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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 187, Number 5, March 2, 1998 711-720

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CD4 Regulates Susceptibility to Fas ligand– and Tumor Necrosis Factor–mediated Apoptosis

Alicia Algeciras*, David H. Dockrell{ddagger}, David H. Lynch§, and Carlos V. Paya*,{ddagger}

From the * Department of Immunology and the {ddagger} Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905; and the § Department of Immunobiology, Immunex Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98101

The current knowledge of CD4 function is limited to its role as a necessary coreceptor in TCR-initiated signaling. We have investigated whether CD4 regulates additional T cell functions. Using human primary resting CD4+ T cells, we demonstrate that CD4 activation is sufficient to induce lymphocyte death. Immediately after CD4 cross-linking, CD4+ T cells are rendered susceptible to apoptosis mediated by TNF or FasL. This, together with the concomitant induction of FasL within the same population, results in significant CD4+ T cell death in vitro. The CD4-dependent induction of susceptibility to apoptosis that is mediated by TNF or FasL is protein synthesis independent but phosphorylation dependent. After CD4 activation, PKC regulates susceptibility to apoptosis mediated by FasL but not the induction of susceptibility to TNF-dependent apoptosis. Moreover, significant differences between CD3 and CD4 activation were observed with regards to the kinetics of induction of CD4+ T cell susceptibility to FasL- and TNF-mediated apoptosis. Altogether, these results provide a model with which to study the molecular mechanisms regulating lymphocyte survival after CD4 activation, and highlight the potential role of CD4 in controlling lymphocyte apoptosis under physiological conditions or in disease states such as HIV infection.

We thank Dr. Hideo Yagita for the NOK1-PE antibody, Dr. Robert Abraham for the anti-CD3 antibody, and Teresa Hoff for outstanding secretarial assistance. We also acknowledge Dr. Paul Leibson and the rest of Carlos Paya's laboratory for helpful discussions.

Address correspondence to Carlos V. Paya, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Guggenheim 501, Rochester, MN 55905. Phone: 507-284-3747; Fax: 507-284-3757; E-mail: paya{at}mayo.edu

1 Abbreviations used in this paper: FasL, Fas ligand; GF, PKC inhibitor GF109203X; gp, glycoprotein; PKC, protein kinase C; XL, cross-linking.


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