Journal: PLoS ONE

Article Title: Networked T Cell Death following Macrophage Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038488

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Addition of the pan-caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK mitigated cell death induced by low MOI and high MOI-infected macrophage supernatants (shaded bars, infection + and ++ respectively), as well as background cell death observed in the uninfected control supernatants (closed bars, infection -). Cell death in infected supernatants was not mitigated by coincubation with blocking antibodies to TNF-α (B) or Fas (C), and in each case was significantly higher than in uninfected control supernatants (closed bars). Cell death induced by positive controls (D) (1 µM Staurosporine, 5 ng/ml recombinant human TNF-α +0.2 µg/ml cycloheximide and 10 ng/ml recombinant human Fas ligand) was in each case significantly reduced by coincubation with the corresponding inhibitor (open bars). Data shown in each panel are from one representative experiment, showing mean percentage cell death ± SEM from triplicate incubations. ** = p<0.01, *** = p<0.001, Student’s t test relative to uninfected control (A–C), or positive control relative to inhibitor (D).

Article Snippet: In positive control experiments for Fas ligand-mediated cell killing, cells were incubated in the presence of 10 ng/ml recombinant human Fas ligand (R&D systems), crosslinked with 10 μg/ml anti-6× Histidine (R&D systems).

Techniques: Infection, Control, Blocking Assay, Recombinant, Positive Control

Journal: eLife

Article Title: Soluble Fas ligand drives autoantibody-induced arthritis by binding to DR5/TRAIL-R2

doi: 10.7554/eLife.48840

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Joint swelling and clinical scores in wild-type (WT), Fas lpr/lpr , Fasl gld/gld , and Fas –/– mice (n = 6 per group). ( B ) Joint swelling and clinical scores in WT, Fasl Δm/Δm , Fasl Δs/Δs , and Fasl Δs/Δs mice injected with sFasL (n = 6 per group). ( C , D ) Gross and microscopic examination of arthritis (magnified 10× in the upper panel and 200× in the lower panel). Scale bars: 1 cm ( C ), 200 μm ( D , upper panel), and 100 μm ( D , lower panel). ( E ) Tandem mass spectra of unique DR5 peptides. ( F ) Transcript levels of Tnfrsf10b in synovial CD45 + immune cells and CD45 – non-immune cells from WT mice with or without AIA. ( G ) Immunohistochemistry of DR5 expression in joint tissue from a healthy control subject and a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 3; magnified 400×, scale bar: 50 μm). ( H ) Flow cytometric analysis of biotinylated protein binding to EL4 cells transfected with human WT TNFRSF10B preincubated with recombinant hTRAIL, or simultaneously incubated with anti-FasL, or anti-DR5 antibodies. ( I ) Flow cytometric analysis of biotinylated FasL binding on hFLSCs with FAS and/or TNFRSF10B knockout, and TNFRSF10B and/or FAS overexpression in FAS and TNFRSF10B double knockout (DKO) cells. ( J ) hLFSCs were preincubated with TNF-α (as a negative control), FasL, or TRAIL and cross–linked with BS 3 . Lysates from these cells were immunoprecipitated with anti–DR5 or control IgG antibody and immunoblotted with anti-DR5, TNF-α, FasL, or TRAIL antibodies. ( K ) Flow cytometric analysis of DR5–Fc binding on EL4 cells transfected with human WT FASLG in the presence of recombinant hTRAIL, anti-DR5, or FasL antibodies. Data were pooled from three ( A , B , and D–G ) or four ( H, K ) independent experiments and are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.005. Data were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Figure 1—source data 1. Numerical data obtained during experiments represented in , , and .

Article Snippet: To determine equilibrium affinity measurements, recombinant DR5 (R and D systems: 631-T2-100) was coupled with a CM5 sensor chip using 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 5.5), and recombinant FasL or TRAIL (R and D Systems: 126-FL-010) was passed over the chip at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 120 s. Dissociation was performed by adding 0.5 M NaOH at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 240 s. A final response was calculated by subtracting the reading from an empty flow cell.

Techniques: Injection, Immunohistochemistry, Expressing, Control, Protein Binding, Transfection, Recombinant, Incubation, Binding Assay, Knock-Out, Over Expression, Double Knockout, Negative Control, Immunoprecipitation

