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- Title
Cachexia induced by Walker 256 tumor growth causes rat lymphocyte death.
- Authors
Lima, Thais; Lima, Manuela; Almeida, Débora; Mendonça, José Roberto; Curi, Rui
- Abstract
Death induction by Walker 256 tumor cachexia in non-tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes was investigated. Lymphocytes from cachectic tumor-bearing rats presented a higher proportion of cells with ruptured membranes, indicating necrotic cell death. The cachexia induced by Walker 256 tumor also increased by 3.6-fold the percentage of cells with fragmented DNA, suggestive of apoptotic cell death. The mitochondria involvement was examined by analysis of mitochondria transmembrane potential using rhodamine 123. Lymphocytes from cachectic tumor-bearing rats presented a more pronounced depolarization of mitochondrial transmembrane potential in comparison with cells from the control group. The expression of important proapoptotic (Bcl-xs, Bax, p53, caspase-3) and antiapoptotic genes (Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL) was also altered by tumor cachexia. These results suggest that the immunosuppression induced by Walker 256 tumor cachexia is at least in part a result of lymphocyte death. Evidence was found for the involvement of mitochondria and important proapoptotic genes in the process of lymphocyte death by Walker 256 tumor cachexia.
- Subjects
APOPTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTES; CACHEXIA; TUMOR growth; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL research; IMMUNOREGULATION
- Publication
Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 2005, Vol 54, Issue 2, p179
- ISSN
0340-7004
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00262-004-0570-4