be interesting candidates to convey a death signal and induce hyporesponsiveness of alloreactive T cells during organ transplantation.
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- Sandrine Cappellesso
- UPRES-EA 3249 Cellules Hématopoïétiques, Hémostase et Greffe, Faculté de Médecine, 2 bis boulevard Tonnelĺe 37032 Tours, France
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Traditional thinking accorded a major role to deranged cell proliferation as a determinant of the abnormal cellularity of atheroma. However, studies conducted in several laboratories have documented the occurrence of disordered apoptosis during atherogenesis, leading to the death of lipid-rich foam cells (promoting lipid-core formation) and depletion of vascular smooth muscle cells (fostering fragility of the fibrous cap). A complex interplay of environmental factors and endogenous proteins regulates apoptosis and contributes to the struggle between cell death and procreation in atherosclerosis. In addition to a variety of growth factors, chemically modified lipids, reactive oxygen species, proinflammatory cytokines, and Fas ligand produced by activated immune cells may influence cell viability through a diversity of pathways, including the caspase cascade, the Bcl-2 protein family, and the oncogene/antioncogene system. A clarification of the molecular mechanisms responsible for vascular cell death may aid in the development of novel therapeutic strategies to treat atherosclerosis and its complications, including the acute coronary syndromes.
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- Yong-Jian Geng
- Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Houston Medical School, USA
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Chen YL, Wang JY, Chen SH, Yang BC. Granulocytes mediates the Fas-L-associated apoptosis during lung metastasis of melanoma that determines the metastatic behaviour. Br J Cancer 2002; 87:359-65. [PMID: 12177809 PMCID: PMC2364212 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2002] [Revised: 04/29/2002] [Accepted: 05/03/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The survival of tumour cells in a new tissue environment is crucial for tumour metastasis. Factors contributing to the death of tumour cells during metastasis are not completely understood. In murine melanoma model, activation of Fas (CD95, APO-1) signal in tumour cells reduces their lung metastasis potential, which may be associated with an induction of apoptosis in tumours. To elucidate the cellular mechanism, we used a Fas-ligand (Fas-L) specific ribozyme (Fas-L(ribozyme)) to suppress the expression of Fas-L but not Fas or TNF-alpha in B16F10 melanoma cells. The Fas-L(ribozyme)-carrying cells grew slightly faster in vitro with better viability than controls. Suppression of Fas-L in B16F10 melanoma cells by Fas-L(ribozyme) enhanced lung metastasis of the cells in C57BL/6 mice, and that was correlated with reductions in both apoptotic tumour cells and granulocytic infiltration. Mice depleted of granulocytes, but not CD4+ and CD8+ cells, showed a greatly elevated susceptibility to lung metastasis. Moreover, apoptosis in tumour cells was significantly reduced in granulocyte-depleted mice during the course of tumour formation. Taken together, our findings indicate that Fas-L-associated apoptosis in tumour cells determines the metastasis behaviour of melanoma in the lung and this apoptosis is primarily mediated by the cytotoxicity of recruited granulocytes.
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- Y-L Chen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 740, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chen JC, Lin JH, Wu LS, Tsai YF, Su TH, Chen CJ, Chen TJ. Luteotropic roles of prolactin in early pregnant hamsters. Biol Reprod 2002; 67:8-13. [PMID: 12079993 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.1.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Prolactin (PRL) has long been regarded as a luteotropin maintaining early pregnancy in rodents. To delineate luteotropic roles of PRL in terms of luteal vascularization and immune privilege, luteal expression of Thy-1 differentiation protein, Fas, and Fas ligand (FasL) in early pregnancy was studied in hamsters on Day 4 of pregnancy (P4 group). Release of pituitary PRL was blocked by daily treatment with bromocriptine (1 mg s.c. given at 1000 h) on Days 1-4 of pregnancy (PB group). PRL withdrawal induced functional luteolysis, as evidenced by a precipitous drop in serum progesterone to background levels. In situ 3' end-labeling of fragmented DNA (TUNEL method) also clearly showed that many apoptotic nuclei accumulated in the disintegrated luteal vessels in the corpus luteum in the PB group. Immunohistochemical studies showed that luteal Thy-1-positive vascular pericytes were abundant in the P4 group but rare in the PB group. Thus, PRL is essential for luteal vascularization in early pregnancy. Western blotting and quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction data showed that Fas protein and mRNA levels increased, whereas those of FasL decreased after PRL withdrawal. Accordingly, apoptosis initiated by Fas-FasL interaction is involved in the bromocriptine-induced luteolysis. Therefore, luteotropic roles of PRL are to support Thy-1 positive pericytes in maintaining proper luteal vascularization and to prevent immune insult by preserving a balance between luteal Fas and FasL expression in early pregnancy.
