Human mast cells induce caspase-independent DNA fragmentation in leukemic T cells

Sandra J. Gallagher, Jean S. Marshall, David W. Hoskin

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Mast cells are known to play an important role in inflammation and host defense. Recent evidence suggests that mast cells may also participate in immune surveillance against cancer cells. In this study, we demonstrate that human mast cells are able to trigger apoptosis in Jurkat T leukemia cells. Fragmentation of Jurkat cell DNA was detectable by JAM assay within 4 h of exposure to HMC-1 mast cells or cultured human cord blood-derived mast cells. HMC-1 mast cells that were fixed with paraformaldehyde retained the ability to induce apoptosis in Jurkat cells while cell-free conditioned supernatants from HMC-1 cell cultures failed to elicit DNA fragmentation, suggesting that mast cells mediate antitumor activity via a cell-surface molecule. Surprisingly, the apoptosis-inducing activity of HMC-1 mast cells was not mediated by known tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily members (TNF-α, Fas ligand, TRAIL, TWEAK), nor did the fragmentation of Jurkat cell DNA by mast cells require the activity of caspase-3, -8, or -9. Collectively, these data indicate that mast cells trigger caspase-independent apoptosis in leukemic cells via a novel cell-surface molecule, and are consistent with a role for mast cells as anti-tumor effector cells.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)1019-1023
Número de páginas5
PublicaciónOncology Reports
Volumen10
N.º4
DOI
EstadoPublished - jul. 2003

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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