title: Tumoricidal activity of monocyte-derived dendritic cells: evidence for a caspase-8-dependent, Fas-associated death domain-independent mechanism.
abstract: Monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DC) were found to be cytotoxic for several tumor cell lines including Jurkat cells, which were killed through a calcium-independent pathway. K562 cells were resistant, excluding a NK cell-like activity. DC-mediated apoptosis did not involve classical death receptors because it was not reversed by blocking TNF/TNFR, CD95/CD95 ligand, or TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand/TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptor interactions. Fas-associated death domain-deficient, but not caspase-8 deficient, Jurkat cells were killed by DC. Indeed, caspase-8 cleavage was demonstrated in Jurkat cells cocultured with DC, and the use of specific caspase inhibitors confirmed that apoptosis triggered by DC was caspase-8 dependent. Furthermore, the involvement of Bcl-2 family members in the control of DC-mediated apoptosis was demonstrated by Bid cleavage in Jurkat cells cocultured with DC and resistance of Jurkat cells overexpressing Bcl-2 to DC-mediated cytotoxicity. Overall, these data indicate that monocyte-derived DC exert a caspase-8-dependent, Fas associated death domain-independent tumoricidal activity, a finding that could be relevant to their therapeutic use in cancer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vanderheyde
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Amraoui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vandenabeele
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Willems
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017209:Apoptosis; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D053181:Caspase 8; D053453:Caspase 9; D020169:Caspases / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D053200:Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000502:physiology; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C505533:FADD protein, human; C505661:FASLG protein, human; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D053200:Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; C505653:TNFSF10 protein, human; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C505530:CASP8 protein, human; C506433:CASP9 protein, human; D053181:Caspase 8; D053453:Caspase 9; D020169:Caspases