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Ihara-Ohori Y, Nagano M, Muto S, Uchimiya H, Kawai-Yamada M. Cell death suppressor Arabidopsis bax inhibitor-1 is associated with calmodulin binding and ion homeostasis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 143:650-60. [PMID: 17142482 PMCID: PMC1803746 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.090878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Cell death suppressor Bax inhibitor-1 (BI-1), an endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein, exists in a wide range of organisms. The split-ubiquitin system, overlay assay, and bimolecular fluorescence complementation analysis demonstrated that Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) BI-1 (AtBI-1) interacted with calmodulin in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and in plant cells. Furthermore, AtBI-1 failed to rescue yeast mutants lacking Ca2+ ATPase (Pmr1 or Spf1) from Bax-induced cell death. Pmr1 and Spf1, p-type ATPases localized at the inner membrane, are believed to be involved in transmembrane movement of calcium ions in yeast. Thus, the presence of intact Ca2+ ATPases was essential for AtBI-1-mediated cell death suppression in yeast. To investigate the effect of AtBI-1 on calcium homeostasis, we evaluated sensitivity against cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), an inhibitor of sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase in AtBI-1-overexpressing or knock-down transgenic Arabidopsis plants. These plants demonstrated altered CPA or ion stress sensitivity. Furthermore, AtBI-1-overexpressing cells demonstrated an attenuated rise in cytosolic calcium following CPA or H2O2 treatment, suggesting that AtBI-1 affects ion homeostasis in plant cell death regulation.
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- Yuri Ihara-Ohori
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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Gubser C, Bergamaschi D, Hollinshead M, Lu X, van Kuppeveld FJM, Smith GL. A new inhibitor of apoptosis from vaccinia virus and eukaryotes. PLoS Pathog 2007; 3:e17. [PMID: 17319741 PMCID: PMC1803007 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2006] [Accepted: 12/21/2006] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A new apoptosis inhibitor is described from vaccinia virus, camelpox virus, and eukaryotic cells. The inhibitor is a hydrophobic, multiple transmembrane protein that is resident in the Golgi and is named GAAP (Golgi anti-apoptotic protein). Stable expression of both viral GAAP (v-GAAP) and human GAAP (h-GAAP), which is expressed in all human tissues tested, inhibited apoptosis induced by intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic stimuli. Conversely, knockout of h-GAAP by siRNA induced cell death by apoptosis. v-GAAP and h-GAAP display overlapping functions as shown by the ability of v-GAAP to complement for the loss of h-GAAP. Lastly, deletion of the v-GAAP gene from vaccinia virus did not affect virus replication in cell culture, but affected virus virulence in a murine infection model. This study identifies a new regulator of cell death that is highly conserved in evolution from plants to insects, amphibians, mammals, and poxviruses.
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- Caroline Gubser
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Zhu T, Guo J, Collins L, Kelly J, Xiao ZJ, Kim SH, Chen CY. Phellinus linteus activates different pathways to induce apoptosis in prostate cancer cells. Br J Cancer 2007; 96:583-90. [PMID: 17262078 PMCID: PMC2360058 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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It is known that polysaccharides extracted from the Phellinus linteus (PL) mushroom possess antitumour activity. We previously have demonstrated that high doses of PL render murine or human lung cancer cells susceptible to apoptosis. However, the molecular mechanisms of PL-mediated apoptosis have not been fully explored. In this study, we demonstrate that LNCaP cells expressing the androgen receptor (AR) are highly susceptible to apoptosis in response to treatment with high doses of PL. In this process, caspase 8 and its downstream effectors (such as BID), as well as ER stress-related, apoptotic signalling, are activated. In contrast, a moderate amount of apoptosis occurs in PC3 cells (that lack AR) after the same treatment, which does not activate ER-mediated apoptotic signalling. We also show that, in the process of PL-induced apoptosis, caspase 2 is induced in LNCaP cells, but not in PC3 cells. However, LNCaP cells that express a mutated AR or LNCaP cells treated with a caspase 2 inhibitor blocked ER stress-induced apoptotic signals. The magnitudes of the induction of apoptosis in these cells are comparable with what occurred in the PC3 cells. The data demonstrate that high doses of PL activate the AR-dependent and independent apoptotic pathways. Our study also suggests that caspase 2 is a key target in the determination of the susceptibility of prostate cancer cells to PL-induced apoptosis.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
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- Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Chemoprevention, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyunghee University, Boston, South Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Secretory and transmembrane proteins are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in eukaryotic cells. Nascent polypeptide chains, which are translated on the rough ER, are translocated to the ER lumen and folded into their native conformation. When protein folding is inhibited because of mutations or unbalanced ratios of subunits of hetero-oligomeric proteins, unfolded or misfolded proteins accumulate in the ER in an event called ER stress. As ER stress often disturbs normal cellular functions, signal-transduction pathways are activated in an attempt to maintain the homeostasis of the ER. These pathways are collectively referred to as the unfolded protein response (UPR). There have been great advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the UPR in yeast and mammals over the past two decades. In plants, a UPR analogous to those in yeast and mammals has been recognized and has recently attracted considerable attention. This review will summarize recent advances in the plant UPR and highlight the remaining questions that have yet to be addressed.
