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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 280: L298-L305, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 2, L298-L305, February 2001

Neutrophils induce apoptosis of lung epithelial cells via release of soluble Fas ligand

Karl L. Serrao1, James D. Fortenberry1,3, Marilyn L. Owens1,3, Frank L. Harris2, and Lou Ann S. Brown2

Divisions of 1 Critical Care and 2 Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and 3 Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Atlanta, Georgia 30322

Neutrophils release soluble Fas ligand (sFasL), which can induce apoptosis in certain Fas-bearing cell types (Liles WC, Kiener PA, Ledbetter JA, Aruffo A, and Klebanoff SJ. J Exp Med 184: 429-440, 1996). We hypothesized that neutrophils could induce alveolar epithelial apoptosis via release of sFasL. A549 pulmonary adenocarcinoma cells expressed surface Fas and underwent cell death (10 ± 7% viability) and DNA fragmentation (354 ± 98% of control cells) when incubated with agonistic CD95/Fas monoclonal antibody (P < 0.05). Coincubation with human neutrophils induced significant A549 cell death at 48 (51 ± 9% viability; P < 0.05) and 72 h (25 ± 10%; P < 0.05) and increased DNA fragmentation (178 ± 42% of control cells; P < 0.05), with morphological characteristics of apoptosis. The addition of antioxidants did not inhibit apoptosis. sFasL concentrations were maximally increased in coculture medium at 24 h (4.9 ± 0.7 ng/ml; P < 0.05). Neutrophil-induced A549 cell apoptosis was blocked by inhibitory anti-Fas (42 ± 6% of control cells; P < 0.05) and anti-FasL monoclonal antibodies (29 ± 3%; P < 0.05). Human neutrophils and Fas similarly affected murine primary alveolar epithelial cell bilayers, and caspase activation occurred in response to Fas exposure. We conclude that neutrophils undergoing spontaneous apoptosis induce A549 cell death and DNA fragmentation, independent of the oxidative burst, that is mediated by sFasL.

Fas antigen; alveolar epithelium


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