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The Journal of Immunology, 2001, 167: 6217-6224.
Copyright © 2001 by The American Association of Immunologists

Fas Ligand Engagement of Resident Peritoneal Macrophages In Vivo Induces Apoptosis and the Production of Neutrophil Chemotactic Factors1

Andreas M. Hohlbaum*, Meredith S. Gregory{ddagger}, Shyr-Te Ju{dagger} and Ann Marshak-Rothstein2,*

* Department of Microbiology, and {dagger} The Arthritis Center, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118; and {ddagger} The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA 02114


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Fas ligand (FasL) is a potent proapoptotic type-II transmembrane protein that can cause cell death in Fas+ target populations. Despite the presumed "silent" nature of apoptotic cell death, forced expression of FasL can induce a dramatic inflammatory response. To elucidate the in vivo mechanism(s) linking FasL and inflammation, we used a membrane-bound cell-free form of FasL (mFasL-vesicle preparation (VP)). We found that i.p. injection of FasL-microvesicles led to the rapid activation and subsequent demise of Mac1high resident peritoneal macrophages. Apoptosis of Mac1high peritoneal macrophages was observed within 0.5 h of mFasL-VP injection and correlated with the detection of increased macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 levels in peritoneal lavage fluid as well as induced RNA expression of IL-1{beta}, MIP-2, MIP-1{alpha}, and MIP-1{beta}. In vitro culture of purified peritoneal populations identified Mac1high cells as the major cytokine/chemokine producers in response to mFasL-VP. Purified Mac1high cells exposed to FasL could restore the ability of Fas-deficient mice to mount an inflammatory response. Our data demonstrate that the FasL-mediated inflammatory response starts with the production of proinflammatory mediators by preapoptotic resident tissue macrophages and suggest a general mechanism responsible for neutrophil inflammation seen in cases of FasL-expressing allografts.


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Fas ligand (FasL)3 is a potent proapoptotic type II transmembrane protein expressed by cytotoxic T cells subsequent to Ag receptor engagement (1, 2). Most FasL-mediated cytotoxic events are thought to ensue with minimal perturbation of normal tissue homeostasis. Nevertheless, in a number of experimental models, FasL has been found to initiate a severe inflammatory response ultimately leading to the rejection of the FasL-expressing tissue or cell population (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). A better understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to this kind of FasL-associated inflammatory response could have important immunotherapeutic applications.

As with other TNF family members, FasL can be cleaved by a metalloproteinase to release a soluble product, sFasL. In vitro analyses initially suggested that sFasL could mediate inflammation directly by establishing a neutrophil chemotactic gradient (11, 12). However, in vivo studies involving tumor cells transfected with experimentally modified murine FasL constructs clearly demonstrated that membrane-bound FasL (mFasL) could effectively induce an inflammatory response (9, 13). These data indicated that FasL worked indirectly, triggering the release of proinflammatory cytokines or chemokines by engagement of a Fas+ target cell. This premise was supported by studies demonstrating that reconstitution of a Fas-deficient animal with Fas-sufficient resident peritoneal washout cells (PWC) could restore its ability to mount a FasL-triggered inflammatory response. However, PWC are a highly heterogeneous population and the actual target population and relevant cytokines and/or chemokines were not identified (13).

We have addressed these specific questions in the current study by extending the previously described peritonitis model in which syngeneic mFasL-expressing tumor cells elicit a vigorous Fas-dependent neutrophil response. An important advantage of this model is that it allows us to readily sample the effect of FasL on peritoneal cell populations at various time points after challenge. To facilitate a biochemical analysis of peritoneal cells, a cell-free preparation of membrane-bound FasL vesicles (mFasL-VP) was used in place of the tumor cell transfectants (14).

We found that Mac1high resident peritoneal macrophages were the major population targeted by FasL in vivo. These resident peritoneal macrophages were highly susceptible to FasL-induced apoptosis and the apoptotic demise of this population in the peritoneum preceded neutrophil inflammation.


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Mice

Four- to 6-wk-old female A/J, C3H/HeJ, DBA/2J, and MRL+/+ mice were purchased from The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME). MRL-lpr/gld double-mutant mice were bred at the Boston University School of Medicine animal facility (15).

