Abstract

호중의 세포사멸은 자연적으로 일어나지만 여러 자극에 의한 신호에 의하여 증가하거나 지연된다. 본 연구에서는 세포 내 단백질 분비과정을 억제한다고 알려진 BFA가 호중구의 자연 세포사멸 및 세포사멸 지연에 어떠한 기작으로 작용하는가를 연구하였다. 호중구의 세포사멸은 사람 말초 혈액으로부터 분리하여 세포 배양 20시간 후 형태 변화, annexin V and propidium iodide의 염색, 및 DNA 전기영동 등으로 조사하였다. BFA는 농도 의존형으로 호중구의 세포사멸을 증가시킨다. CM-CSF나 LPS에 의한 세포사멸의 지연도 BFA에 의하여 억제되었다. 그러나 BFA의 영향은 db-cAMP, dexamethasone, 및 IL-8을 처리한 세포에서는 큰 영향을 받지 않았다. PKC-5의 억제제인 rottlerin에 의한 세포사멸의 지연은 BFA에 의하여 감소하였다. 그러나 BFA에 의한 세포사멸의 유도는 caspase-3 억제제인 zDEVD-fmk에 의하여는 영향을 받지 않았다. 한편, 세포사멸 억제에 관여하는 Mcl-1 단백질의 발현은 BFA의 처리에 의하여 감소하였다. 이들 결과들은 세포 내 단백질 분비 과정의 억제가 호중구의 세포사멸에 관여하며 이들의 작용은 Mcl-1 발현의 조절에 의한다는 것을 제시하고 있다. Neutrophil apoptosis is a constitutive process that can be enhanced or delayed by various stimuli. In this study, effect of brefeldin A (BFA), which affects biological process of secretion, on constitutive and delayed apoptosis of neutrophils was investigated. Neutrophil apoptosis was determined after culturing for 20 hr in vitro by morphological changes, annexin V staining and DNA electrophoresis. BFA increased the constitutive apoptotic rate of neutrophils in dose-dependent manner. The delay of apoptosis induced by granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor and lipopolysaccharide was also blocked by 10 <TEX>$\mu$</TEX>M of BFA. However, this effect of BFA was less marked when neutrophils were treated with dexamethasone, interleukin-8, or dibutyryl-cAMP. Moreover, the delay of neutrophil apoptosis induced by rottlerin, a specific inhibitor of protein kinase C-<TEX>$\delta$</TEX> was significantly abrogated by BFA. Although BFA-induced apoptosis was not blocked by the caspase-3 inhibitor, zDEVD-fmk, expression levels of myeloid cell leukemia-1 (Mcl-1) were down-regulated by BFA. These results suggest that derangement of vesicular protein transport may be involved in the apoptosis of neutrophils, and that the action of BFA on apoptosis is dependent on changes in the expression of Mcl-1.

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