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TI Th1 CD4+ lymphocytes delete activated macrophages through the Fas/APO-1
antigen pathway.
DT 9602
AU Ashany D; Song X; Lacy E; Nikolic-Zugic J; Friedman SM; Elkon KB;
Specialized Center of Research in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,;
Hospital for Special Surgery-Cornell University Medical Center,; New
York, NY 10021, USA.
SO Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Nov 21;92(24):11225-9. Unique Identifier
: AIDSLINE MED/96074680
AB The Fas/APO-1 cytotoxic pathway plays an important role in the
regulation of peripheral immunity. Recent evidence indicates that this
regulatory function operates through deletion of activated T and B
lymphocytes by CD4+ T cells expressing the Fas ligand. Because
macrophages play a key role in peripheral immunity, we asked whether Fas
was involved in T-cell-macrophage interactions. Two-color flow cytometry
revealed that Fas receptor (FasR) was expressed on resting murine
peritoneal macrophages. FasR expression was upregulated after activation
of macrophages with cytokines or lipopolysaccharide, although only tumor
necrosis factor-alpha rendered macrophages sensitive to anti-FasR
antibody-mediated death. To determine the consequence of antigen
presentation by macrophages to CD4+ T cells, macrophages were pulsed
with antigen and then incubated with either Th1 or Th2 cell lines or
clones. Th1, but not Th2, T cells induced lysis of 60-80% of normal
macrophages, whereas macrophages obtained from mice with mutations in
the FasR were totally resistant to Th1-mediated cytotoxicity. Macrophage
cytotoxicity depended upon specific antigen recognition by T cells and
was major histocompatibility complex restricted. These findings indicate
that, in addition to deletion of activated lymphocytes, Fas plays an
important role in deletion of activated macrophages after antigen
presentation to Th1 CD4+ T cells. Failure to delete macrophages that
constitutively present self-antigens may contribute to the expression of
autoimmunity in mice deficient in FasR (lpr) or Fas ligand (gld).
DE Animal Antigen-Presenting Cells/CYTOLOGY Antigens, CD95/*PHYSIOLOGY
Cell Death Cytotoxicity, Immunologic Immunity, Cellular Macrophage
Activation Macrophages/*CYTOLOGY Major Histocompatibility Complex
Mice Mice, Inbred BALB C Mice, Inbred CBA Mice, Inbred C3H Mice,
Mutant Strains Receptors, Cell Surface/PHYSIOLOGY Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Th1 Cells/CYTOLOGY/*IMMUNOLOGY Th2
Cells/IMMUNOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).