Volatile anesthetics induce caspase-dependent, mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in human T lymphocytes in vitro
Volatile anesthetics induce caspase-dependent, mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in human T lymphocytes in vitro
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DOI:
10.1097/00000542-200506000-00014
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发表时间:
2005-06-01
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Pannen, BHJ
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作者:
Loop, T;Dovi-Akue, D;Pannen, BHJ
Background: Volatile anesthetics modulate lymphocyte function during surgery, and this compromises postoperative immune competence. The current work was undertaken to examine whether volatile anesthetics induce apoptosis in human T lymphocytes and what apoptotic signaling pathway might be used.Methods: Effects of sevoflurane, isoflurane, and desflurane were studied in primary human CD3+ T lymphocytes and Jurkat T cells in vitro. Apoptosis and mitochondrial membrane potential were assessed using How cytometry after green fluorescent protein-annexin V and DiOC(6)-fluorochrome staining. Activity and proteolytic processing of caspase 3 was measured by cleaving of the fluorogenic effector caspase substrate Ac-DEVD-AMC and by anti-caspase-3 Western blotting. Release of mitochondrial cytochrome c was studied after cell fractionation using anti-cytochrome c Western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.Results: Sevoflurane and isoflurane induced apoptosis in human T lymphocytes in a dose-dependent manner. By contrast, desflurane did not exert any proapoptotic effects. The apoptotic signaling pathway used by sevoflurane involved disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential and release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to the cytosol. In addition, the authors observed a proteolytic cleavage of the inactive p32 procaspase 3 to the active p17 fragment, increased caspase-3-like activity, and cleavage of the caspase-3 substrate poly-ADPribose-polymerase. Sevoflurane-induced apoptosis was blocked by the general caspase inhibitor Z-VAD.fmk. Death signaling was not mediated via the Fas/CD95 receptor pathway because neither anti-Fas/CD95 receptor antagonism nor FADD deficiency or caspase-8 deficiency were able to attenuate sevoflurane-mediated apoptosis.Conclusion: Sevoflurane and isoflurane induce apoptosis in T lymphocytes via increased mitochondrial membrane permeability and caspase-3 activation, but independently of death receptor signaling.