RRC ID 46592
著者 Galvin BD, Denning DP, Horvitz HR.
タイトル SPK-1, an SR protein kinase, inhibits programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans.
ジャーナル Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Abstract To identify genes involved in protecting cells from programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans, we performed a genetic screen to isolate mutations that cause an increase in the number of programmed cell deaths. We screened for suppressors of the cell-death defect caused by a partial loss-of-function mutation in ced-4, which encodes an Apaf-1 homolog that promotes programmed cell death by activating the caspase CED-3. We identified one extragenic ced-4 suppressor, which has a mutation in the gene spk-1. The spk-1 gene encodes a protein homologous to serine-arginine-rich (SR) protein kinases, which are thought to regulate splicing. Previous work suggests that ced-4 can be alternatively spliced and that the splice variants function oppositely, with the longer transcript (ced-4L) inhibiting programmed cell death. spk-1 might promote cell survival by increasing the amount of the protective ced-4L splice variant. We conclude that programmed cell death in C. elegans is regulated by an alternative splicing event controlled by the SR protein kinase SPK-1.
巻・号 108(5)
ページ 1998-2003
公開日 2011-2-1
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1018805108
PII 1018805108
PMID 21245325
PMC PMC3033281
MeSH Alleles Alternative Splicing Animals Apoptosis* Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology Caenorhabditis elegans / enzymology* Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism* Calcium-Binding Proteins / genetics Genes, Helminth Models, Genetic Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / genetics Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism* Suppression, Genetic
IF 9.412
引用数 8
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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