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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
We compared the biological function of the human tumor necrosis factor receptors p55 (hTNF-R55) and p75 (hTNF-R75) expressed in the murine (m) fibrosarcoma cell line L929. Receptor-specific triggering of hTNF-R55 in transfected L929 cells by agonistic monoclonal antibodies or hTNF-R32WS86T, a hTNF-R55-specific mutant of hTNF, resulted in cytotoxicity. Specific clustering of hTNF-R75 in transfected L929 cells by agonistic monoclonal antibodies or hTNF-D143F, a hTNF-R75-specific mutant of hTNF also induced cytotoxicity, albeit at low level. In both cases, the cytotoxic activity of receptor clustering could be synergized by addition of 20 mM LiCl. Remarkably, cytotoxicity induced after R75 triggering in transfected L929 cells could be completely abolished by addition of neutralizing anti-mTNF antibodies, in contrast to cell killing seen after specific R55 clustering. No soluble mTNF could be demonstrated using a sensitive biological assay, although L929 cells were expressing low levels of mTNF-specific mRNA as shown by PCR. These data clearly demonstrate that minute amounts of endogenously produced TNF can be a key mediator in R75-mediated cytotoxicity. Presumably, the latter efficiently traps the ligand and transfers it to TNF-R55, and/or by binding it, protects the endogenously made TNF from inactivation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1043-4666
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
463-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Cytotoxicity in L929 murine fibrosarcoma cells after triggering of transfected human p75 tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor is mediated by endogenous murine TNF.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Gent, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't