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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
Endothelial cell injury resulting in vascular leak syndrome (VLS) is one of the most widely noted phenomenons in a variety of clinical diseases. In the current study we used IL-2-induced VLS as a model to investigate the role of cytolytic lymphocytes in the cytotoxicity of endothelial cells. Administration of IL-2 (75,000 U/mouse, three times a day for 3 days) into BL/6 wild-type mice triggered significant VLS in the lungs, liver, and spleen. Interestingly, perforin-knockout (KO) mice exhibited a marked decrease in IL-2-induced VLS in all three organs tested. Also, Fas ligand-defective (gld) mice and Fas-deficient (lpr) mice exhibited decreased VLS in the liver and spleen, but not in the lungs. The decreased VLS seen in perforin-KO, gld, and lpr mice was not due to any defect in lymphocyte migration or homing to various organs because histopathologic studies in these mice demonstrated significant and often greater perivascular infiltration of lymphocytes compared with the IL-2-treated wild-type mice. Ultrastructural studies of the lungs demonstrated significant damage to the endothelial cells in IL-2-treated wild-type mice and decreased damage in perforin-KO mice. IL-2 administration caused up-regulation of CD44 in all strains of mice tested and triggered increased LAK activity against an endothelial cell line in wild-type and gld mice, but not in perforin-KO mice. The current study demonstrates for the first time that perforin and Fas ligand may actively participate in endothelial cell injury and induction of VLS in a variety of organs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3077-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Antigens, CD44, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Capillary Leak Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Capillary Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Injections, Intraperitoneal, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Mice, Inbred MRL lpr, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Perforin, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9743374-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence for the involvement of Fas ligand and perforin in the induction of vascular leak syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24061, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't