z-VAD-fmk augmentation of TNFα-stimulated neutrophil apoptosis is compound specific and does not involve the generation of reactive oxygen species
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- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 105 (7), 2970-2972
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2004-07-2870
Abstract
In most cell types constitutive and ligand-induced apoptosis is a caspase-dependent process. In neutrophils, however, the broad-spectrum caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk enhances tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα)-induced cell death, and this has been interpreted as evidence for caspase-dependent and -independent cell death pathways. Our aim was to determine the specificity of the effect of z-VAD-fmk in neutrophils and define the potential mechanism of action. While confirming that z-VAD-fmk (> 100 μM) enhances TNFα-induced neutrophil apoptosis, lower concentrations (1-30 μM) completely blocked TNFα-stimulated apoptosis. Boc-D-fmk, a similar broad-spectrum caspase inhibitor, and z-IETD-fmk, a selective caspase-8 inhibitor, caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of only TNFα-stimulated apoptosis. Moreover, the caspase-9 inhibitor, Ac-LEHD-cmk, had no effect on TNFα-induced apoptosis, and z-VAD-fmk and Boc-D-fmk inhibited TNFα-stimulated reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. These data suggest that TNFα-induced apoptosis in neutrophils is fully caspase dependent and uses a mitochondrial-independent pathway and that the proapoptotic effects of z-VAD-fmk are compound specific and ROS independent.Keywords
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