Cellular specificity related to monoglyceride-induced cell death
| Autor: | Ann-Muriel Steff, Fabianne Philippoussis, Patrice Hugo, Marylène Fortin, Chantal Arguin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Programmed cell death
Fas Ligand Protein Lymphoma Thymoma T-Lymphocytes Immunology Apoptosis Biology Adenocarcinoma Lymphocyte Activation Fas ligand Glycerides Mice Immune system medicine Tumor Cells Cultured Immunology and Allergy Animals B cell Erythroid Precursor Cells B-Lymphocytes Membrane Glycoproteins Cell Differentiation Epithelial Cells 3T3 Cells Fibroblasts Flow Cytometry Molecular biology Mice Inbred C57BL Haematopoiesis medicine.anatomical_structure Bone marrow Immortalised cell line |
| Zdroj: | Immunology letters. 83(3) |
| ISSN: | 0165-2478 |
| Popis: | We have recently observed that monoglycerides (MGs), a family of lipids consisting of a single fatty acid moiety attached to a glycerol backbone, induce rapid dose-dependent apoptosis in murine thymocytes. In this work, we evaluated the sensitivity of various normal and malignant immune and non-immune cells to MGs. We demonstrate that the propensity to MG-induced death displayed by both T and B lymphocytes is clearly modulated according to their differentiation and activation status. For instance, the earliest T and B cell precursors are refractory to MG-mediated cell death. In the T-cell lineage, immature thymocytes are the most susceptible to MG treatment, while B cells from peripheral lymphoid organs appear more sensitive than B-cell subsets from the bone marrow. On the other hand, both activated T and B cells are more resistant to MG exposure than their non-activated counterparts. In addition, other hematopoietic lineages such as natural killer cells, macrophages, and erythroid cells are quite resistant to MG-induced death. Furthermore, using various immortalized cell lines from different tissues, we found that lymphomas and thymomas are the most sensitive among all lineages tested, while epithelial cells and fibroblasts are unaffected by MG treatment. Finally, MG-induced death was shown to be independent of Fas/Fas ligand (FasL) interactions. Altogether, our findings indicate that there is a cellular specificity related to MG-mediated cell death biased towards T and B lymphocytes. This suggests that MGs could potentially be used in the treatment of specific lymphoid disorders by bypassing the requirement for the Fas/FasL system. |
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