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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
卷 8, 期 7, 页码 706-714出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400854
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intraepithelial lymphocytes; T cell activation; glucocorticoid; intestinal mucosa; inhibitors of apoptosis
Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) of the small murine bower represent a unique population of mostly CD8(+) T lymphocytes that reside within the epithelial cell layer of the intestinal mucosa. The close interaction with epithelial cells appears to be crucial for IEL survival since isolation and ex vivo culture induces massive apoptosis in this lymphocyte population. Here, we provide evidence that this form of IEL cell death may be mediated at least in part by endogenously produced glucocorticoids since adrenalectomy or treatment of mice with a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist significantly enhanced ex vivo survival of IEL, We further demonstrate that ex vivo activation of IEL induces upregulation of anti-apoptotic gene products, compensates for the lack of survival cytokines and rescues from apoptotic cell death, Thus, similar to thymocytes and T cell hybridomas, IEL survival may be regulated by the antagonistic action of TCR activation and glucocorticoids.
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