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- Reiko Urade
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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Zheng K, Pan JW, Ye L, Fu Y, Peng HZ, Wan BY, Gu Q, Bian HW, Han N, Wang JH, Kang B, Pan JH, Shao HH, Wang WZ, Zhu MY. Programmed cell death-involved aluminum toxicity in yeast alleviated by antiapoptotic members with decreased calcium signals. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 143:38-49. [PMID: 16861572 PMCID: PMC1761992 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.082495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The molecular mechanisms of aluminum (Al) toxicity and tolerance in plants have been the focus of ongoing research in the area of stress phytophysiology. Recent studies have described Al-induced apoptosis-like cell death in plant and animal cells. In this study, we show that yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) exposed to low effective concentrations of Al for short times undergoes enhanced cell division in a manner that is dose and cell density dependent. At higher concentrations of Al or longer exposure times, Al induces cell death and growth inhibition. Several apoptotic features appear during Al treatment, including cell shrinkage, vacuolation, chromatin marginalization, nuclear fragmentation, DNA degradation, and DNA strand breaks, as well as concomitant cell aggregation. Yeast strains expressing Ced-9, Bcl-2, and PpBI-1 (a plant Bax inhibitor-1 isolated from Phyllostachys praecox), respectively, display more resistance to Al toxicity compared with control cells. Data from flow cytometric studies show these three antiapoptotic members do not affect reactive oxygen species levels, but decrease calcium ion (Ca(2+)) signals in response to Al stress, although both intracellular reactive oxygen species and Ca(2+) levels were increased. The data presented suggest that manipulation of the negative regulation process of programmed cell death may provide a novel mechanism for conferring Al tolerance.
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- Ke Zheng
- State Key Lab of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Xie R, Clark KM, Gorovsky MA. Endoplasmic reticulum retention signal-dependent glycylation of the Hsp70/Grp170-related Pgp1p in Tetrahymena. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2006; 6:388-97. [PMID: 17189490 PMCID: PMC1828932 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00366-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Glycylation is an uncommon posttranslational modification. It has been found that tubulin glycylation is essential for cell survival in Tetrahymena. Here we describe PGP1, a Tetrahymena gene encoding an Hsp70 homologue that is a novel glycylated protein. Pgp1p is a conserved glycoprotein that localizes within the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We demonstrate that PGP1 is essential for viability and present evidence that both glycosylation and ER retention are necessary but not sufficient for glycylation.
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- Rong Xie
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, 425 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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Bounhar Y, Mann KK, Roucou X, LeBlanc AC. Prion protein prevents Bax-mediated cell death in the absence of other Bcl-2 family members inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res 2006; 6:1204-12. [PMID: 17156017 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00122.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Although there is no consensus regarding the normal function of the prion protein, increasing evidence points towards a role in cellular protection against cell death. We have previously shown that prion protein is a potent inhibitor of Bax-induced apoptosis in human primary neurons and in the breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells. Here, we used the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to investigate if the neuroprotective function of prion protein requires other members of the Bcl-2 family given that S. cerevisiae lacks Bcl-2 genes but undergoes a mitochondrial-dependent apoptotic cell death upon exogenous expression of Bax protein. We show that Bax induces cell death and growth inhibition in S. cerevisiae. Prion protein prevents Bax-mediated cell death. Prion protein overcomes Bax-mediated growth arrest in S phase but cannot overcome population growth inhibition because the cells then accumulate in G(2)/M phase. We conclude that prion protein does not require other Bcl-2 family proteins to protect against Bax-mediated cell death.
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- Younes Bounhar
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease trigger neuronal cell death through endogenous suicide pathways. Surprisingly, although the cell death itself may occur relatively late in the course of the degenerative process, the mediators of the underlying cell-death pathways have shown promise as potential therapeutic targets.
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- Dale E Bredesen
- Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, California 94945, USA.
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Deshmukh S, Hückelhoven R, Schäfer P, Imani J, Sharma M, Weiss M, Waller F, Kogel KH. The root endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica requires host cell death for proliferation during mutualistic symbiosis with barley. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:18450-7. [PMID: 17116870 PMCID: PMC1697795 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605697103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Fungi of the recently defined order Sebacinales (Basidiomycota) are involved in a wide spectrum of mutualistic symbioses (including mycorrhizae) with various plants, thereby exhibiting a unique potential for biocontrol strategies. The axenically cultivable root endophyte Piriformospora indica is a model organism of this fungal order. It is able to increase biomass and grain yield of crop plants. In barley, the endophyte induces local and systemic resistance to fungal diseases and to abiotic stress. To elucidate the lifestyle of P. indica, we analyzed its symbiotic interaction and endophytic development in barley roots. We found that fungal colonization increases with root tissue maturation. The root tip meristem showed no colonization, and the elongation zone showed mainly intercellular colonization. In contrast, the differentiation zone was heavily infested by inter- and intracellular hyphae and intracellular chlamydospores. The majority of hyphae were present in dead rhizodermal and cortical cells that became completely filled with chlamydospores. In some cases, hyphae penetrated cells and built a meshwork around plasmolyzed protoplasts, suggesting that the fungus either actively kills cells or senses cells undergoing endogenous programmed cell death. Seven days after inoculation, expression of barley BAX inhibitor-1 (HvBI-1), a gene capable of inhibiting plant cell death, was attenuated. Consistently, fungal proliferation was strongly inhibited in transgenic barley overexpressing GFP-tagged HvBI-1, which shows that P. indica requires host cell death for proliferation in differentiated barley roots. We suggest that the endophyte interferes with the host cell death program to form a mutualistic interaction with plants.
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- Sachin Deshmukh
- *Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use, and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus Liebig Universität, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- *Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use, and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus Liebig Universität, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Institute of Phytopathology, Technische Universität München, D-85350 Freising, Germany; and
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- *Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use, and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus Liebig Universität, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- *Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use, and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus Liebig Universität, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- *Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use, and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus Liebig Universität, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Systematic Botany and Mycology, Eberhard Karls Universität, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- *Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use, and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus Liebig Universität, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- *Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use, and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus Liebig Universität, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Eichmann R, Dechert C, Kogel KH, Hückelhoven R. Transient over-expression of barley BAX Inhibitor-1 weakens oxidative defence and MLA12-mediated resistance to Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2006; 7:543-552. [PMID: 20507468 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2006.00359.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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SUMMARY BAX Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) is a conserved cell death suppressor protein. In barley, BI-1 (HvBI-1) expression is induced upon powdery mildew infection and when over-expressed in epidermal cells of barley, HvBI-1 induces susceptibility to the biotrophic fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis. We co-expressed mammalian pro-apoptotic BAX together with HvBI-1, and the mammalian BAX antagonist BCL-X(L) in barley epidermal cells. BAX expression led to cessation of cytoplasmic streaming and collapse of the cytoplasm while co-expression of HvBI-1 and BCL-X(L) partially or completely, respectively, rescued cells from BAX lethality. When B. graminis was attacking epidermal cells, a green fluorescent protein fusion of HvBI-1 accumulated at the site of attempted penetration and was also present around haustoria. Over-expression of HvBI-1 in epidermal cells weakened a cell-wall-associated local hydrogen peroxide burst in a resistant mlo-mutant genotype and supported haustoria accommodation in race-specifically resistant MLA12-barley. HvBI-1 is a cell death regulator protein of barley with the potential to suppress host defence reactions.
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- Ruth Eichmann
- Research Centre for BioSystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Shiraishi H, Okamoto H, Yoshimura A, Yoshida H. ER stress-induced apoptosis and caspase-12 activation occurs downstream of mitochondrial apoptosis involving Apaf-1. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:3958-66. [PMID: 16954146 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Accumulation of unfolded proteins induces endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Excessive and prolonged stresses lead cells to apoptosis. However, the precise molecular mechanisms of ER stress-induced apoptosis have not been fully elucidated. We investigated the involvement of the apoptosome in ER stress-induced cell death pathway using mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) and mice deficient for Apaf-1. Apaf-1-deficient MEFs showed more resistance to ER stress-inducing reagents as compared with wild type cells. Despite comparable induction of ER stress in both wild type and Apaf-1-deficient cells, activation of caspase-3 was only observed in wild type, but not Apaf-1-deficient, MEFs. Under ER stress conditions, BAX translocated to mitochondria and cytochrome c was released from mitochondria. We also demonstrated that caspase-12 was processed downstream of Apaf-1 and caspase-3, and neither overexpression nor knockdown of caspase-12 affected susceptibility of the cells to ER stress-induced cell death. Furthermore, in the kidneys of Apaf-1-deficient mice, apoptosis induced by in vivo administration of tunicamycin was remarkably suppressed as compared with wild type mice. These data collectively demonstrated that Apaf-1 and the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis play significant roles in ER stress-induced apoptosis.
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- Hiroshi Shiraishi
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Japan
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BACKGROUND Reactive oxygen species are produced in a highly localized and specific pattern in biological stress responses. The present review examines the redox regulatory aspects of a number of molecular stress response mechanisms in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. SCOPE The present review provides examples representing both the cytoplasmic stress response, often studied as the heat shock response, as well as the stress response of the endoplasmic reticulum, known as the unfolded protein response. The examples have been selected to illustrate the variety of ways that redox signals mediate and affect stress responses. CONCLUSIONS Redox regulatory mechanisms are intricately embedded in both the cytoplasmic and endoplasmic reticulum stress responses at multiple levels. Many different stimuli, both internal and external, activate endogenous production of reactive oxygen species as a necessary part of the intracellular communication system that activates stress responses.
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- Nina Fedoroff
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and Biology Department, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16803, USA.
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Hepatocytes contain abundant endoplasmic reticulum (ER) which is essential for protein metabolism and stress signaling. Hepatic viral infections, metabolic disorders, mutations of genes encoding ER-resident proteins, and abuse of alcohol or drugs can induce ER stress. Liver cells cope with ER stress by an adaptive protective response termed unfolded protein response (UPR), which includes enhancing protein folding and degradation in the ER and down-regulating overall protein synthesis. When the UPR adaptation to ER stress is insufficient, the ER stress response unleashes pathological consequences including hepatic fat accumulation, inflammation and cell death which can lead to liver disease or worsen underlying causes of liver injury, such as viral or diabetes-obesity-related liver disease.
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- Cheng Ji
- Gastroenterology/Liver Division, Keck School of Medicine and the Research Center for Liver Disease, University of Southern California and the USC-UCLA Research Center for Alcoholic Liver and Pancreatic Disease, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Youn YH, Hong J, Burke JM. Cell phenotype in normal epithelial cell lines with high endogenous N-cadherin: comparison of RPE to an MDCK subclone. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006; 47:2675-85. [PMID: 16723486 PMCID: PMC1559999 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Unlike most monolayer epithelial cells, cultured RPE are competent to form a zonular adhesion of N- rather than E-cadherin. To determine whether other normal epithelial cells do likewise, cells with high endogenous N-cadherin were cloned from the typically E-cadherin dominant epithelial line Madin-Darby canine kidney cells (MDCK) to analyze cell and junction phenotype in the presence of N-cadherin. METHODS A MDCK subclonal line, clone-YH, was selected for high endogenous N-cadherin and was compared with the RPE line hTERT-RPE1 with regard to cell phenotype, cadherin gene expression and cadherin protein distribution, glycosylation state, and catenin complex composition. RESULTS In early cultures, hTERT-RPE1 cells are moderately epithelioid with junctional N-cadherin, but clone-YH cells are initially highly fusiform with N-cadherin in multiple sites. With time, N-cadherin in clone-YH becomes deglycosylated, resistant to detergent extraction, and zonular, and cells become epithelioid. Treatment with the N-glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin induces an epithelioid phenotype in clone-YH, like time in culture but disrupts the hTERT-RPE1 phenotype. N-cadherin traffics to surface membranes and complexes with catenins regardless of cell type or glycosylation state, although catenin complex composition varied, showing enriched alpha-catenin under the cell-type-specific conditions in which N-cadherin was junctional. Clone-YH continued to express E-cadherin as a very minor cadherin, which trafficked to membranes but did not accumulate at junctions. CONCLUSIONS RPE cells are not unique in localizing N-cadherin to a zonular adhesion typical of a monolayer epithelium, because even epithelial cells derived from a typically E-cadherin dominant line (clone-YH) form a zonular N-cadherin junction if the protein is abundant. However, there are cell and cadherin differences in mechanisms of cadherin accumulation in a zonular pattern, and a previously unrecognized cell-type-specific role for protein glycosylation in epithelial phenotype development.