Cell lines and reagents

Neuro2a- (A/J) derived N2-mFasL and N2-neo cells were established as described previously (14) and were maintained in 10% FCS-DMEM supplemented with 1x penicillin/streptomycin/glutamine, 1x nonessential amino acids, and 1 mg/ml geneticin-selective antibiotic (G418; Life Technologies, Rockville, MD). The L5178Y-R- (DBA/2J) derived transfectant clones expressing different forms of mouse FasL (wild-type, L5-wtFasL; membrane only, L5-mFasL; soluble extracellular domain, L5-sFasL.EX; naturally cleaved soluble product, L5-sFasL; and empty vector control, L5-neo) have also been described previously (13). The L5 lines were maintained in 10% FCS-RPMI supplemented with 10 mM of HEPES, 50 µM of 2-ME, 1x penicillin/streptomycin/glutamine, and 1 mg/ml G418 (Life Technologies).

Vesicle preparation

N2a-mFasL and N2a-neo cells were expanded in G418-free medium to 70% confluence. Cell culture supernatants were collected 48 h later and centrifuged at 250 x g for 10 min at 5°C to remove any detached cells. Residual cell debris in the culture supernatant was removed by further centrifugation at 20,000 x g for 30 min at 4°C. The cell-free supernatant was then centrifuged at 90,000 x g for 3 h at 4°C. The resulting vesicle pellet was resuspended in serum-free RPMI medium to 10% of the original volume and passed through a 0.45-µm sterile filter. The in vitro killing activity and physiochemical properties of mFasL-VP have been described (14). mFasL-VP specific cytotoxic activity was determined in a standardized 5-h 51Cr release assay using A20 target cells as previously described (13); 1 U of activity was determined as the amount of mFasL-VP necessary to achieve 50% maximal cell death of 3 x 104 cells cultured at 1.5 x 105 cells/ml. In each experiment, control groups were always treated with comparable volumes of mFasL-VP and neo-VP isolated from parallel cultures.

Induction, isolation, and characterization of peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) and PWC

At various times after i.p. injection of 200 µl (7–14 U) of mFasL-VP or neo-VP, mice were euthanized by carbon dioxide asphyxiation. PEC were harvested with 2 ml of serum-free RPMI containing 0.1% endotoxin-free BSA (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) and 1% ITS+1 (Sigma-Aldrich) culture supplement (a combination of insulin, transferrin, selenium, linoleic acid, and BSA; BD Biosciences, Bedford, MA). The collected sample was centrifuged and the supernatant, referred to as the peritoneal exudate fluid (PEF), was stored at -20°C for the subsequent determination of cytokine and chemokine content. The PEC were washed and either stained immediately for flow-cytometric analysis or placed in culture as described below. To identify macrophage and neutrophil populations, FcRs were blocked by pretreatment with mAb 2.4G2 (anti-CD16/CD32) and then stained with FITC-conjugated anti-Gr1 (Ly-6G), PE-conjugated anti-Mac1(M1/70 mAb), and biotinylated anti-F4/80 followed by streptavidin-PerCP (BD PharMingen, San Diego, CA and Caltag Laboratories, Burlingame, CA). In the peritoneal cavity, anti-Gr1 specifically stains neutrophils whereas anti-F4/80 specifically stains macrophages. Mac1 is expressed on both granulocytes and macrophages. In some experiments, F4/80-stained PEC were further incubated on ice for 45 min with FITC-conjugated annexin V in 1x binding buffer (Trevigen, Gaithersburg, MD). Alternatively, unstained PEC were incubated on ice for 45 min with FITC-conjugated annexin V in 1x binding buffer plus 5 µg/ml propidium iodide (PI) to distinguish early and late apoptotic cells. Cells were then analyzed on a FACScan flow cytometer (BD Biosciences). Acquired data was plotted using CellQuest software (BD Biosciences) with contour plot settings of 10% probability and smoothing factor-5.

RNase protection assay

Total RNA from freshly isolated PEC was prepared using a TRIzol reagent according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Life Technologies) and analyzed using the RiboQuant Multi Probe RNase Protection Assay System (BD PharMingen). The MultiProbe template sets mCK2b and mCK5b were used to assay for IL-1{alpha}, IL-1{beta}, IL-1RA, MIP-1{alpha}, MIP-1{beta}, MIP-2, monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1, TCA-3, L32, and GAPDH. Radio-labeled protected probes were resolved using the Sequagel sequencing gel system (National Diagnostics, Atlanta, GA). Dried gels were exposed to Kodak Biomax MR films (Kodak, Rochester, NY) at -80°C.

