Granzyme B-induced cell death exerted by ex vivo CTL: discriminating requirements for cell death and some of its signs
- 7 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cell Death & Differentiation
- Vol. 15 (3), 567-579
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.cdd.4402289
Abstract
Granzyme B (gzmB) of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) is essential for recovery from intracellular pathogens, but the molecular basis of its action is still unresolved. Here, we analyzed gzmB-mediated death pathways under physiological conditions using ex vivo virus-immune CTLs that express perf and gzmB, but not gzmA (gzmB+CTL). We show that gzmB+CTL abrogate target cell proliferation most likely by inducing cell death, independent of caspases and mitochondrial signaling. In addition, the data reveal that gzmB+CTL independently induce pro-apoptotic processes either via caspase-3/-7, leading to plasma membrane perturbance and ROS production or via Bid/Bak/Bax, resulting in cytochrome c release and that both pathways elicit loss of ΔΨm. Our data provide evidence for a pleiotropic pro-apoptotic function of gzmB presumably to counteract evasion strategies of pathogens and to control tumors.Keywords
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