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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 279: C504-C509, 2000;
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Vol. 279, Issue 2, C504-C509, August 2000

Negative feedback regulation of activated macrophages via Fas-mediated apoptosis

Tadaaki Niinobu, Keisuke Fukuo, Osamu Yasuda, Maki Tsubakimoto, Masaki Mogi, Hiroyuki Nishimaki, Shigeto Morimoto, and Toshio Ogihara

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Apoptosis is a critical event for eliminating activated macrophages. Here we show that Fas-mediated apoptosis may participate in the mechanism of negative feedback regulation of activated macrophages. Cytokine-activated macrophages released high levels of nitric oxide (NO) that induced apoptosis in macrophages themselves. This NO-induced macrophage apoptosis was inhibited by a Fas-Fc chimeric molecule that binds to Fas ligand (FasL) and prevents its interaction with endogenous cell surface Fas. High levels of NO stimulated the release of the soluble form of FasL that was inhibited by a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor KB-8301. High levels of NO also upregulated the expression of Fas mRNA in macrophages. In addition, macrophages isolated from Fas-lacking mice were resistant to NO-induced apoptosis. Finally, inhibition of apoptosis by a caspase inhibitor augmented peroxide production from activated macrophages. These findings suggest that high levels of NO released from activated macrophages may promote the Fas-mediated macrophage apoptosis that may be a negative feedback mechanism for elimination and the downregulation of activated macrophages in the vessel wall.

inducible nitric oxide synthase; Fas ligand; metalloproteinase; lpr


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