Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Vol 61, Issue 2 224-230, Copyright © 1997 by Society for Leukocyte Biology
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G Cox and RC Austin
Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
We examined the mechanisms of corticosteroid inhibition of cell death by apoptosis in human neutrophils. Suppression of apoptosis by dexamethasone was abolished by co-treatment with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide. At doses of 1 microg/mL cycloheximide did not reduce basal survival of neutrophils but effectively inhibited dexamethasone-induced increases in 24-h survival (24.4 +/- 8.7 vs. 49.6 +/- 10%, P < 0.01). Similar results were obtained with actinomycin D, an inhibitor of mRNA synthesis. The factor(s) responsible for mediating increased survival following dexamethasone treatment is not active extracellularly because dexamethasone-treated neutrophil-conditioned medium (CM) had no effect on the survival of naive neutrophils when the direct effects of dexamethasone were neutralized with the steroid antagonist RU-486. In contrast, LPS-treated neutrophil CM significantly increased neutrophil survival even after addition of polymyxin b. The survival effect of dexamethasone required the continuous presence of the agonist because addition of RU-486 caused prompt development of apoptosis in dexamethasone-treated cells. When naive and dexamethasone-treated cells were examined by mRNA differential display, a limited number of cDNA bands were consistently and reproducibly detected that were increased in intensity, indicating up-regulation by dexamethasone. Thus, corticosteroid regulation of neutrophil apoptosis is a specific effect that depends on continuous stimulation of synthesis of a (protein) survival factor.
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