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- From the Departments of Ophthalmology and
- Cellular Biology, Neurobiology, & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Corresponding author: Janice M. Burke, Department of Ophthalmology, The Eye Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, 925N 87th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53226-4812;
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Imani J, Baltruschat H, Stein E, Jia G, Vogelsberg J, Kogel KH, Hückelhoven R. Expression of barley BAX Inhibitor-1 in carrots confers resistance to Botrytis cinerea. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2006; 7:279-84. [PMID: 20507447 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2006.00339.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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SUMMARY BAX Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) is a protein that controls heterologous BAX-induced cell death, the hypersensitive reaction and abiotic stress-induced cell death in plants. When over-expressed in epidermal cells of barley, barley BI-1 induces susceptibility to the biotrophic fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis. When we expressed barley BI-1 in carrot susceptible to the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea, we obtained BI-1-mediated resistance to fungus-induced leaf cell death and less fungal spreading on the leaves. Barley BI-1 also mediated resistance to Chalara elegans in carrot roots. The results support the idea that cell death inhibition is an applicable approach to control cell-death-inducing pathogens in crop plants.
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- Jafargholi Imani
- Research Centre for BioSystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Rao RV, Niazi K, Mollahan P, Mao X, Crippen D, Poksay KS, Chen S, Bredesen DE. Coupling endoplasmic reticulum stress to the cell-death program: a novel HSP90-independent role for the small chaperone protein p23. Cell Death Differ 2006; 13:415-25. [PMID: 16195741 PMCID: PMC1847409 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the principal organelle for the biosynthesis of proteins, steroids and many lipids, and is highly sensitive to alterations in its environment. Perturbation of Ca(2+) homeostasis, elevated secretory protein synthesis, deprivation of glucose or other sugars, altered glycosylation and/or the accumulation of misfolded proteins may all result in ER stress, and prolonged ER stress triggers cell death. Studies from multiple laboratories have identified the roles of several ER stress-induced cell-death modulators and effectors through the use of biochemical, pharmacological and genetic tools. In the present work, we describe the role of p23, a small chaperone protein, in preventing ER stress-induced cell death. p23 is a highly conserved chaperone protein that modulates HSP90 activity and is also a component of the steroid receptors. p23 is cleaved during ER stress-induced cell death; this cleavage, which occurs close to the carboxy-terminus, requires caspase-3 and/or caspase-7, but not caspase-8. Blockage of the caspase cleavage site of p23 was associated with decreased cell death induced by ER stress. Immunodepletion of p23 or inhibition of p23 expression by siRNA resulted in enhancement of ER stress-induced cell death. While p23 co-immunoprecipitated with the BH3-only protein PUMA (p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis) in untreated cells, prolonged ER stress disrupted this interaction. The results define a protective role for p23, and provide further support for a model in which ER stress is coupled to the mitochondrial intrinsic apoptotic pathway through the activities of BH3 family proteins.
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- RV Rao
- The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
- * Corresponding authors: RV Rao and DE Bredesen, The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA. Tel: +1 415 209 2000; Fax: + 1 415 209 2230; E-mail:
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- The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- * Corresponding authors: RV Rao and DE Bredesen, The Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA. Tel: +1 415 209 2000; Fax: + 1 415 209 2230; E-mail:
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Pelletier N, Casamayor-Pallejà M, De Luca K, Mondière P, Saltel F, Jurdic P, Bella C, Genestier L, Defrance T. The endoplasmic reticulum is a key component of the plasma cell death pathway. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:1340-7. [PMID: 16424160 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.3.1340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Plasma cells (PC) are the effector cells of the humoral Ab response. Unlike other dedicated secretory cells, they exist as two populations with opposite cell fates: short-lived and long-lived PC. Upon transformation they lead to an incurable neoplasia called multiple myeloma. In this study we have explored the molecular mechanism of PC death. Our data show that their apoptotic pathway is unique among other hemopoietic cells inasmuch as neither the death receptors nor the mitochondria play the central role. PC apoptosis is initiated by activation of Bax at the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and subsequent activation of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated caspase-4 before the release of mitochondrial apoptogenic factors. Together, our observations indicate that the cardinal function of PC (i.e., Ig secretion) is also the cause of their death.
