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Ca2+-dependent, Fas- and perforin-independent apoptotic death of allografted tumor cells by a type of activated macrophage.

Both perforin- and Fas ligand (FasL)-deficient CTLs show impaired lytic activity toward most target cells. In this study, we examined whether these molecules could be involved in the cell-to-cell contact-dependent cytotoxicity mediated by macrophages infiltrating into the rejection site of allografted Meth A fibrosarcoma cells. FasL- expressing lymph node cells from MRL-lpr/lpr mice were inactive toward Meth A tumor cells. In C3H/HeJ-gld/gld (abnormal FasL) mice, allograft-induced macrophages (AIM) were cytotoxic against Meth A cells expressing no Fas Ag. Furthermore, allografted Meth A tumor cells were acutely rejected by both C3H/HeJ-gld/gld and control C3H/HeJ mice, indicating that the cytotoxic activity of AIM against Meth A tumor cells was Fas/FasL independent. On the other hand, the cytotoxic activity of AIM against the allografts was dose dependently inhibited by EGTA; and the suppression was restored by the addition of Ca2+, but not Mg2+, implying the involvement of perforin in the cytotoxicity. In the perforin-deficient mice, however, AIM were cytotoxic against Meth A tumor cells; and allografted Meth A tumor cells were acutely rejected by both perforin-deficient and control B6 mice, indicating a perforin-independent cytotoxicity. Thus, through a yet unknown mechanism, AIM induced the apoptotic death of allografted Meth A tumor cells. These results indicate that AIM-mediated cytotoxicity against allografted Meth A tumor cells is Ca2+ dependent, and that an attack by AIM results in the apoptotic death of allografted Meth A tumor cells through a third mechanism, one other than the Fas/FasL- and perforin-based pathways.[1]

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  1. Ca2+-dependent, Fas- and perforin-independent apoptotic death of allografted tumor cells by a type of activated macrophage. Yoshida, R., Sanchez-Bueno, A., Yamamoto, N., Einaga-Naito, K. J. Immunol. (1997) [Pubmed]
 
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