title: TRAIL/Apo-2 ligand induces primary plasma cell apoptosis.
abstract: Apoptosis constitutes the primary mechanism by which noncycling plasma cells are eliminated after the secretion of Ag-specific Abs in a humoral immune response. The underlying mechanism is not known. Here, we demonstrate that the expression of both TRAIL/Apo-2 ligand and the death receptors (DR) DR5 and DR4, but not Fas, are sustained in IL-6-differentiated Ig-secreting human plasma cells as well as primary mouse plasma cells generated in a T-dependent immune response. Plasma cell apoptosis is induced by both endogenous and exogenous TRAIL ex vivo, suggesting that TRAIL-mediated killing may, in part, be plasma cell autonomous. By contrast, resting and activated B cells are resistant to TRAIL killing despite comparable expression of TRAIL and DRs. The preferential killing of plasma cells by TRAIL correlates with decreased expression of CD40 and inactivation of NF-kappaB. These results provide the first evidence that primary plasma cells synthesize TRAIL and are direct targets of TRAIL-mediated apoptosis, which may relate to the inactivation of the NF-kappaB survival pathway.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Josie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ursini-Siegel
authors.forename: Wenli
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altmeyer
authors.forename: Eunice N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Hatada
authors.forename: Richard K G
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yagita
authors.forename: Selina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen-Kiang
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology*; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D016175:B-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020169:Caspases / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000276:immunology; D006241:Haptens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000276:immunology; D010648:Phenylacetates; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D053220:Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D019013:CD40 Antigens; D006241:Haptens; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009596:Nitrophenols; D010648:Phenylacetates; D053220:Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; C105190:TNFRSF10A protein, human; C505639:TNFRSF10B protein, human; C505653:TNFSF10 protein, human; C505640:Tnfrsf10b protein, mouse; C505654:Tnfsf10 protein, mouse; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019014:fas Receptor; D005719:gamma-Globulins; C026242:4-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl acetic acid; D020169:Caspases