Journal: eLife

Article Title: Soluble Fas ligand drives autoantibody-induced arthritis by binding to DR5/TRAIL-R2

doi: 10.7554/eLife.48840

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Schematic diagram showing AP–MS analyses. ( B ) Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of biotinylated Fc (control) or sFasL–Fc cross-linked protein complexes. The fractions used in in-gel digestion are separated by red lines. ( C ) Expression of DR5 in CD45 + and CD45 – cells from the joint tissues of WT mice with arthritis. ( D ) Flow cytometry analyses of the expression of Fas and DR5 in human (h) fibroblast-like synovial cells (FLSCs). ( E ) Flow cytometry analyses of FasL–Fc binding to hFLSCs in the presence of anti-DR5 and/or anti-Fas antibodies. ( F , G ) Flow cytometry analyses of human DR5 ( F ) and Fas ( G ) expression in EL4 cells transfected with human WT tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily (TNFRSF)10B ( F ) and FAS ( G ). ( H ) Expression of TNFRSF10B and FAS in EL4 mouse T cells transfected with various human genes. ( I ) Flow cytometry analyses of biotinylated protein binding to EL4 cells transfected with human WT FAS preincubated with recombinant human (h) TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) or treated simultaneously with anti-Fas and DR5 antibodies. ( J ) Flow cytometry analyses of FasL–Fc binding to hFLSCs after preincubation with recombinant sTRAIL or sFasL. All experiments were performed four times independently.

Article Snippet: To determine equilibrium affinity measurements, recombinant DR5 (R and D systems: 631-T2-100) was coupled with a CM5 sensor chip using 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 5.5), and recombinant FasL or TRAIL (R and D Systems: 126-FL-010) was passed over the chip at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 120 s. Dissociation was performed by adding 0.5 M NaOH at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 240 s. A final response was calculated by subtracting the reading from an empty flow cell.

Techniques: Protein-Protein interactions, Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis, Control, Expressing, Flow Cytometry, Binding Assay, Transfection, Protein Binding, Recombinant

Journal: eLife

Article Title: Soluble Fas ligand drives autoantibody-induced arthritis by binding to DR5/TRAIL-R2

doi: 10.7554/eLife.48840

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) hFLSCs and mouse synovial fibroblasts were stimulated with human or mouse sFasL in the presence or absence of anti-mouse Fas or anti-DR5 antibodies, as well as anti-human Fas or anti-DR5 antibodies for 24 hr. CX3CL1 levels in culture supernatants were measured using ELISA. ( B , C ) Jurkat cells ( B ) or mouse splenocytes ( C ) were incubated for 24 hr with recombinant FasL and TRAIL in the presence or absence of human or mouse anti-DR5 or anti-Fas antibodies. Jurkat and gated splenic TCRβ + CD4 + T cell death was measured using flow cytometry. ( D ) Jurkat cell death was measured using flow cytometry after FasL or FasL–Fc treatment in the presence or absence of anti-Fas or anti-DR5 antibodies for 24 hr. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. All experiments were performed three times independently. *p<0.05; **p<0.01. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA.

Article Snippet: To determine equilibrium affinity measurements, recombinant DR5 (R and D systems: 631-T2-100) was coupled with a CM5 sensor chip using 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 5.5), and recombinant FasL or TRAIL (R and D Systems: 126-FL-010) was passed over the chip at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 120 s. Dissociation was performed by adding 0.5 M NaOH at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 240 s. A final response was calculated by subtracting the reading from an empty flow cell.

Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Incubation, Recombinant, Flow Cytometry

Journal: eLife

Article Title: Soluble Fas ligand drives autoantibody-induced arthritis by binding to DR5/TRAIL-R2

doi: 10.7554/eLife.48840

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Flow cytometry analyses of FasL–Fc binding to hFLSCs that were knocked down with FAS , TNFRSF10B , TNFRSF1A , TNFRSF10A , or TNFRSF12 . ( B ) Expression of FAS , TNFRSF10B , TNFRSF10A , TNFRSF1A , and TNFRSF12 in siRNA-transfected hFLSCs. ( C ) Expression of FAS and TNFRSF10B in FAS - and/or TNFRSF10B -knockout (KO) cells and KO cells transfected with TNFRSF10B and/or FAS overexpression vector. ( D , E ) Expression of Fas and DR5 ( D ) and biotinylated TRAIL binding ( E ) in FAS - and/or TNFRSF10B -KO hFLSCs and DKO (DR5 and Fas gene double knockout) cells transfected with TNFRSF10B and/or FAS in expression vectors. Biotinylated TRAIL binding was quantified by streptavidin (sAv)–fluorescein isothiocyanate staining intensity using flow cytometry. ( F, G ) Surface plasmon resonance assays for DR5–FasL ( F ) and DR5–TRAIL ( G ) interactions. ( H ) hFLSCs were incubated with PBS (control), 6× His-tagged FasL, or 6× His-tagged TRAIL and cross-linked using BS 3 . Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-His or control IgG antibodies and then immunoblotted with anti-Fas, DR5, TRAIL, and FasL antibodies. ( I ) FASLG , TNFSF10 , and TNF expression in EL4 mouse T cells transfected with human genes. ( J ) Flow cytometry analyses of DR5–Fc and Fas–Fc binding to EL4 cells transfected with human WT FASLG in the presence of anti-FasL antibodies. ( K, L ) Flow cytometry analyses of human FasL, TNF-α, and TRAIL expression ( K ), as well as DR5–Fc and Fas–Fc binding to EL4 cells transfected with human WT FASLG , TNFA , or TRAIL ( L ) and gated on transfected cells expressing the target proteins. Data were pooled from three independent experiments and are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 4 in B ). **p<0.01; ****p<0.0005. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA.

