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Publication : X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis regulates T cell effector function.

First Author  Zehntner SP Year  2007
Journal  J Immunol Volume  179
Issue  11 Pages  7553-60
PubMed ID  18025200 Mgi Jnum  J:154809
Mgi Id  MGI:4398997 Doi  10.4049/jimmunol.179.11.7553
Citation  Zehntner SP, et al. (2007) X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis regulates T cell effector function. J Immunol 179(11):7553-60
abstractText  To understand how the balance between pro- and anti-apoptotic signals influences effector function in the immune system, we studied the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP), an endogenous regulator of cellular apoptosis. Real-time PCR showed increased XIAP expression in blood of mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, correlating with disease severity. Daily administration (10 mg/kg/day i.p.) of a 19-mer antisense oligonucleotide specific for XIAP (ASO-XIAP) abolished disease-associated XIAP mRNA and protein expression, and given from day of onset, alleviated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and prevented relapses. Prophylactic treatment also reduced XIAP expression and prevented disease. Random or 5-base mismatched ASO was not inhibitory, and ASO-XIAP did not affect T cell priming. In ASO-XIAP-treated animals, infiltrating cells and inflammatory foci were dramatically reduced within the CNS. Flow cytometry showed an 88-93% reduction in T cells. The proportion of TUNEL(+) apoptotic CD4(+) T cells in the CNS was increased from <1.6 to 26% in ASO-XIAP-treated mice, and the proportion of Annexin V-positive CD4(+) T cells in the CNS increased. Neurons and oligodendrocytes were not affected; neither did apoptosis increase in liver, where XIAP knockdown also occurred. ASO-XIAP increased susceptibility of T cells to activation-induced apoptosis in vitro. Our results identify XIAP as a critical controller of apoptotic susceptibility of effector T cell function.
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