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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
Nitric oxide (NO), an important effector molecule involved in immune regulation and host defense, was shown to induce apoptosis in lymphoma cells. In the present report the NO donor glycerol trinitrate was found to induce apoptosis in Jurkat cells that are sensitive to CD95-mediated kill. In contrast, a CD95-resistant Jurkat subclone showed substantial protection from apoptosis after exposure to NO. NO induced mRNA expression of CD95 (APO-1/Fas) and TRAIL/APO-2 ligands. Moreover, NO triggered apoptosis in freshly isolated human leukemic lymphocytes which were also sensitive to anti-CD95 treatment. The ability of NO to induce apoptosis was completely blocked by a broad-spectrum ICE (interleukin-1beta converting enzyme)-protease/caspase inhibitor and correlated with FLICE/caspase-8 activation. This activation was abrogated in some neoplastic lymphoid cells but not in others by the inhibitor of protein synthesis cycloheximide. Our results were confirmed using an in vitro experimental model of coculture of human lymphoid target cells with activated bovine endothelial cells generating NO as effectors. Furthermore, the inhibition of endogenous NO production with the inducible NO synthase inhibitor NG-monomethyl-L-arginine caused a complete abrogation of the apoptotic effect. Our data provide evidence that NO-induced apoptosis in human neoplastic lymphoid cells strictly requires activation of caspases, in particular FLICE, the most CD95 receptor-proximal caspase. Depending on the cell line tested this activation required or was independent of the CD95 receptor/ligand system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD95, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP8 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP9 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 8, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 9, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cycloheximide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cysteine Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FASLG protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fas Ligand Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TNFSF10 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4311-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Caspase 8, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Caspase 9, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Cycloheximide, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Cysteine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Jurkat Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9596680-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Caspase activation is required for nitric oxide-mediated, CD95(APO-1/Fas)-dependent and independent apoptosis in human neoplastic lymphoid cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cellular Immunology and the Division of Immunogenetics, Tumor Immunology Program, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't