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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) of the small murine bowel represent a unique population of mostly CD8(+) T lymphocytes that reside within the epithelial cell layer of the intestinal mucosa. The close interaction with epithelial cells appears to be crucial for IEL survival since isolation and ex vivo culture induces massive apoptosis in this lymphocyte population. Here, we provide evidence that this form of IEL cell death may be mediated at least in part by endogenously produced glucocorticoids since adrenalectomy or treatment of mice with a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist significantly enhanced ex vivo survival of IEL. We further demonstrate that ex vivo activation of IEL induces upregulation of anti-apoptotic gene products, compensates for the lack of survival cytokines and rescues from apoptotic cell death. Thus, similar to thymocytes and T cell hybridomas, IEL survival may be regulated by the antagonistic action of TCR activation and glucocorticoids.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Actins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bcl2l1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dexamethasone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fas Ligand Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fasl protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glucocorticoids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insect Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Glucocorticoid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bcl-X Protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1350-9047
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
706-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Adrenalectomy, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Dexamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Intestinal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Receptors, Glucocorticoid, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:11464215-bcl-X Protein
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of cell death and survival in intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Immunopathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 31, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. tbrunner@pathology.unibe.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't