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- Joyce C Chen
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1 Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Cappellesso S, Valentin JF, Al-Najjar A, Büchler M, Ngourn M, Halimi JM, Nivet H, Bardos P, Lebranchu Y, Watier H. Recipient TNFRSF6 (FAS) gene polymorphism and acute renal allograft rejection. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:803-4. [PMID: 12034188 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)02916-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- S Cappellesso
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours et EA Cellules Hématopolétiques, Hémostase et Greffe, Faculté de Médecine de Tours, Tours, France
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Ishibashi N, Prokopenko O, Reuhl KR, Mirochnitchenko O. Inflammatory response and glutathione peroxidase in a model of stroke. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:1926-33. [PMID: 11823528 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.4.1926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in major industrial countries. Many factors contribute to the cellular damage resulting from ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Experimental data indicate an important role for oxidative stress and the inflammatory cascade during I/R. We are testing the hypothesis that the mechanism of protection against I/R damage observed in transgenic mice overexpressing human antioxidant enzymes (particularly intracellular glutathione peroxidase) involves the modulation of inflammatory response as well as reduced sensitivity of neurons to cytotoxic cytokines. Transgenic animals show significant reduction of expression of chemokines, IL-6, and cell death-inducing ligands as well as corresponding receptors in a focal cerebral I/R model. Reduction of DNA binding activity of consensus and potential AP-1 binding sites in mouse Fas ligand promoter sequence was observed in nuclear extracts from transgenic mice overexpressing intracellular glutathione peroxidase compared with normal animals following I/R. This effect was accompanied by modulation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase/stress-activated protein kinase pathway. Cultured primary neurons from the transgenic mice demonstrated protection against hypoxia/reoxygenation injury as well as cytotoxicity after TNF-alpha and Fas ligand treatment. These results indicate that glutathione peroxidase-sensitive reactive oxygen species play an important role in regulation of cell death during cerebral I/R by modulating intrinsic neuronal sensitivity as well as brain inflammatory reactions.
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- Nobuya Ishibashi
- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and Neurotoxicology Laboratories, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Apoptosis is a form of genetically programmed cell death, which plays a key role in regulation of cellularity in a variety of tissue and cell types including the cardiovascular tissues. Under both physiological and pathophysiological conditions, various biophysiological and biochemical factors, including mechanical forces, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, cytokines, growth factors, oxidized lipoproteins, etc., may influence apoptosis of vascular cells. The Fas/Fas ligand/caspase death-signaling pathway, Bcl-2 protein family/mitochondria, the tumor suppressive gene p53, and the proto-oncogene c-myc may be activated in atherosclerotic lesions, and mediates vascular apoptosis during the development of atherosclerosis. Abnormal expression and dysfunction of these apoptosis-regulating genes may attenuate or accelerate vascular cell apoptosis and affect the integrity and stability of atherosclerotic plaques. Clarification of the molecular mechanism that regulates apoptosis may help design a new strategy for treatment of atherosclerosis and its major complication, the acute vascular syndromes.
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- Y J Geng
- Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center Medical School, 77030, USA.
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Hébert MJ, Masse M, Vigneault N, Sirois I, Troyanov S, Madore F. Soluble Fas is a marker of coronary artery disease in patients with end-stage renal disease. Am J Kidney Dis 2001; 38:1271-6. [PMID: 11728960 DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2001.29224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Recent evidence suggests that the expression of Fas, a molecule implicated in the initiation of apoptosis in various cell types, is increased at sites of atherosclerotic plaques. However, the significance of plasma levels of the soluble form of Fas (sFas) and its ligand (sFas-L) as markers of atherosclerosis has yet to be defined. The present report is a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from an ongoing prospective study designed to evaluate the role of sFas and sFas-L as markers of CAD in ESRD. We evaluated the association between plasma levels of sFas and sFas-L and evidence of CAD in a cohort of 107 chronic hemodialysis patients. Plasma levels of sFas were significantly greater (P = 0.04) among subjects with (n = 64) than without evidence of CAD (n = 43). Plasma levels of sFas-L were similar in both groups. Using multivariate analysis, sFas level was found to be independently associated with CAD (P = 0.01) after adjustment for classic risk factors for CAD (hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, and smoking), markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein [CRP], intercellular adhesion molecule 1), and other confounders. An increase of one quintile in plasma concentration of sFas was associated with an odds ratio for CAD of 1.64 (95% confidence interval, 1.11 to 2.41). Models that incorporated sFas were significantly better at identifying patients with CAD than models limited to classic risk factors for atherosclerosis, alone (P = 0.008) or in combination with CRP levels (P = 0.006). In summary, increased plasma levels of sFas are associated with CAD in stable patients with ESRD. These results suggest that sFas may represent a novel and independent marker of CAD.
