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Basic and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
Aging is associated with lymphopenia and progressive decline in T cell functions; however, the mechanisms underlying these defects are unclear. We analyzed the expression of genes promoting apoptosis (fas/fasL1 and bax) and those inhibiting apoptosis (bcl-2 and bcl-xL) in lymphocytes from aging and young subjects at the protein level, using flow cytometry/Western blotting, and at the mRNA level, using quantitative PCR. Susceptibility of T cell subsets to undergo anti-Fas-induced apoptosis was analyzed by propidium iodide staining, TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling) assay, DNA fragmentation assay, and staining with Hoechst 33342 dye. An increased expression of Fas and Fas ligand and a decreased expression of Bcl-2 were observed in both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells from aging as compared with young controls. Increased Fas and decreased Bcl-2 expression were also found in memory cells of both CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets from aging. Bax expression was increased in lymphocytes from aging at both the protein and mRNA level. No significant difference was observed in Bcl-xL expression between aging and young; however, the ratio of Bax:Bcl-xL was increased in aging. An increased proportion of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets from aging underwent apoptosis following anti-Fas Ab treatment as compared with CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets from young controls. These data suggest that increased apoptosis may be one of the mechanisms responsible for lymphopenia and T cell deficiency associated with human aging.
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