INTERLEUKIN-7 RESCUES HUMAN ACTIVATED T-LYMPHOCYTES FROM APOPTOSIS INDUCED BY GLUCOCORTICOESTEROIDS AND REGULATES BCL-2 AND CD25 EXPRESSION

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HERNANDEZCASELLES, T [1 ]
MARTINEZESPARZA, M [1 ]
SANCHO, D [1 ]
RUBIO, G [1 ]
APARICIO, P [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MURCIA,SCH MED,FAC MED,DEPT BIOQUIM B & IMMUNOL,E-30100 MURCIA,SPAIN
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10.1016/0198-8859(94)00168-P
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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We studied the ability of several interleukins to inhibit the cellular death of IL-2-dependent human T cells deprived of IL-2 testing viability, DNA integrity, and expression of bcl-2 gene product. Our in vitro results showed that the addition of IL-7, and in a fat less efficient manner IL-4, augmented the viability of IL-2-dependent T-cell clones of different origin, specificity, and phenotype. Furthermore, IL-7 reduced the percentage of apoptotic T cells inhibiting DNA fragmentation. In addition, IL-7 but not IL-4 was consistently able to suppress the cell death of IL-2-dependent T cells triggered by DEX, a synthetic GC. The suppression of T-cell death triggered by IL-7 was not affected by the addition of anti-IL-2 antibody. Interestingly, IL-7 inhibited the downregulation of bcl-2 gene product expression that appeared on TCCs after IL-2 withdrawal and also shared with IL-2 the ability to induce the upregulation of CD25 antigen on activated T lymphocytes in the presence of DEX. These experiments establish a novel role for IL-7 in regulating viability and GC-induced apoptosis on activated human T cells and suggest that the maintenance of bcl-2 levels is a general mechanism by which interleukins preserve activated T cells from undergoing apoptosis.
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