Requirement of A1-a for bacillus Calmette-Guerin-mediated protection of macrophages against nitric oxide-induced apoptosis
Requirement of A1-a for bacillus Calmette-Guerin-mediated protection of macrophages against nitric oxide-induced apoptosis
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.166.7.4721
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发表时间:
2001-04-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Prystowsky, MB
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作者:
Kausalya, S;Somogyi, R;Prystowsky, MB
The role of apoptosis in regulating the course of intracellular microbial infection is not well understood. We studied the relationship between apoptotic regulation and bacillus Calmette-Guierin (BCG) treatment in murine peritoneal exudate macrophages (PEM) and the J774 macrophage cell line. In both PEM and J774 cells, mRNA expression of the anti-apoptotic gene, At, was selectively induced by BCG treatment as compared with other bcl2 family members (bcl-w, bcl-2, bcl-xl, bcl-xs, bax, bak, bad). In PEM, Al expression was maximal by 8 h postinfection and was abrogated by the proteasomal inhibitor MG-132. The induction was independent of protein synthesis as well as the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and phospbatidylinositol 3-kinase pathways and did not require live organism. Three genes encoding closely related isoforms of Al were all expressed; however, the Al-a isoform displayed the greatest fold induction in PEM. BCG-induced Al expression was associated with protection of host macrophages from NO-mediated apoptosis in both PEM and J774 cells. BCG-mediated protection was abrogated in PEM derived from Al-a(-/-) mice, indicating a requirement of Al-a for survival of inflammatory macrophages.