In vitro culture of PEC, PWC, or purified cell populations

Resident PWC were collected as described above for PEC and stained with Mac1 and Gr1. A MoFlo cell sorter (Cytomation, Fort Collins, CO) was used to purify Gr1-, Mac1high, and Gr1- Mac1 low/intermediate cells (Mac1low) (Tufts University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA). Total PWC or sorted PWC subpopulations were incubated in serum-free RPMI ITS+1-BSA medium with mFasL-VP at a final concentration of 14 U/ml, or with a similar dilution of neo-VP, for 1–4 h. In some studies, PWC were incubated for 18 h with tumor cells expressing different forms of FasL. Some samples were incubated with 100 ng/ml LPS (protein-free, phenol/water-extracted LPS was purified from Escherichia coli K235 as described (16) and kindly provided by Dr. M. Fenton, Boston University, School of Medicine) or 200 pg/ml staurosporin (Sigma-Aldrich). To prevent adhesion-induced activation, tissue-culture plates for some of these studies were precoated with 1% agarose. Molecular biology-certified agarose (Kodak) dissolved in PBS was autoclaved and 200 µl or 400 µl was added to the wells of 48- or 24-well tissue-culture plates, respectively. To equilibrate the agarose, four changes of medium were added to the solidified agarose over the course of a 48 h incubation at 37°C. Supernatants were collected and IL-1{beta} and MIP-2 protein contents were quantified with cytokine-specific ELISAs (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) and cells were analyzed by flow cytometry.

IL-1{beta}, MIP-2 ELISA

PEF or in vitro cell culture supernatants were collected and stored at -20°C for the subsequent determination of cytokine and chemokine content. Experimental samples were diluted in 0.1% BSA/RPMI and assayed by IL-1{beta}- and MIP-2 capture ELISA (R&D Systems) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Adoptive transfer of Mac1 subpopulations

Fas/FasL-deficient MRL-lpr/gld mice were coinjected with 1 x 106 L5178Y-R transfectants and 1 x 106 purified cells sorted from the total PWC population. PWC from MRL+/+ mice or MRL-lpr/gld mice were stained with Mac1, Gr1, and CD11c. Mac1high, Gr1-, CD11c- cells and Mac1int, Gr1-, CD11c- cells were purified using a Coulter Epic Elite cell sorter (Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard University, Boston, MA). Eighteen hours after tumor inoculation, mice were euthanized by carbon dioxide asphyxiation. PEC were harvested and washed with Hank’s phosphate buffered saline containing 2% FCS. Aliquots of fresh PEC were pretreated with 2.4G2, stained with FITC-conjugated anti-Gr1 and PE-conjugated anti-Mac1 (BD PharMingen), and then analyzed on the FACScan flow cytometer as described above.


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FasL induces gene expression of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines by PEC in vivo

Significant levels of IL-1{beta} protein had previously been detected in the PEF of mice inoculated with mFasL-, but not neo-transfected, cells (9, 13). However, IL-1 per se has little or no direct chemotactic or activating activity for neutrophils (17, 18, 19) and therefore we reasoned that other factors were involved. Chemokine/cytokine production can be elicited by subtle perturbations in tissue homeostasis and it was important to distinguish the direct effects of FasL target cell engagement from the factors produced and elicited by viable tumor cells. Membrane vesicles isolated from mFasL transfectants (mFasL-VP) have been shown to be a highly effective source of cell-free FasL when tested in vitro for their ability to kill standard Fas+ target populations (14). We found that mFasL-VP could also elicit an in vivo inflammatory response. Injection of mFasL-VP, i.p., into A/J mice induced peritoneal extravasation of neutrophils comparable to that induced by 6 x 105 L5-mFasL tumor cells (Fig. 1GoA). Neo-VP elicited only a negligible response, comparable to that of buffer alone. Therefore, mFasL-VP and neo-VP were used for all subsequent studies on cytokine/chemokine induction in vivo.



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FIGURE 1. In vivo inoculation of mFasL-VP elicits an inflammatory response. A/J mice were injected i.p. with 7 U of mFasL-VP or neo-VP and sacrificed after 4 or 18 h. A, Isolated PEC or PWC from the experimental mice and an unmanipulated A/J mouse (0 h) were stained with Mac1 and Gr1 and analyzed by flow cytometry. B, RNA was isolated from the experimental and control cells and screened for the expression of murine proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines by RNase protection assays using the multiple template probe sets mCK2b and mCK5b (BD PharMingen). One representative experiment from three independent experiments is shown.

