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Bcl-2 inhibits glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis but only partially blocks calcium ionophore or cycloheximide-regulated apoptosis in S49 cells

LA Caron-Leslie, RB Evans and JA Cidlowski
Department of Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599.

Many non-Hodgkins B-cell lymphomas possess a deregulated bcl-2 gene resulting in a phenotype that is apparently resistant to programmed cell death (apoptosis). We have used a mouse lymphoma cell line (S49.1) that undergoes apoptosis in response to a variety of stimuli to determine the effect of bcl-2 expression on induction of apoptosis. S49 cells were stably transfected with recombinant amphotrophic retroviruses carrying either a G418 antibiotic resistance gene alone (S49-NEO) or this gene in combination with a bcl-2 complementary DNA (S49-Bcl-2). Three different agents previously shown to activate apoptosis by different pathways in S49 cells (dexamethasone, the calcium ionophore A23187, and cycloheximide) were used to examine the effect of bcl-2 expression on cell growth and apoptosis caused by multiple signal transduction pathways. Dexamethasone (DEX) treatment inhibited cell growth and stimulated cell death in S49-NEO cells. Although S49-Bcl-2 cells exhibited a similar antiproliferative response, they failed to die in response to steroid treatment. Western blot analysis revealed no difference in the levels of glucocorticoid receptor protein in the two cell lines, and both responded to glucocorticoid with a profound inhibition of protein synthesis. Cycloheximide (CX) and A23187 also had antiproliferative and cell killing effects in both cell types, although higher concentrations of each agent were needed to kill S49-Bcl-2 cells. To determine whether the loss of viability in response to these drugs was due to apoptosis, cells were examined morphologically and DNA integrity was examined by gel electrophoresis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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