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- M J Hébert
- Division of Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, QC, Canada
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Zietz C, Rumpler U, Stürzl M, Löhrs U. Inverse relation of Fas-ligand and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in angiosarcoma: indications of apoptotic tumor counterattack. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2001; 159:963-70. [PMID: 11549589 PMCID: PMC1850461 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)61772-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Fas and Fas-L regulate immune responses through the induction of cell death. Fas-L is commonly expressed in activated immune cells and in the endothelium. In the latter it contributes to the inhibition of transvascular cell migration by the induction of apoptosis in Fas-bearing lymphocytes. Here we investigated whether the Fas/Fas-L system may regulate lymphocyte invasion into angiosarcomas. Fas and Fas-L expression was quantitatively determined in different grade angiosarcomas (n = 40) and related to the number of extravasated tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). Fas expression was detected in < 50% of the cases. In positive tumors both the number of Fas-positive cells and the staining intensity were highly variable and did not correlate with the number of TILs, the mean time of survival, and the histopathological tumor grade. By contrast, Fas-L expression was detected in >70% of the cases and the relative numbers of Fas-L-positive cells correlated inversely with the numbers of CD3- and CD8-positive TILs (P < or = 0.004). The survival times of patients with high Fas-L-expressing angiosarcomas were significantly reduced as compared to patients with low Fas-L-expressing tumors. Our results show that angiosarcomas with low Fas-L expression are characterized by numerous TILs, whereas sarcomas with high Fas-L expression show significantly reduced numbers of TILs. These results suggest that the Fas/Fas-L system may repress TIL invasion into angiosarcoma and by this may contribute to the evasion of the anti-tumor immune surveillance of angiosarcoma in the course of an apoptotic tumor counterattack mechanism.
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- C Zietz
- Institute of Pathology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
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Rodríguez-Gago M, de Heredia A, Ramírez P, Parrilla P, Aparicio P, Yélamos J. Human anti-porcine gammadelta T-cell xenoreactivity is inhibited by human FasL expression on porcine endothelial cells. Transplantation 2001; 72:503-9. [PMID: 11502983 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200108150-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of gammadelta T cells during an immune response is still elusive and has been proposed to play a first line of defense along with other cells of the innate immune system, such as macrophages and natural killer cells, before alphabeta T-cell activation occurs. Innate cellular immune response plays a major role in xenograft rejection. We investigated the response of human gammadelta T cells to unmodified and human FasL (hFasL)-expressing xenogenic porcine endothelial cells. METHODS A 51Cr release assay was used to study the xenoreactivity of human gammadelta T-cell clones against porcine endothelial cells. Stable transfectants of porcine endothelial cells expressing hFasL were established and analyzed for their effectiveness in controlling this response. RESULTS Of the gammadelta T-cell clones tested, 38.9% were cytotoxic for porcine endothelial target cells. This cytotoxic response of human gammadelta T-cell clones was significantly inhibited by a monoclonal antibody against human CD3. Incubation of gammadelta T-cell clones with concanamycin A, an inhibitor of the perforin/granzyme B pathway, caused inhibition of lysis of porcine endothelial cells. Inhibition was not observed upon incubation with either anti-FasL or anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha monoclonal antibodies. Expression of hFasL on porcine endothelial cells significantly reduced lysis by human gammadelta T cells. CONCLUSION These results imply that human gammadelta T cells may represent an important obstacle to xenotransplantation. Specific strategies targeted at this subset of T cells could be important in controlling innate cellular response to xenografts and facilitate graft survival.
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- M Rodríguez-Gago
- Unidad de Trasplante, Servicio de Cirugía Experimental, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, 30120 Murcia, Spain
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Apoptosis, a form of genetically programmed cell death, plays a key role in regulation of cellularity of the arterial wall. During atherogenesis, deregulated apoptosis may cause abnormalities of arterial morphogenesis, wall structural stability, and metabolisms. Many biophysiologic and biochemical factors, including mechanical forces, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, cytokines, growth factors, oxidized lipoproteins, etc. may influence apoptosis of vascular cells. The Fas/Fas ligand/caspase death-signaling pathway, Bcl-2 protein family/mitochondria, the tumor suppressive gene p53, and the proto-oncogene c-myc may be activated in atherosclerotic lesions and mediate vascular apoptosis during the development of atherosclerosis. Abnormal expression and dysfunction of these apoptosis-regulating genes may attenuate or accelerate vascular cell apoptosis and affect the integrity and stability of plaques. Clarification of the molecular mechanism that regulates apoptosis may help design a new strategy for treatment of atherosclerosis and its major complication, the acute vascular syndromes.
