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| RRC ID | 83413 |
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| Author | Kanuka H, Hisahara S, Sawamoto K, Shoji S, Okano H, Miura M. |
| Title | Proapoptotic activity of Caenorhabditis elegans CED-4 protein in Drosophila: implicated mechanisms for caspase activation. |
| Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A |
| Abstract |
CED-4 protein plays an important role in the induction of programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans through the activation of caspases. However, the precise mechanisms by which it activates caspases remain unknown. To investigate the conservation of CED-4 function in evolution, transgenic Drosophila lines that express CED-4 in the compound eye were generated. Ectopic expression of CED-4 in the eyes induced massive apoptotic cell death through caspase activation. An ATP-binding site (P-loop) mutation in CED-4 (K165R) causes a loss of function in its ability to activate Drosophila caspase, and an ATPase inhibitor blocks the CED-4-dependent caspase activity in Drosophila S2 cells. Immunoprecipitation analysis showed that both CED-4 and CED-4 (K165R) bind directly to Drosophila caspase drICE, and the overexpression of CED-4 (K165R) inhibits CED-4-, ecdysone-, or cycloheximide-dependent caspase activation in S2 cells. Furthermore, CED-4 (K165R) partially prevented cell death induced by CED-4 in Drosophila compound eyes. Thus, CED-4 function is evolutionarily conserved in Drosophila, and the molecular mechanisms by which CED-4 activates caspases might require ATP binding and direct interaction with the caspases. |
| Volume | 96(1) |
| Pages | 145-50 |
| Published | 1999-1-5 |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.96.1.145 |
| PMID | 9874786 |
| PMC | PMC15107 |
| MeSH | Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism Animals Animals, Genetically Modified Apoptosis* Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins* Calcium-Binding Proteins / genetics Calcium-Binding Proteins / metabolism* Caspases / metabolism* Drosophila / genetics Drosophila Proteins* Enzyme Activation Evolution, Molecular Eye / anatomy & histology Eye / embryology Genes, Reporter Helminth Proteins / genetics Helminth Proteins / metabolism* Mutation Phenotype Suppression, Genetic |
| IF | 9.412 |
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| Total number of mentions | 5 |
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| Drosophila | DGRC#119557 |