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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
Activation-induced cell death and cytokine deprivation are demonstrated by peripheral T cell populations at the conclusion of natural immune responses, and each of these processes is modulated by the immunosuppressive cytokine interleukin (IL)-10 in vitro. This study employs a clinically relevant in vivo model of IL-10 gene transfer with heterotopically transplanted cardiac allografts to determine the mechanisms of the effects of IL-10 on T cell survival. IL-10 protein overexpression within allografts 4-5 days after gene transfer augments apoptosis of CD4+ and CD8+ graft-infiltrating lymphocytes by 7.1-fold (P < 0.001) and 6.0-fold (P < 0.001), respectively. Graft-infiltrating T cells express 10-fold more proapoptotic Fas (P < 0.01) and 30-fold more Bax (P < 0.01) than controls. The fractions of activated caspase-8 (FADD-like IL-1beta-converting enzyme) and activated caspase-9 were increased 7- and 2.3-fold, respectively, in IL-10 gene-treated allografts at postoperative day 4-5. These changes in the Fas-Fas ligand pathway and Bcl-2 mitochondrial apoptosis regulation are enhanced by complete suppression of antiapoptotic FADD-like IL-1beta-converting enzyme inhibitory protein (FLIP) (from 30.5 to 0.0%, P < 0.01) and Bcl-xL (from 22.5 to 0.1%, P = 0.03) expression among these cells from the earliest days after gene transfer. Although changes in proteins of Fas- and Bcl-2-mediated apoptosis signaling occur, only the levels of Fas and FLIP correlate to the rate of apoptosis of graft-infiltrating CD3 lymphocytes and histological rejection scores. These results indicate that dichotomous apoptosis-regulatory pathways are affected by IL-10 gene therapy, but Fas-mediated mechanisms of activation-induced cell death more substantially contribute to the greater cell death of graft-infiltrating T cells after ex vivo IL-10 gene transfer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H964-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-CASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulating Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Caspase 8, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Caspase 9, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Graft Rejection, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Heart Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Transplantation, Homologous, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-bcl-2-Associated X Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12915385-bcl-X Protein
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Dual upregulation of Fas and Bax promotes alloreactive T cell apoptosis in IL-10 gene targeting of cardiac allografts.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, 10833 Leconte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article