 
Based on previous reconstitution studies (13), it seemed reasonable to assume that cells recoverable by peritoneal lavage, and not the peritoneal epithelium, were the main source of the initial neutrophil chemoattractant. Therefore, we analyzed the gene-expression patterns of PEC collected 4 or 18 h after injection of mFasL-VP or neo-VP by RNase protection assay. A rapid and transient induction of IL-1{beta}, MIP-2, MIP-1{alpha}, and MIP-1{beta} RNA was detected in PEC collected from mice injected with mFasL-VP, but not in PEC from noninjected or neo-VP injected mice. MCP-1 was also induced in the mFasL-VP mice and appeared to persist at elevated levels (Fig. 1GoB). These data demonstrate that cells recoverable by peritoneal lavage are responsible for the production of neutrophil chemotactic factors.

Rapid effects of mFasL-VP on Mac1high peritoneal macrophages

MIP-1 and MIP-2 are recognized murine neutrophil chemoattractants (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25) while MCP-1 is predominantly a monocyte/macrophage-specific chemokine (26, 27). Given the persistent expression of MCP-1, one might expect increased numbers of both neutrophils and monocytes/macrophages at 18 h. However, as indicated in Fig. 1GoA, the neutrophil accumulation in the peritoneum, apparent 4–18 h after mFasL-VP injection, was associated with a notable loss of Mac1high macrophages. This trend suggested that the Mac1high population was either particularly sensitive to the proapoptotic effects of mFasL-VP or that it was induced to down-regulate the level of Mac1 expression. To more directly analyze the effects of mFasL-VP on peritoneal macrophages, PEC were triple-stained for Mac1, Gr1, and F4/80 at various times after VP injection. The cytometer FL1 gain was slightly adjusted relative to earlier experiments such that the Mac1+, Gr1- cells could be viewed as a distinct cell population. Neutrophil (Mac1/Gr1 double-positive, F4/80 negative) inflammation was apparent as early as 2 h after injection of mFasL-VP. As the neutrophils began to accumulate, there was a decrease in the number of Mac1high, Gr1- cells by 2 and 4 h (Fig. 2GoA). Gr1-positive cells were excluded from the analysis in Fig. 2GoB by gating on Gr1- cells. The Mac1-F4/80 analysis revealed that the disappearance of Mac1high/F4/80+ cells from the peritoneum at 4 h was preceded by a simultaneous decrease in Mac1 and F4/80 surface expression (Fig. 2GoB). The reduction in Mac1 and F4/80 expression correlated with a decreased forward-scatter profile, indicating a loss in cell size.



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FIGURE 2. Rapid effects of mFasL-VP on peritoneal macrophages. A/J mice were injected i.p. with 14 U of mFasL-VP or neo-VP and sacrificed after 1, 2, and 4 h. Isolated PEC were triple-stained with Mac1, Gr1, and F4/80 and analyzed by flow cytometry with slightly increased detector sensitivity for FL1 so that the Mac1high and Gr1- population was easier to observe. A, Mac1 vs Gr1 contour plot. B, Mac1 vs F4/80 contour plot of Gr1- cells. Representative data from one of five independent experiments is shown.

 
We next asked whether peritoneal macrophages would show clear signs of apoptotic cell death in vivo as a response to mFasL-VP injection. A/J mice were injected i.p. with 0.2 ml (14 U) of mFasL-VP or neo-VP and PEC were isolated at various times after VP injection and either triple-stained for Mac1, Gr1, and F4/80 or stained with F4/80 and annexin V. Any contaminating neutrophils were excluded from the analysis by gating on Gr1- cells. In this experiment, a shift in the Mac1-F4/80 profile was apparent in the PEC from the FasL-injected mice by 0.5 h and the number of Mac1-F4/80 cells was severely depleted by 2 h (Fig. 3GoA). Most of F4/80-positive peritoneal macrophages from the mFasL-VP mice became annexin V-positive within 15 min of mFasL-VP injection (Fig. 3GoB). This shift preceded the loss of F4/80 expression starting at 1 h after injection as well as the neutrophil accumulation starting at 2 h. At 1 h, 100% of peritoneal macrophages were annexin V-positive and the majority of these cells seemed to disappear from the peritoneum by 4 h. No significant changes in the degree of annexin V staining were observed at any of the time points in cells collected from mice injected with neo-VP vesicles. None of the other cell populations in the peritoneum became annexin V-positive as a result of the mFasL-VP injection when compared with the neo-VP control. In a separate experiment, PEC were stained with annexin V and PI to distinguish early from late apoptotic cells. A significant increase in annexin V+ and PI- cells was observed at 0.5 h and 1.5 h (Fig. 3GoC). Annexin V+, PI+ double-positive cells could be observed in the PEC 1.5 h after VP-FasL injection.



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FIGURE 3. In vivo apoptosis of peritoneal macrophages in response to mFasL-VP. A/J mice were injected with 14 U of mFasL-VP or neo-VP and sacrificed after 30 min, 1, 2, or 4 h. Aliquots of isolated PEC and PWC (0 h) were triple-stained with Mac1, Gr1, and F4/80 or double-stained with annexin V and F4/80 and analyzed by flow cytometry. A, Mac1 vs F4/80 contour plot of Gr1- cells. B, Annexin V vs F4/80 contour plot. In a separate experiment, PEC from mFasL-VP or neo-VP injected A/J mice were isolated at indicated times and stained with annexin V and PI (C).

 
To further examine the effects of mFasL on peritoneal cell populations, resident PWC were incubated in vitro with mFasL-VP, neo-VP, LPS, or staurosporin. As shown in Fig. 4Go, mFasL-VP induced the apoptotic cell death of peritoneal F4/80-positive macrophages in vitro. In contrast to the in vivo experiment, the apoptotic cells persisted and could be readily detected at 18 h. LPS did not cause any significant cell death, whereas staurosporin did. Overall, the data demonstrate that resident peritoneal macrophages are rapidly induced to undergo apoptosis by FasL-VP.



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FIGURE 4. In vitro apoptosis of peritoneal macrophages. PWC from A/J mice were incubated at 37°C with 14 U/ml mFasL-VP or neo-VP, 100 ng/ml LPS, or 200 pg/ml staurosporin in agarose-coated tissue culture plates. After 30 min, 1.5 h, or 18 h, cells were stained with F4/80 and annexin V and analyzed by flow cytometry. Representative data from one of three independent experiments is shown.

 
mFasL-VPs induce secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines

As shown above, i.p. challenge with FasL-VP was associated with increased PEC IL-1{beta} and MIP-2 mRNA expression (Fig. 1GoB). To test whether MIP-2 protein levels were elevated in vivo in response to mFasL-VP injection, we collected PEF samples at different times after injection of mFasL-VP or neo-VP. The MIP-2 protein concentration was determined by capture ELISA. Perturbation of the peritoneal cavity by injection of 0.2 ml of neo-VP caused a slight increase in the PEF MIP-2 protein concentration at 1.5 and 3 h (31 pg/ml and 90 pg/ml, respectively). In contrast, injection of 14 U of mFasL-VP resulted in an 18-fold higher FasL-specific release of MIP-2 (574 pg/ml) into the PEF at 1.5 h (Fig. 5Go). Increased MIP-2 levels in PEF correlated with advanced apoptosis of Mac1high peritoneal macrophages (see Fig. 2GoC). At 3 h, when most of the macrophages were deleted from the peritoneum, MIP-2 levels were below the neo-VP control injection (39 pg/ml vs 90 pg/ml).



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FIGURE 5. Increased levels of IL-1{beta} and MIP-2 detected in the peritoneal fluid of C3H-HeJ mice injected with VP-FasL. C3H-HeJ mice were injected with 14 U of mFasL-VP or neo-VP and sacrificed after 1.5 and 3 h. PEC were triple-stained with Mac1, Gr1, and F4/80 as well as double-stained with F4/80 and annexin V (data not shown). IL-1{beta} and MIP-2 levels in the PEF from unmanipulated mice or mice injected with mFasL-VP or neo-VP were quantified with cytokine-specific ELISAs (BD PharMingen). Data represent means of two mice per group and are comparable to that obtained in a separate experiment.

