کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2067917 1077918 2006 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Dexamethasone has pro-apoptotic effects on non-activated fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی بیوفیزیک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Dexamethasone has pro-apoptotic effects on non-activated fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells
چکیده انگلیسی
Apoptosis is a physiological method of cell death commonly referred to as programmed cell death. However, non-apoptotic programmed cell death, such as autophagy and programmed necrosis, has been characterized by morphological criteria. In view of the human therapeutic use of DEX, and considering that no difference in the number and/or affinity of glucocorticoid receptors in activated and non-activated lymphocytes has been reported, we decided to evaluate the effect of DEX on fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Transmission electron microscopy showed that DEX can significantly induce apoptosis in non-activated PBMC. It was also observed by transmission electron microscopy that, independently of DEX treatment, PBMC also died by a process marked by extreme vacuolization and increase in cellular volume; these cells were erroneously classified as viable by flow cytometry using the 7-AAD assay. It is concluded that the DEX pro-apoptotic effect is not restricted to activated PBMC and, therefore, DEX-induced apoptosis could play either homeostatic (activated PBMC) or immunosuppressive (non-activated PBMC) roles.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Cell Biology International - Volume 30, Issue 2, February 2006, Pages 133-137
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