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Seawater induces apoptosis in alveolar epithelial cells via the Fas/FasL-mediated pathway
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Han, Feng Luo, Ying Li, Yanyan Liu, Zhongyang Li, Zhichao |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Our previous study showed that seawater can cause lung tissue cell apoptosis; in the present study, the immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis results demonstrated that Fas, FasL, and cleaved caspase-8 and caspase-3 were up-regulated in the rat lungs exposed to seawater. We found that seawater-induced human lung alveolar epithelial A549 cell apoptosis was concentration and time dependent. Moreover, seawater increased the expression of Fas, FasL, and cleaved caspase-8 and caspase-3 in A549 cells. The incubation of A549 cells in the presence of FasL-neutralising antibody (NOK-2) or caspase-8 inhibitor (Z-IETD-FMK) resulted in a decrease of seawater-induced cell apoptosis. NOK-2 inhibited Fas/FasL interaction and reduced the cleavage of caspase-8 and caspase-3, and Z-IETD-FMK blocked caspase-8 and caspase-3 activation. Seawater similarly produced a significant increase in rat alveolar type II cell apoptosis and expression of Fas and cleaved caspase-8. In summary, the Fas/FasL pathway involved in alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) apoptosis could be important in the pathogenesis of seawater-induced acute lung injury (SW-ALI). |
| Starting Page | 71 |
| Ending Page | 80 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.resp.2012.05.012 |
| PubMed reference number | 22609371 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 182 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/S1569904812001085 |
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| Journal | Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |