RRC ID 30646
著者 Hirose T, Horvitz HR.
タイトル An Sp1 transcription factor coordinates caspase-dependent and -independent apoptotic pathways.
ジャーナル Nature
Abstract During animal development, the proper regulation of apoptosis requires the precise spatial and temporal execution of cell-death programs, which can include both caspase-dependent and caspase-independent pathways. Although the mechanisms of caspase-dependent and -independent cell killing have been examined extensively, how these pathways are coordinated within a single cell that is fated to die is unknown. Here we show that the Caenorhabditis elegans Sp1 transcription factor SPTF-3 specifies the programmed cell deaths of at least two cells-the sisters of the pharyngeal M4 motor neuron and the AQR sensory neuron-by transcriptionally activating both caspase-dependent and -independent apoptotic pathways. SPTF-3 directly drives the transcription of the gene egl-1, which encodes a BH3-only protein that promotes apoptosis through the activation of the CED-3 caspase. In addition, SPTF-3 directly drives the transcription of the AMP-activated protein kinase-related gene pig-1, which encodes a protein kinase and functions in apoptosis of the M4 sister and AQR sister independently of the pathway that activates CED-3 (refs 4, 5). Thus, a single transcription factor controls two distinct cell-killing programs that act in parallel to drive apoptosis. Our findings reveal a bivalent regulatory node for caspase-dependent and -independent pathways in the regulation of cell-type-specific apoptosis. We propose that such nodes might act as features of a general mechanism for regulating cell-type-specific apoptosis and could be therapeutic targets for diseases involving the dysregulation of apoptosis through multiple cell-killing mechanisms.
巻・号 500(7462)
ページ 354-8
公開日 2013-8-15
DOI 10.1038/nature12329
PII nature12329
PMID 23851392
PMC PMC3748152
MeSH Animals Apoptosis / genetics* Base Sequence Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism Caspases / metabolism* Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Molecular Sequence Data Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / genetics Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism Repressor Proteins / genetics Repressor Proteins / metabolism Sequence Alignment Sp1 Transcription Factor / genetics* Sp1 Transcription Factor / metabolism*
IF 42.779
引用数 38
WOS 分野 GENETICS & HEREDITY
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