PMID- 15041157 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20041110 LR - 20121115 IS - 0198-8859 (Print) IS - 0198-8859 (Linking) VI - 65 IP - 3 DP - 2004 Mar TI - Pathway of apoptosis induced in Jurkat T lymphoblasts by anti-HLA class I antibodies. PG - 189-99 AB - We demonstrated recently that human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are able to induce apoptosis of resting human lymphocytes as well as Jurkat lymphoblastic T cells. We now analyzed the signaling pathway involved in apoptosis mediated by human HLA class I allele-specific mAb OK2F3 and mouse monomorphic mAb W6/32. An inhibitor of a broad spectrum of caspases had only a moderate inhibiting effect, and an inhibitor of caspase 3 failed to inhibit HLA class I-mediated apoptosis. Although caspase 3 activation was not observed, internucleosomal DNA fragmentation was found in half of the apoptotic cells. Importantly, the mitochondrio-nuclear redistribution of apoptosis inducing factor (AIF), a caspase-independent mitochondrial death effector, was detected after 1 hour of treatment with human anti-HLA mAb and was associated with large-scale DNA fragmentation, whereas the release of cytochrome c, which is responsible for caspase-dependent internucleosomal fragmentation, followed AIF translocation and occurred after 2 hours. Our results indicate that apoptosis mediated through HLA class I molecules represents a unique mechanism of cell death in Jurkat T lymphoblasts that involves two parallel pathways, one caspase-independent and the other caspase-dependent. This study clarifies the precise mechanism of anti-HLA antibody-induced apoptosis which might have clinical implications. FAU - Daniel, Dinara AU - Daniel D AD - Department of Transplantation Immunology, Institute of Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Opelz, Gerhard AU - Opelz G FAU - Mulder, Arend AU - Mulder A FAU - Kleist, Christian AU - Kleist C FAU - Susal, Caner AU - Susal C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Hum Immunol JT - Human immunology JID - 8010936 RN - 0 (Caspase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (CASP3 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Casp3 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects/*physiology MH - Caspase 3 MH - Caspase Inhibitors MH - Caspases/*metabolism MH - DNA Fragmentation MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - HLA Antigens/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Jurkat Cells MH - Membrane Potentials/drug effects/physiology MH - Mice MH - Mitochondria/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology EDAT- 2004/03/26 05:00 MHDA- 2004/11/13 09:00 CRDT- 2004/03/26 05:00 PHST- 2003/08/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2003/12/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2003/12/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/03/26 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/11/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/03/26 05:00 [entrez] AID - S019888590300661X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.humimm.2003.12.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Immunol. 2004 Mar;65(3):189-99. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2003.12.003.