Requirement of A1-a for bacillus Calmette-Guérin-mediated protection of macrophages against nitric oxide-induced apoptosis.
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-Guérin (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, A1, 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, A1 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 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathways and did not require live organism. Three genes encoding closely related isoforms of A1 were all expressed; however, the A1-a isoform displayed the greatest fold induction in PEM. BCG-induced A1 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 A1-a(-/-) mice, indicating a requirement of A1-a for survival of inflammatory macrophages.
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Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Somogyi
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Orlofsky
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D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000502:physiology*; D051818:Replication Protein C; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
D001500:BCG Vaccine; C096816:BCL2-related protein A1; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; C096063:MATA1 protein, S cerevisiae; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D051818:Replication Protein C