title: Fas resistance of leukemic eosinophils is due to activation of NF-kappa B by Fas ligation.
abstract: TNF family receptors can lead to the activation of NF-kappaB and this can be a prosurvival signal in some cells. Although activation of NF-kappaB by ligation of Fas (CD95/Apo-1), a member of the TNFR family, has been observed in a few studies, Fas-mediated NF-kappaB activation has not previously been shown to protect cells from apoptosis. We examined the Fas-induced NF-kappaB activation and its antiapoptotic effects in a leukemic eosinophil cell line, AML14.3D10, an AML14 subline resistant to Fas-mediated apoptosis. EMSA and supershift assays showed that agonist anti-Fas (CH11) induced nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB heterodimer p65(RelA)/p50 in these cells in both a time- and dose-dependent fashion. The influence of NF-kappaB on the induction of apoptosis was studied using pharmacological proteasome inhibitors and an inhibitor of IkappaBalpha phosphorylation to block IkappaBalpha dissociation and degradation. These inhibitors at least partially inhibited NF-kappaB activation and augmented CH11-induced cell death. Stable transfection and overexpression of IkappaBalpha in 3D10 cells inhibited CH11-induced NF-kappaB activation and completely abrogated Fas resistance. Increases in caspase-8 and caspase-3 cleavage induced by CH11 and in consequent apoptotic killing were observed in these cells. Furthermore, while Fas-stimulation of resistant control 3D10 cells led to increases in the antiapoptotic proteins cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein-1 and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein, Fas-induced apoptosis in IkappaBalpha-overexpressing cells led to the down-modulation of both of these proteins, as well as that of the Bcl-2 family protein, Bcl-x(L). These data suggest that the resistance of these leukemic eosinophils to Fas-mediated killing is due to induced NF-kappaB activation.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Yimin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Camoretti-Mercado
authors.forename: Lyubov
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blokh
authors.forename: Catherine G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Franklin D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Kimm J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hamann
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology*; D053148:Caspase 3; D053181:Caspase 8; D053453:Caspase 9; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000276:immunology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000276:immunology; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D006801:Humans; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D021122:Protein Subunits; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000276:immunology; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C505661:FASLG protein, human; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; C000606204:NFKBIA protein, human; D021122:Protein Subunits; D019014:fas Receptor; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; C505530:CASP8 protein, human; C506433:CASP9 protein, human; D053148:Caspase 3; D053181:Caspase 8; D053453:Caspase 9; D020169:Caspases