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- Y J Geng
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center Medical School, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 6.045, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Sata M, Walsh K. Fas ligand-deficient mice display enhanced leukocyte infiltration and intima hyperplasia in flow-restricted vessels. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2000; 32:1395-400. [PMID: 10900166 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fas ligand (FasL) is a death factor that induces apoptosis in Fas-bearing cells. To explore the role of FasL in vascular lesion formation, we analysed leukocyte infiltration and lesion formation in a flow-restriction model of vascular injury that results in neointima formation in the presence of intact endothelium. The left common carotid arteries of wild-type and FasL-deficient (gld) mice were ligated just proximal to the carotid bifurcation. Three days after the ligation, T lymphocyte and macrophage infiltration into the common carotid artery was notably enhanced in the gld mice relative to the wild-type C57BL/6J mice. Four weeks after the ligation, the common carotid arteries developed neointima-like lesions consisting primarily of alpha -smooth muscle actin-positive cells beneath an endothelial cell monolayer. Neointima formation was greater in the gld mice than in wild-type mice. These data provide mouse genetic evidence suggesting that Fas-mediated cell death can function to restrict inflammation and intimal hyperplasia during vascular remodelling.
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- M Sata
- Division of Cardiovascular Research, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02135, USA
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Yélamos J, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. [Genetically engineered animals as organ donors in xenotransplantation]. Med Clin (Barc) 2000; 114:342-8. [PMID: 10786336 DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71288-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- J Yélamos
- Unidad de Trasplante, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia.
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Perlman H, Pagliari LJ, Georganas C, Mano T, Walsh K, Pope RM. FLICE-inhibitory protein expression during macrophage differentiation confers resistance to fas-mediated apoptosis. J Exp Med 1999; 190:1679-88. [PMID: 10587358 PMCID: PMC2195735 DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.11.1679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/1999] [Accepted: 09/14/1999] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Macrophages differentiated from circulating peripheral blood monocytes are essential for host immune responses and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis. In contrast to monocytes, macrophages are resistant to Fas-induced cell death by an unknown mechanism. FLICE (Fas-associated death domain-like interleukin 1beta-converting enzyme)-inhibitory protein (Flip), a naturally occurring caspase-inhibitory protein that lacks the critical cysteine domain necessary for catalytic activity, is a negative regulator of Fas-induced apoptosis. Here, we show that monocyte differentiation into macrophages was associated with upregulation of Flip and a decrease in Fas-mediated apoptosis. Overexpression of Flip protected monocytes from Fas-mediated apoptosis, whereas acute Flip inhibition in macrophages induced apoptosis. Addition of an antagonistic Fas ligand antibody to Flip antisense-treated macrophages rescued cultures from apoptosis, demonstrating that endogenous Flip blocked Fas-induced cell death. Thus, the expression of Flip in macrophages conferred resistance to Fas-mediated apoptosis, which may contribute to the development of inflammatory disease.
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- Harris Perlman
- Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
- Chicagoland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
- Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
- Chicagoland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
- Chicagoland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60611
- Department of Rheumatology, 251 Hellenic Airforce Veterans Administration General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Cardiovascular Research, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02135
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- Division of Cardiovascular Research, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02135
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- Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
- Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
- Chicagoland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Sata M, Walsh K. Cyclosporine downregulates Fas ligand expression on vascular endothelial cells: implication for accelerated vasculopathy by immunosuppressive therapy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 263:430-2. [PMID: 10491310 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Although the introduction of cyclosporine A (CyA) and FK506 for immunosuppressive therapy has dramatically enhanced the early survival of organ transplant recipients, administration of these immunosuppresants is correlated with high incidence of transplant arteriosclerosis. Transplant-associated arteriosclerosis is believed to result from recipient inflammatory responses to the allograft, as it is characterized by early mononuclear cell infiltration of the transplanted vessel. We reported that vascular endothelial cells naturally express a death factor, Fas ligand, that may function to inhibit detrimental leukocyte infiltration. Here, we show that CyA or FK506 downregulates FasL expression on endothelial cells with accompanying decrease in the cytotoxicity toward Fas-bearing cells. Our findings not only demonstrate a novel biological action of these drugs, but also suggest a mechanism by which immunosupressive treatment contributes to atherogenesis.
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- M Sata
- St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 02135, USA.
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