 
To directly demonstrate that the proinflammatory cytokines and neutrophil-attracting chemokines detected in the PEF were in fact secreted by the Mac1high peritoneal macrophages, we stained PWC with Mac1 and Gr1 and fractions corresponding to the Mac1high/Gr1- (Mac1high), Mac1int+low/Gr1- (Mac1low) populations were isolated with a cell sorter. Flow cytometric analysis (Fig. 6GoA), as well as examination of H&E-stained cytospins of each fraction (Fig. 6GoB), was used to assess the purity of each fraction. The Mac1high fraction contained a homogeneous population of peritoneal macrophages, whereas the Mac1low-sorted population represented a heterogeneous population containing all other Gr1- PWC. The Mac1high cells and Mac1low cells were incubated in vitro with mFasL-VP or neo-VP for 4 h (Fig. 6GoC) or they were incubated with LPS or L5 transfectants, expressing different forms of FasL, for 18 h (Fig. 6GoD). IL-1{beta} protein concentrations were determined in the cell culture supernatant by capture ELISA. Only peritoneal macrophages (Mac1high), and none of the other peritoneal cell populations (Mac1low), were able to respond to FasL in the form of mFasL-VP, L5-wild-type FasL, or L5-mFasL by secreting significant levels of IL-1{beta}, comparable to those seen with LPS stimulation (Fig. 6Go, C and D). These results are consistent with the linked induction of macrophage cytokine/chemokine production and apoptosis.



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FIGURE 6. FasL induces purified peritoneal macrophages to release IL-1{beta}. PWC from unmanipulated MRL+/+ mice were stained with Mac1 and Gr1. Mac1high, Gr1- cells and Mac1low, Gr1- cells were purified using a MoFlo cell sorter (Tufts University, School of Medicine). The purity of the sorted populations was assessed by flow cytometry (A) and a Wright-Giemsa stain of cytospins (B). Sorted cells were incubated in serum-free RPMI-ITS+1-BSA medium with 14 U/ml mFasL-VP or neo-VP for 4 h (C) or with equal numbers of tumor cells expressing different forms of FasL or LPS (100 ng/ml) for 18 h (D). Supernatants were collected and IL-1{beta} was quantified with a cytokine-specific ELISA (C and D).

 
Purified Mac1high resident peritoneal macrophages restore the inflammatory response in Fas-deficient mice

The data above clearly demonstrate that FasL can induce the production of inflammatory mediators in Mac1high resident peritoneal cells. However, it was important to verify that this macrophage response was sufficient to trigger neutrophil extravasation in vivo. Resident peritoneal macrophages were collected from either MRL+/+ (Fas+) or MRL-lpr/gld (Fas-) mice and stained with a combination of PE-Mac1, FITC-Gr1, and FITC-CD11c. Mac1high and Mac1int subpopulations that were Gr1 and CD11c negative were isolated with a cell sorter and reassessed by flow cytometry (Fig. 7Go, top panel). This enrichment protocol excluded any low-level contamination with neutrophils or myeloid dendritic cells which might contribute to the overall level of cytokine/chemokine production. Fas+ or Fas- Mac1high cells (1 x 106) or Fas+ Mac1int cells were mixed with either L5-neo or L5-mFasL transfectants and coinjected i.p. into MRL-lpr/gld recipient mice as indicated in Fig. 7Go. The next day, neutrophil extravasation was assessed by flow cytometry. Only the coinjection of Fas+ Mac1high and L5-mFasL cells resulted in neutrophil extravasation (Fig. 7Go, bottom panel). Coinjection of L5-mFasL cells and either Fas+ Mac1int cells or Fas- Mac1high cells failed to elicit a neutrophil response (Fig. 7Go, bottom panel). Overall, these data support the premise that FasL specifically triggers resident macrophages to release neutrophil chemotactic factors.



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FIGURE 7. Purified Mac1high peritoneal macrophages with intact Fas expression are able to restore the FasL-induced inflammatory response in MRL-lpr/gld mice. PWC from unmanipulated MRL+/+ mice (Fas+) or MRL-lpr/gld mice (Fas-) were stained with PE-conjugated Mac1, FITC-conjugated Gr1, and FITC-conjugated CD11c. Mac1high, Gr1-, CD11c- cells and Mac1int, Gr1-, CD11c- cells were purified by FACS. The purity of the sorted populations was reassessed by flow cytometry (top panel). Sorted cells (1 x 106) were injected i.p into MRL-lpr/gld mice together with an equal number of L5-mFasL cells (+mFasL) or L5-neo cells (+neo). Mice were sacrificed after 18 h; isolated PEC were stained with Mac1 and Gr1 and analyzed by flow cytometry (bottom panel).

