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Glucocorticoid-mediated control of the activation and clonal deletion of peripheral T cells in vivo

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dc.creator Gonzalo, José Ángel
dc.creator González García, Ana
dc.creator Martínez-Alonso, Carlos
dc.creator Kroemer, Guido
dc.date 2008-04-23T12:51:34Z
dc.date 2008-04-23T12:51:34Z
dc.date 1993-05
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:03:16Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:03:16Z
dc.identifier The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 177, May 1993, pp. 1239-1246
dc.identifier 0022-1007
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3701
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3701
dc.description El copyright pertenece a The Rockefeller University Press
dc.description Poly- and oligodonal T cell stimuli like anti-CD3e monoclonal antibody or Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB), injected at doses that per se are not lethal, provoke acute death within less than 24 h, provided that endogenous glucocorticoids (GC) are depleted by adrenalectomy or by injection of saturating amounts of the GC receptor antagonist RU-38486 (mifepristone). Pharmacological doses of the GC agonist dexamethasone (DEX) alter the in vivo response of splenic VB8 + T cells to SEB, thus impeding the expansion of such cells and causing their rapid (3 d) clonal deletion. In contrast, coadministration of RU-38486 counteracts a SEB-induced early (12 h) reduction of VB8+CD4 + and VB8+CD8 + spleen cells. In vivo T cell stimulation by injection of bacterial superantigen induces a rapid (peak at 90-120 rain) increase in corticosterone serum levels, suggesting that endogenous GC might control early T cell activation. Accordingly, kinetic studies revealed that RU-38486 has to be administered within 2 h after superantigen administration to exert its lethal effect. Similarly, exogenous GC must be injected during this critical phase (2 h) to rescue animals from acute death induced by coinjection of SEB and D-galactosamine (GAIN). Adrenalectomy, injection of RU-38486 and priming with GaIN per se provoke the programmed death of peripheral CD4 + and CD8 + T cells. Thus, three manipulations that sensitize mice for the lethal effect of T cell stimulation also exert a proapoptotic effect on peripheral T cells. In synthesis, endogenous and exogenous GC regulate T cell responses and determine the propensity of peripheral T cells to undergo apoptosis.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Rockefeller University Press
dc.rights openAccess
dc.title Glucocorticoid-mediated control of the activation and clonal deletion of peripheral T cells in vivo
dc.type Artículo


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