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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 273: L921-L929, 1997;
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AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 273, Issue 5 921-L929, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society


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Dexamethasone inhibits lung epithelial cell apoptosis induced by IFN-gamma and Fas

L. P. Wen, K. Madani, J. A. Fahrni, S. R. Duncan and G. D. Rosen
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University, California 94305-5236, USA.

Lung epithelium plays a central role in modulation of the inflammatory response and in lung repair. Airway epithelial cells are targets in asthma, viral infection, acute lung injury, and fibrotic lung disease. Activated T lymphocytes release cytokines such as interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) that can cooperate with apoptotic signaling pathways such as the Fas-APO-1 pathway to induce apoptosis of damaged epithelial cells. We report that IFN-gamma alone and in combination with activation of the Fas pathway induced apoptosis in A549 lung epithelial cells. Interestingly, the corticosteroid dexamethasone was the most potent inhibitor of IFN-gamma- and IFN-gamma plus anti-Fas-induced apoptosis. IFN-gamma induced expression of an effector of apoptosis, the cysteine protease interleukin-1 beta-converting enzyme, in A549 cells. Dexamethasone, in contrast, induced expression of an inhibitor of apoptosis, human inhibitor of apoptosis (hIAP-1), also known as cIAP2. We suggest that the inhibition of epithelial cell apoptosis by corticosteroids may be one mechanism by which they suppress the inflammatory response.


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