 

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Forced expression of FasL by both tumor cells and nontransformed cell populations has been shown to elicit a vigorous inflammatory response within the s.c. tissues, peritoneum, pancreas, and even the eye (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).4 We previously reported that effective engagement of the FasR on adoptively transferred resident peritoneal cells was sufficient to recruit Fas-deficient neutrophils into the peritoneum (13). To identify the primary target population and the neutrophil chemotactic mediators presumably released by this cell population, we decided to further explore the peritonitis model, as it provided an efficient system for sampling the cell types participating in the inflammatory response at both early and late time points. To avoid any confounding effects of tumor cell growth, we chose to use a cell-free source of mFasL-VPs (14) as our FasL trigger. Inflammation caused by infection, allergens, or necrotic tissue damage is regulated through the concerted action of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines resulting in the selective recruitment of leukocytes to an inflamed tissue. In the current study, RNase protection assays on PEC obtained from mice injected with mFasL-VP demonstrated the induced expression of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-1{beta} and chemokines MIP-2, MIP-1{alpha}, MIP-1{beta}, and MCP1 early in the response. Lymphocytes could be excluded as a potential target, because we found that neutrophil extravasation in response to mFasL tumor cells was comparable in lymphocyte-deficient BALB/c-SCID and BALB/c wild-type mice (data not shown).

A significant decrease in the number of Mac1high cells in the PEC population was noted at 4 h after mFasL-VP injection. More detailed studies using a combination of Mac1, F4/80, and annexin V as well as annexin V/PI flow-cytometric staining demonstrated the rapid and complete apoptotic demise of peritoneal macrophages in vivo and in vitro in response to mFasL-VP. Mac1high peritoneal macrophages acquired annexin V positivity in vivo within 30 min of mFasL-VP inoculation, decreased their volume and surface expression of Mac1 and F4/80 shortly thereafter, and were absent from the peritoneum by 4 h. When peritoneal macrophages were incubated in vitro with mFasL-VP, a comparable extent of apoptotic cell death was observed, but the dying cells persisted. This is probably due to the fact that apoptotic cells are efficiently eliminated in vivo by neighboring phagocytic cells (28).

The dramatic proapoptotic effect of mFasL-VP on resident peritoneal macrophages was not anticipated, as previous in vitro data suggested that thioglycolate-elicited peritoneal macrophages were resistant to FasL-mediated apoptosis and could only be sensitized through IFN-{gamma} or TNF-{alpha} pretreatment (29, 30). We have also found that freshly prepared thioglycolate-elicited peritoneal macrophages are resistant to mFasL-VP (data not shown). The distinction between resident and elicited macrophage populations probably reflects differences in their activation and/or differentiation status. Human peripheral blood monocytes undergo spontaneous apoptosis in vitro in the presence and absence of serum that is partially dependent on FasL (31, 32, 33) whereas in vitro monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation results in FasL resistance and correlates with increased Fas-associated death domain-like IL-1-converting enzyme inhibitory protein (FLIP) expression (32). To our knowledge, the current study is the first report on the proapoptotic effect of FasL on macrophages in a noninflamed tissue in vivo.

Once it had been clearly shown that FasL could induce resident peritoneal macrophages to apoptose, it was also important to determine whether the same cells were responsible for the production of neutrophil chemotactic factors. Earlier in vivo studies had shown that significant amounts of IL-1{beta} could be detected in the PEF of mice 18 h after injection with FasL-expressing tumor cells and in vitro experiments demonstrated FasL-dependent IL-1{beta} secretion by thioglycolate-elicited neutrophils (9). Fas engagement of dendritic cells has also been shown to elicit IL-1{beta} production (34). IL-1{beta} has no chemotactic or activating activity on neutrophils per se, (17, 18, 19) but neutrophil recruitment has been shown to be mediated by IL-1{beta}-induced secretion of MIP-2 (25, 35). Macrophage-, and possibly neutrophil-, derived IL-1{beta} might serve to amplify neutrophil inflammation because the response in IL-1 knockout mice is reduced but not eliminated (9). The major neutrophil chemoattractants identified in the mouse are MIP-1{alpha} and {beta}, MIP-2, and murine CXC chemokine KC (20, 24, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40). MIP-1{alpha} and {beta} and MIP-2 RNA were rapidly induced in mice injected with mFasL-VP. When we sampled the peritoneal fluid of mice injected with mFasL-VP, a sharp and transient increase in MIP-2 protein was detected. The peak MIP-2 activity was found 1.5 h after injection, at a time when most Mac1high peritoneal macrophages showed signs of apoptosis, as assessed by annexin V positivity, loss of Mac1 and F4/80 expression and the inability to exclude PI. At 3 h, most apoptotic macrophages appeared to be cleared from the peritoneal space and the level of detectable MIP-2 returned to baseline, either because production decreased or because the protein was bound up by the incoming neutrophils. This correlation between macrophage apoptosis and cytokine production suggested that dying macrophages were responsible for producing the factor(s) responsible for the initiation of the neutrophil response. Subsequent in vitro studies demonstrated that FasL engagement of purified Mac1high peritoneal macrophages led to the secretion of IL-1{beta} protein, demonstrating directly that proinflammatory cytokines could be secreted by the Mac1high population. Purified Mac-1low cells failed to secrete IL-1{beta} in response to FasL. Furthermore, the adoptive transfer of Mac1high, Gr1-, CD11c- MRL+/+ resident peritoneal cells into Fas-deficient recipients restored the capacity of these mice to mount a neutrophil response to L5-mFasL cells. Because cells expressing either Gr1 (granulocytes) or CD11c (dendritic cells) were excluded from this sorted population, it is highly likely that the Mac1high macrophages initiated the neutrophil response.

