UV irradiation of a B-cell hybridoma increases expression of alkaline phosphatase: involvement in apoptosis

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 783-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vongthip Souvannavong ◽  
Christophe Lemaire ◽  
Spencer Brown ◽  
Arlette Adam

Expression of alkaline phosphatase (APase) by 7TD1 B-cell hybridoma was amplified by ultraviolet irradiation; cell growth was inhibited and cell death by apoptosis was increased. Irradiation induced high levels of APase activity in cycling as well as in apoptotic cells. In contrast, APase activity faded with time in nonirradiated cells and was no longer expressed in spontaneous apoptotic cells appearing after several days in culture. This was demonstrated by cell morphology, DNA fragmentation, and flow cytometry after simultaneous staining of DNA with Hoechst 33342 and APase with naphthol AS-TR phosphate - fast red RC fluorescent reagent. Levamisole, a specific inhibitor of APase activity, almost totally abrogated apoptosis induced by ultraviolet irradiation at doses that failed to affect 7TD1 cell survival. These data suggest that APase could play a role in the signalling cascade that mediates apoptosis in irradiated cells. Key words: alkaline phosphatase, apoptosis, flow cytometry, levamisole, UV irradiation.


1992 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 1059-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Kamalia ◽  
C A McCulloch ◽  
H C Tenenbaum ◽  
H Limeback

Cell preparations in cytochemistry are conventionally analyzed with transmitted light after fixation and reaction with agents such as azo-coupling dyes. With cell suspensions stained with fluorescent cytochemical dyes, cells can also be analyzed and sorted by flow cytometry. We have exploited the intense red fluorescence of Fast Red Violet LB generated in cytochemical reactions to perform flow cytometric analyses of alkaline phosphatase (AP) expression in rat bone marrow stromal cells. By modifying staining protocols of single-cell suspensions, we demonstrate that in comparison to staining with Fast Red TR, the method is specific, can distinguish among various levels of enzyme expression within the whole population, and permits enzyme kinetic studies of heterogeneous cell populations. The method was applied to study the effect of the glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dx) on cell proliferation and AP expression. In low AP-expressing cells, Dx treatment at 10(-8) M increased the [3H]-thymidine labeling index from 3.85% to 5.24% (p less than 0.01). In contrast, high AP-expressing cells were unlabeled by [3H]-thymidine. The staining and analytical methods reported here facilitate the detection, isolation, and quantification of subpopulations of bone marrow stromal cells that express alkaline phosphatase activity. These experiments demonstrate the value of flow cytometry as an adjunct to conventional cytochemical methods.



2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 112.2-113
Author(s):  
M. Gatto ◽  
S. Bjursten ◽  
C. Jonell ◽  
C. Jonsson ◽  
S. Mcgrath ◽  
...  

Background:Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is frequent among rheumatic side effects induced by checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy for metastatic malignancies1. While T cells are likely to sustain the inflammatory process2, fewer data are available concerning the role of B cells3.Objectives:To investigate the phenotype of circulating B cells in patients who develop CPI-induced IA (CPI-IA) and to compare it with features of B cells in patients not developing immune-related adverse events (irAE) upon CPI treatment.Methods:B cell subsets at baseline (before CPI initiation) and during CPI treatment were analyzed in CPI-IA patients and in patients receiving CPI but who did not develop irAE (non-irAE). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were analyzed by flow cytometry and B cells were identified as CD19+ and divided into naïve (CD27-IgD+), memory (CD27+IgD+/-), double negative (CD27-IgD-) and transitional (CD10+CD24+CD38+/hi) B cells. Levels of CD21, an activation marker on transitional B cells, were also analyzed. Non-parametric tests were used for analysis of differences between groups.Results:Six CPI-IA and 7 non-irAE patients matched for age, gender and CPI treatment were included, who had received CPI treatment due to metastatic melanoma. Flow cytometry revealed a significant increase of circulating B cells (p=0.002) (Figure 1A) and especially of transitional B cells in CPI-IA patients vs. non-irAE (median %, range: 7.8 (4.5-11.4) vs. 3.2 (1.6-4.3),p=0.007) (Figure 1B), while no remarkable changes were seen across other subsets. Transitional B cell levels significantly decreased from active to quiescent CPI-IA in all patients (p=0.008). In two CPI-IA patients for whom baseline sampling was available, the increase of transitional levels occurred early after CPI treatment and before CPI-IA onset. Levels of expression of CD21 on transitional B cells were increased in CPI-IA vs. non-irAE (p=0.01).Conclusion:Transitional B cells are expanded in CPI-IA patients and seem to increase early after start of CPI therapy. Monitoring this B cell subset might lead to closer follow-up and earlier diagnosis of CPI-IA.References:[1]Ramos-Casals M, Brahmer JR, Callahan MK, et al. Immune-related adverse events of checkpoint inhibitors. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020;6:38[2]Murray-Brown W, Wilsdon TD, Weedon H, et al. Nivolumab-induced synovitis is characterized by florid T cell infiltration and rapid resolution with synovial biopsy-guided therapy. J Immunother Cancer 2020;8:e000281[3]Das R, Bar N, Ferreira M, et al. Early B cell changes predict autoimmunity following combination immune checkpoint blockade. J Clin Invest. 2018;128:715-2Disclosure of Interests:None declared



2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 4196-4206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yury I. Miller ◽  
Dorothy S. Worrall ◽  
Colin D. Funk ◽  
James R. Feramisco ◽  
Joseph L. Witztum

Formation of filamentous F-actin drives many cellular processes, including phagocytosis and cell spreading. We have recently reported that mouse macrophage 12/15-lipoxygenase (12/15-LO) activity promotes F-actin formation in filopodia during phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (OxLDL) also stimulates robust F-actin formation and spreading of macrophages. However, unlike apoptotic cells, OxLDL did not cause specific translocation of 12/15-LO to the cell membrane, neither in macrophages nor in GFP-15LO–transfected COS-7 cells. Moreover, inhibition of 12/15-LO activity in macrophages by a specific inhibitor or by 12/15-LO gene disruption did not affect OxLDL-induced actin polymerization. Among LDL modifications modeling OxLDL, LDL modified by incubation with 15LO-overexpressing fibroblasts was as active in eliciting F-actin response as was OxLDL. This LDL modification is well known to produce minimally modified LDL (mmLDL), which is bioactive and carries lipid oxidation products similar to those produced by 12/15-LO catalysis. MmLDL activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), and PI3K inhibitors abolished mmLDL-induced macrophage spreading. We hypothesize that OxLDL and mmLDL may contribute oxidized lipids to the macrophage cell membrane and thereby mimic intracellular 12/15-LO activity, which leads to uncontrolled actin polymerization and dramatic cytoskeletal changes in macrophages.



2015 ◽  
Vol 168 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 242-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.E. Fogle ◽  
J.L. Tarigo ◽  
L. Thalheim ◽  
L.E. Williams ◽  
L.B. English ◽  
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