title: The novel regulatory mechanism of Fas system-mediated apoptosis in mesangial cells: implication to mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.
abstract: Fas Ag is a cell surface molecule that transduces the signal for apoptosis. Since mesangial cells (MC) play important roles in regulating glomerulonephritis, we investigated regulatory mechanisms of Fas system in MC. Fas Ag was expressed on MC from normal mice. This Fas Ag expression was down-regulated by inducing proliferation with platelet-derived growth factor or 18% fetal bovine serum, but was reversed when cycloheximide was added to the culture. Anti-Fas Ab alone did not induce apoptosis in MC, but MC became susceptible to apoptosis induced by anti-Fas Ab is actinomycin D or cycloheximide was added. Noteworthy findings are that mRNA of Fas ligand was expressed in MC. Taken together, MC appears to control the proliferation by regulating Fas system-mediated apoptosis, at least in part, through an autoregulatory mechanism with Fas Ag Fas ligand expressed on their own MC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasutomo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hisaeda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kagami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Himeno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D000077214:Becaplermin; D002417:Cattle; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003470:Culture Media; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003470:Culture Media; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D019014:fas Receptor; D000077214:Becaplermin; D003609:Dactinomycin; D003513:Cycloheximide