title: Early events in spontaneous neutrophil apoptosis.
abstract: Neutrophils are very abundant, short-lived leucocytes and their death by apoptosis is central to homoeostasis and the resolution of inflammation, yet the trigger for apoptosis is still a topic of debate. Depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane has been supposed to initiate neutrophil spontaneous apoptosis, as neutrophils gradually lose the anti-apoptotic protein Mcl-1 and Bax translocates and inserts into the mitochondrial membrane. However, other reports show that caspase 8 is required for neutrophil apoptosis, suggesting the involvement of DR (death receptor) signalling. As DR ligation is not required for neutrophil apoptosis, this raises the intriguing possibility that activation of caspase 8 during neutrophil apoptosis occurs via a novel mechanism. In the present paper, we discuss the current evidence for mechanisms occurring in neutrophil apoptosis, which could trigger DR signalling in the absence of DR ligation.
authors.affiliation: MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham Medical School, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scheel-Toellner
authors.forename: K-Q
authors.initials: KQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Craddock
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Assi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lord
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D053181:Caspase 8; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000737:chemistry; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000473:pathology; D008954:Models, Biological; D064549:Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D021381:Protein Transport; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein
chemical_list: C494826:BAX protein, human; D064549:Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D003513:Cycloheximide; C505530:CASP8 protein, human; D053181:Caspase 8; D020169:Caspases