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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 281: L1095-L1105, 2001;
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Vol. 281, Issue 5, L1095-L1105, November 2001

Apoptosis by pan-caspase inhibitors in lipopolysaccharide-activated macrophages

Sung Ouk Kim, Koh Ono, and Jiahuai Han

Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037

Although apoptosis has been observed in macrophages during the course of infections, the mechanism of apoptosis in activated macrophages is not fully understood. This study shows that pan-caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethylketone (ZVAD) or t-butyloxycarbonyl-Asp-fluoromethylketone (Boc-D) caused the death of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophages and RAW 264.7 cells with apoptotic features. The apoptosis was also observed in lipoprotein-treated bacteria but not in CpG oligonucleotide- or flagellin-treated macrophages, indicating a difference of cellular responses downstream of different Toll-like receptors. Consistent with the induction of cell death by pan-caspase inhibitors, no activation of known caspases was detected in LPS-ZVAD-treated cells, suggesting an involvement of unknown proapoptotic caspases in the cell death. ZVAD inhibited the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38 but not of nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B induced by LPS, suggesting that the ZVAD-sensitive molecule lies upstream of the ERK and p38 pathways but downstream of the divergent site of NF-kappa B and mitogen-activated protein kinases. Our results demonstrate that apoptosis of macrophages induced by LPS+ZVAD is independent from the known proapoptotic caspases and suggest that activity of an unidentified ZVAD-sensitive molecule(s) is involved in the survival of LPS-activated macrophages.

inflammation; apoptosis; macrophage; benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethylketone


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