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a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
Apoptosis induced in male germ cells following ionizing radiation is dependent on functional p53 (Trp53) being present. We sought to determine whether Fas (Tnfrsf6/CD95/APO-1), an apoptotic factor, is involved in this p53-dependent germ cell death. In p53 knock-out mice exposed to 5 Gy of x-radiation, germ cells were protected from cell death, as assessed by counting apoptotic seminiferous tubules 12 h following radiation. Similarly, spermatid head counts in p53 knock-out mice remained near normal 29 days after exposure to 0.5 Gy of radiation, whereas wild-type animals had a more than twofold reduction in spermatid head counts. Fas mRNA expression remained at pretreatment levels in p53 knock-out mice; however, Fas increased in a time-dependent manner in wild-type mice following exposure to 5 Gy of radiation, indicating that radiation-induced Fas expression is p53-dependent. The functional significance of Fas involvement was demonstrated when lprcg mice, having a nonfunctional Fas receptor, were exposed to 5 Gy of radiation; the number of apoptotic seminiferous tubules 12 h following radiation was significantly reduced compared to that of wild-type mice. Additionally, lprcg mice exposed to 0.5 Gy of radiation had increased spermatid head counts 29 days following radiation compared to wild-type mice. Interestingly, gld mice with a non-functional Fas ligand (Tnfsf6/FasL/CD95L) were as sensitive to radiation as wild-type animals, and levels of FasL mRNA were not affected by radiation treatment. These results indicate that apoptosis and up-regulation of Fas following radiation are both p53-dependent events. Although Fas is necessary, in part, for radiation-induced p53-dependent apoptosis, FasL is not.
1 Supported in part by NIEHS grant RO1-ES05033 and by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
2 Correspondence: Kim Boekelheide, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Box G-B5, 171 Meeting Street, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. FAX: 401 863 9008; kim_boekelheide{at}brown.edu
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