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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 6-7, Pages 641-652Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(00)00020-3
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apoptosis; phosphatidylserine; macrophage recognition; amphibian
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Inflammation is avoided in apoptosis by early removal of dying cells by macrophages (MOs). In mammalian cells, an early aspect of apoptosis is the translocation of phosphatidylserine (PS) from the inner leaflet of the cell membrane to the surface. PS recognition can serve as a signal for triggering removal of dying cells. PS expression on splenocytes and thymocytes of Xenopus laevis was quantified using FITC-Annexin and flow cytometry following exposure in vitro to several known apoptogens for this species. All apoptogens used induced PS expression. Dose dependency and the kinetics of PS expression following exposure to the calcium ionophore, A23187, were also examined. Peritoneal exudate cells (PEC's were cultured with A23187-treated thymocytes to test MO capacity for recognition of PS. MO binding to apoptotic thymocytes was reduced following exposure of PEC's to a water soluble analogue of PS, phospho-L-serine. The presence of a phagocytic PS-dependent recognition system in amphibia is supportive of the evolutionary conservation of this function in mammals that is crucial in limiting inflammation induced by dying cells. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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