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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Activation of resting T cells usually leads to their proliferation and differentiation into effector cells and a subsequent decline following elimination of the antigen. A situation of excessive antigen density may result in T cell receptor (TCR)-induced deletion of T effector cells, a process termed antigen-induced cell death (AgICD). Previous studies indicate that AgICD of cytotoxic T cells may be induced by either of the two key cytotoxic processes, granule exocytosis, including perforin and granzymes, or the Fas ligand (FasL)/Fas pathway. By using in vitro-polyclonally activated or ex vivo-derived virus-induced T cell populations from mice with mutations or targeted gene defects in one or more components of the two key cytolytic pathways we now show that TCR-induced apoptosis is only impaired in the absence of FasL and/or Fas, but not in the absence of perforin and/or granzymes. Furthermore, antibody-blockage of FasL alone is sufficient to inhibit early T cell death. Inhibition of both, FasL and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) is required to abrogate late apoptosis by AgICD. The fact that antibodies to IFN-gamma also inhibit AgICD suggests that the perforin plus granzyme-independent and FaSL and/or TNF-alpha facilitated process of AgICD of T effector cells is tightly regulated by endogenous IFN-gamma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, Monoclonal, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD95, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, Viral, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Concanavalin A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fas Ligand Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fasl protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Granzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gzmb protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interferon-gamma, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Perforin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serine Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2490-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Antigens, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Concanavalin A, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Exocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Granzymes, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Perforin, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Serine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:12207333-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Antigen-induced cell death of T effector cells in vitro proceeds via the Fas pathway, requires endogenous interferon-gamma and is independent of perforin and granzymes.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't