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BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS
Volume 32, Issue -, Pages 456-460Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BST0320456
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apoptosis; neutrophil; nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B); phosphoinositide 3-kinase; tumour necrosis factor-alpha
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Granulocyte apoptosis has been proposed as a fundamental, injury-limiting granulocyte-clearance mechanism. As such, inhibition of this process may prevent the resolution of inflammation. Our previous studies have shown that TNFalpha (tumour necrosis factor-alpha) has a bi-modal influence on the rate of constitutive neutrophil apoptosis in vitro, causing early acceleration and late inhibition of this process. The pro-apoptotic effect is uniquely TNFR1 (TNF receptor 1) and TNFR2-dependent and the latter survival process is mediated via phosphoinositide 3-kinase and NF-kappaB (nuclear factor-kappaB) activation. In the present study, we show that, in contrast with GM-CSF (granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor), the delayed addition (i.e. at 6 h) of TNFalpha increases its survival effect despite substantial loss of neutrophil TNFR1 and TNFR2 at that time. This paradox was resolved using PBMC (peripheral blood mononuclear cell)-deplete and 5% PBMC-replete neutrophil cultures, where the enhanced survival effect observed after delayed TNFa addition was shown to be PBMC-dependent. TNFR2-blocking antibodies had no effect on the late survival effect of TNFalpha implying a TNFR1-dependent process. Finally, I-kappaBalpha (inhibitory kappaB-alpha) and NF-kappaB time-course studies demonstrated that the survival effects of both GM-CSF and TNFalpha could be explained by maintenance of functional NF-kappaB.
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