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Endocrinology, Vol 103, 936-942, Copyright © 1978 by Endocrine Society

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Further studies on the role of calcium in glucocorticoid-induced lymphocytolysis

N Kaiser and IS Edelman

In a previous study comparing the effects of triamcinolone acetonide (TA) and a divalent cation ionophore (A23187) on rat thymocytes, we proposed an important contributory role for Ca2+ in glucocorticoid- induced cytolysis. The plausibility of this hypothesis was tested further in thymic lymphocytes (thymocytes) and lymph node lymphocytes (LN-lymphocytes). Thymocytes incubated in a Ca2+-containing medium responded to TA or A23187 with a concentration-dependent decrease in the number of viable cells. TA-induced cytolysis was reduced in Ca-free medium and was equally supported by Ca2+ and Sr2+, but not by Ba2+. A23187-induced cytolysis was supported by Ca2+ greater than Sr2+, but not by Ba2+. Thymocytes were also lysed by increasing concentrations of Ca2+ even in the absence of TA and A23187. LN-Lymphocytes, however, were less sensitive to the cytotoxic effects of Ca2+ under the same conditions. In the presence of Ca2+, thymocytes were lysed to a greater extent than LN-lymphocytes by TA, whereas the sensitivities to A23187- induced cytolysis were the same in both populations. Omission of Ca2+ from the incubation medium inhibited the cytolytic response to TA only in thymocytes. In contrast, A23187-induced cytolysis was impaired in Ca- free medium in both thymocytes and LN-lymphocytes. These observations confirm the previous findings on Ca2+ dependence of glucocorticoid- induced cytolysis in thymocytes. This pathway, however, may not be involved in glucocorticoid-induced cytolysis of LN-lymphocytes. Thus, a more basic and as yet undefined mechanism probably mediates the lymphocytolytic process.


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