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Requirement for the orphan steroid receptor Nur77 in apoptosis of T-cell hybridomas

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APOPTOSIS is a phenomenon observed during development of many cell types in many organisms. It is an internal, programmed cell death characterized by DNA fragmentation into nucleosome-size pieces1–3. Anti-CD3-induced apoptosis in T-cell hybridomas and immature thymocytes requires new gene transcription and may be related to negative selection during T-cell development4–6. Using subtractive hybridization, we isolated a complementary DNA clone encoding the orphan steroid receptor Nur77 (refs 7–9). It shows different patterns of messenger RNA induction between apoptotic and stimulated T cells. We report here the use of gel shift analysis to demonstrate that the Nur77 protein is present at high levels in apoptotic T-cell hybridomas and apoptotic thymocytes, but not in growing T cells or stimulated splenocytes. A Nur77 dominant negative protected T-cell hybridomas from activation-induced apoptosis. Hence Nur77 is necessary for induced apoptosis in T-cell hybridomas.

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Woronicz, J., Calnan, B., Ngo, V. et al. Requirement for the orphan steroid receptor Nur77 in apoptosis of T-cell hybridomas. Nature 367, 277–281 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/367277a0

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