title: In vitro effect of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha on canine neutrophil apoptosis.
abstract: Neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes: PMNs) are essential for the host defense against various infections and are often injurious to the host, causing inflammatory diseases where tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is suggested to play an important role. Since an effect of TNF-alpha on canine PMN apoptosis has not been studied, canine PMNs were stimulated with recombinant human (rh)TNF-alpha in the present study to investigate the effect of TNF-alpha on canine PMN apoptosis. PMN apoptosis and function to produce ROS were assessed by flow cytometry. Delayed apoptosis was observed in the PMNs treated with rhTNF-alpha at 100 ng/ml, accompanied by retention of capability to produce ROS. However, PMN apoptosis was accelerated by rhTNF-alpha combined with cycloheximide. Therefore, it is indicated that TNF-alpha is able to activate anti- and pro-apoptotic pathways in PMNs and that the inhibition of PMN apoptosis by TNF-alpha requires protein synthesis in the PMNs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, Nihon University, School of Veterinary Medicine, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oguma
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watari
authors.forename: Atsuhiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects*; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D003513:Cycloheximide