Article Snippet: To determine equilibrium affinity measurements, recombinant DR5 (R and D systems: 631-T2-100) was coupled with a CM5 sensor chip using 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 5.5), and recombinant FasL or TRAIL (R and D Systems: 126-FL-010) was passed over the chip at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 120 s. Dissociation was performed by adding 0.5 M NaOH at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 240 s. A final response was calculated by subtracting the reading from an empty flow cell.

Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Binding Assay, Expressing, Transfection, Knock-Out, Over Expression, Plasmid Preparation, Double Knockout, Staining, SPR Assay, Incubation, Control, Immunoprecipitation

Journal: eLife

Article Title: Soluble Fas ligand drives autoantibody-induced arthritis by binding to DR5/TRAIL-R2

doi: 10.7554/eLife.48840

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A , B ) FasL–Fc binding to hFLSCs or EL4 cells transfected with human FAS , or TNFRSF10B after preincubation with human sTRAIL or sFasL. ( C ) Model of FasL and DR5 derived from the crystal structure of the FasL/DcR3 complex (Protein Data Bank: 4 MSV) and TRAIL/DR5 complex (Protein Data Bank: 1D4V). ( D , E ) Flow cytometric analysis of FasL–Fc or DR5–Fc binding to EL4 cells transfected with human WT or mutated TNFRSF10B or FASLG . ( F , G ) Comparison of the effects of sFasL and sTRAIL on ( F ) apoptosis and ( G ) necroptosis in hFLSCs. ( H ) Joint swelling and clinical scores in Fasl gld/gld mice injected with Z–VAD–FMK and/or sFasL (n = 6 per group). Data were pooled from four ( A , B , and D–G ) or three ( H ) independent experiments and are presented as mean ± SEM. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.005. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA. Figure 2—source data 1. Numerical data obtained during experiments represented in , .

Article Snippet: To determine equilibrium affinity measurements, recombinant DR5 (R and D systems: 631-T2-100) was coupled with a CM5 sensor chip using 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 5.5), and recombinant FasL or TRAIL (R and D Systems: 126-FL-010) was passed over the chip at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 120 s. Dissociation was performed by adding 0.5 M NaOH at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 240 s. A final response was calculated by subtracting the reading from an empty flow cell.

Techniques: Binding Assay, Transfection, Derivative Assay, Comparison, Injection

Journal: eLife

Article Title: Soluble Fas ligand drives autoantibody-induced arthritis by binding to DR5/TRAIL-R2

doi: 10.7554/eLife.48840

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) hLFSCs were preincubated with FasL and TRAIL using an excess of TRAIL in lane 3 (TRAIL [4 μg/mL]+FasL) and an excess of FasL in lane 6 (FasL [4 μg/mL]+TRAIL) before cross-linking with BS 3 . Lysates from these cells were immunoprecipitated with anti-DR5 (lanes 2, 3, 5, and 6) or control IgG (lanes 1 and 4) antibodies and immunoblotted with anti-DR5, FasL, or TRAIL antibodies. ( B ) Crystal structures of the TRAIL/DR5 (Protein Data Bank: 1D4V) and FasL/DcR3 (Protein Data Bank: 4 MSV) complexes. ( C ) Alignment of the human DcR3 and DR5 as well as the human FasL and TRAIL sequences. The point mutations in the mutant huDR5–cysteine-rich domains (CRD)two and CRD3, the mutant FasL–CRD2 interacting domain, and the mutant FasL–CRD3 interacting domain are indicated by asterisks (*). ( D ) Flow cytometry analyses of human DR5 in EL4 cells transfected with human WT or mutant TNFRSF10B . ( E ) Flow cytometry analyses of human FasL in EL4 cells transfected with human WT or mutant FASLG . Experiments ( A , D , and E ) were performed three times independently.

Article Snippet: To determine equilibrium affinity measurements, recombinant DR5 (R and D systems: 631-T2-100) was coupled with a CM5 sensor chip using 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 5.5), and recombinant FasL or TRAIL (R and D Systems: 126-FL-010) was passed over the chip at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 120 s. Dissociation was performed by adding 0.5 M NaOH at a flow rate of 30 μL/min for 240 s. A final response was calculated by subtracting the reading from an empty flow cell.

Techniques: Immunoprecipitation, Control, Mutagenesis, Flow Cytometry, Transfection