There are two possible mechanisms that could link macrophage death to cytokine/chemokine release. One possibility is that the Fas-signaling pathway could activate cytoplasmic mediators that regulate chemokine production and release as well as caspases. The fact that, at least in vitro, FasL-induced secretion of proinflammatory cytokines can be uncoupled from cell death in a variety of different homogeneous cell populations directly implicates the Fas-signaling pathway in the induction of cytokine/chemokine production (34, 41, 42, 43, 44). Several of these studies involved cells expressing elevated levels of FLIP and it has been suggested that FLIP may serve as a link to NF-{kappa}B activation (45). However, resident peritoneal macrophages do not express FLIP (A. M. Hohlbaum, unpublished observation) and rapidly undergo apoptosis after Fas cross-linking, so it is unlikely that FLIP is involved in the cytokine/chemokine response described above. An alternative explanation is suggested by the failure of crmA transgenic mice or mice deficient in the expression of caspase 8 or the Fas adapter protein Fas-associated death domain to develop peripheral lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, and autoimmune disease characteristic of Fas-deficient lpr mice even though T cells from these mice are resistant to FasL-mediated apoptosis (46, 47, 48, 49). One interpretation of these observations is that the autoimmune parameters are dependent on agonistic or pro-proliferative activities emanating from the Fas pathway and suggest that other adaptor proteins may be involved. It is also possible that the initial apoptotic cells might be recognized by other macrophages that are then induced to secrete chemotactic factors as a means for recruiting additional phagocytic cells to cope with the cell debris. However, the uptake of apoptotic cells by phagocytic macrophages has been shown to inhibit the production of proinflammatory cytokines and actually triggers the release of the anti-inflammatory cytokine TGF{beta} (50). Thus, our results most likely reflect a direct effect of FasL on resident macrophages leading to the release of proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines and suggest a general mechanism responsible for neutrophil inflammation seen in cases of FasL-expressing allografts.


    Acknowledgments
 
We thank Cynthia Chi and Chris Vogt for outstanding technical support. We also thank Allen Parmelee and Randy Hung for cell sorting assistance, Dr. Matt Fenton for providing LPS, and Dr. David Beller for advice on agarose-coated plates.


    Footnotes
 
1 This work was supported by Grants GM58724 (to A.M.-R.), AI36938 (to S.-T.J.), and T32-CA64070 (to A.M.H.) from the National Institutes of Health; Grant 6146-99 from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; and Grant 1-2000-761 from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Back

2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Ann Marshak-Rothstein, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Boston University, 80 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118. E-mail address: amrothst{at}bu.edu Back

3 Abbreviations used in this paper: FasL, Fas ligand; mFasL, membrane-only FasL; sFasL, soluble FasL natural cleavage product; PWC, peritoneal washout cells; VP, vesicle preparation; G418, geneticin selective antibiotic; PEC, peritoneal exudate cells; PEF, peritoneal eluate fluid; PI, propidium iodide; MCP, monocyte chemotactic protein; FLIP, Fas-associated death domain-like IL-1-converting enzyme inhibitory protein. Back

4 M. S. Gregory, A. C. Repp, A. M. Hohlbaum., R. R. Saff, A. Marshak-Rothstein, and B. R. Ksander. Membrane Fas ligand activates innate immunity and terminates ocular immune privilege. Submitted for publication. Back

Received for publication July 18, 2001. Accepted for publication September 26, 2001.


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