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The Journal of Immunology, 2003, 171: 2556-2562.
Copyright © 2003 by The American Association of Immunologists

Intracellular Mediators of Granulysin-Induced Cell Death 1

Satoshi Okada2,*, Qing Li2,*,{ddagger}, John C. Whitin{dagger}, Carol Clayberger* and Alan M. Krensky3,*

* Division of Immunology and Transplantation Biology and {dagger} Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305; and {ddagger} Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Granulysin, a molecule present in the granules of CTL and NK cells, is cytolytic against microbes and tumors. Granulysin induces apoptosis of mammalian cells by damaging mitochondria and causing the release of cytochrome c and apoptosis-inducing factor, resulting in DNA fragmentation. Here we show that Ca2+ and K+ channels as well as reactive oxygen species are involved in granulysin-mediated Jurkat cell death. The Ca2+ channel blockers, nickel and econazole, and the K+ channel blockers, tetraethylammonium chloride, apamin, and charybdotoxin, inhibit the granulysin-induced increase in intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i), the decrease in intracellular K+, and apoptosis. Thapsigargin, which releases Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum, prevents a subsequent granulysin-induced increase in [Ca2+]i in Jurkat cells, indicating that the initial increase in [Ca2+]i is from intracellular stores. The rise in [Ca2+]i precedes a decrease in intracellular K+, and elevated extracellular K+ prevents granulysin-mediated cell death. In granulysin-treated cells, electron transport is uncoupled, and reactive oxygen species are generated. Finally, an increase in intracellular glutathione protects target cells from granulysin-induced lysis, indicating the importance of the redox state in granulysin-mediated cell death.




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