title: Differential expression of bcl-2 and susceptibility to anti-Fas-mediated cell death in peripheral blood lymphocytes, monocytes, and neutrophils.
abstract: The recently identified Fas antigen (Ag) is a cell surface molecule that can mediate apoptosis. The cytoplasmic product of proto-oncogene bcl-2 has been shown to prolong the cellular survival by inhibiting apoptosis. To elucidate the physiologic significance of expression of both molecules, we examined the expression of Fas Ag and bcl-2 on blood leukocyte populations and evaluated their sensitivity to the cytolytic action of anti-Fas antibody. Although Fas Ag was expressed on a fraction of lymphocytes, both neutrophils and monocytes expressed Fas Ag constitutively. In contrast, there was marked difference among these leukocytes regarding bcl-2 expression. Lymphocytes expressed bcl-2 intensely, but monocytes showed weaker bcl-2 expression, and neutrophils were essentially absent for bcl-2 expression. Seemingly reflecting this lack of bcl-2-expression, neutrophils more easily underwent apoptotic cell death in vitro as compared with monocytes and lymphocytes. We showed that anti-Fas antibody affectively accelerated apoptotic cell death in neutrophils. However, the apoptosis-inducing effect of anti-Fas antibody was minimal on monocytes, and lymphocytes were resistant to this antibody. These results suggest that anti-Fas-mediated cell death may, in part, be determined by bcl-2 expression status in Fas+ lymphoid and hematopoietic cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyawaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yachie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D013997:Time Factors; D019014:fas Receptor
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D019014:fas Receptor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D004247:DNA