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- Nadège Pelletier
- IFR128, Biosciences Lyon-Gerland, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 404 Lyon, France
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Vuori KAM, Koskinen H, Krasnov A, Koivumäki P, Afanasyev S, Vuorinen PJ, Nikinmaa M. Developmental disturbances in early life stage mortality (M74) of Baltic salmon fry as studied by changes in gene expression. BMC Genomics 2006; 7:56. [PMID: 16545121 PMCID: PMC1435884 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2005] [Accepted: 03/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We have studied alterations of gene expression associated with naturally-occurring early life stage mortality (M74) in Baltic salmon using a cDNA microarray and real time PCR. M74-affected fry have several typical neurological, cardiovascular and pathological symptoms. They are also characterized by low thiamine content and show signs of oxidative stress. RESULTS Affected fry can be divided into three major groups with early, intermediate or late onset of mortality. If mortality starts during the first third of the yolk-sac stage, virtually all the responses are compatible with stress, which rapidly leads to the common terminal responses. If death occurs during the second third of the yolk sac stage, the terminal stage is preceded by a decrease in globin gene expression, which leads to internal hypoxia when the animals grow and shift from skin- to gill-breathing. Fry will eventually proceed to the terminal responses. The group developing M74 most slowly appears to compensate for reduced oxygen delivery by downregulation of metabolism, and hence some fry can escape death. CONCLUSION Our study is the first demonstration of diverse transcriptional responses to a naturally-occurring developmental disturbance. Since many of the genes differentially expressed in M74-fry are evolutionarily conserved, the M74 of Baltic salmon can serve as a model for developmental disturbances and environmental stress responses in vertebrates in general.
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- Kristiina AM Vuori
- Centre of Exellence in Evolutionary Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Applied Biotechnology, University of Kuopio, P.O.B. 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Applied Biotechnology, University of Kuopio, P.O.B. 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Centre of Exellence in Evolutionary Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, M.Toreza av. 44, Petersburg, 194223, Russia
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- Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 2, FI-00791 Helsinki, Finland
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- Centre of Exellence in Evolutionary Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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Koval M. Pathways and control of connexin oligomerization. Trends Cell Biol 2006; 16:159-66. [PMID: 16490353 PMCID: PMC7119061 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2006.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2005] [Revised: 01/06/2006] [Accepted: 01/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Connexins form gap junction channels that link neighboring cells into an intercellular communication network. Many cells that express multiple connexins produce heteromeric channels containing at least two connexins, which provides a means to fine tune gap junctional communication. Formation of channels by multiple connexins is controlled at two levels: by inherent structural compatibilities that enable connexins to hetero-oligomerize and by cellular mechanisms that restrict the formation of heteromers by otherwise compatible connexins. Here, I discuss roles for secretory compartments beyond the endoplasmic reticulum in connexin oligomerization and evidence that suggests that membrane microdomains help regulate connexin trafficking and assembly.
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- Michael Koval
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Watanabe N, Lam E. Arabidopsis Bax inhibitor-1 functions as an attenuator of biotic and abiotic types of cell death. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 45:884-94. [PMID: 16507080 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02654.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is a common process in eukaryotes during development and in response to pathogens and stress signals. Bax inihibitor-1 (BI-1) is proposed to be a cell death suppressor that is conserved in both animals and plants, but the physiological importance of BI-1 and the impact of its loss of function in plants are still unclear. In this study, we identified and characterized two independent Arabidopsis mutants with a T-DNA insertion in the AtBI1 gene. The phenotype of atbi1-1 and atbi1-2, with a C-terminal missense mutation and a gene knockout, respectively, was indistinguishable from wild-type plants under normal growth conditions. However, these two mutants exhibit accelerated progression of cell death upon infiltration of leaf tissues with a PCD-inducing fungal toxin fumonisin B1 (FB1) and increased sensitivity to heat shock-induced cell death. Under these conditions, expression of AtBI1 mRNA was up-regulated in wild-type leaves prior to the activation of cell death, suggesting that increase of AtBI1 expression is important for basal suppression of cell death progression. Over-expression of AtBI1 transgene in the two homozygous mutant backgrounds rescued the accelerated cell death phenotypes. Together, our results provide direct genetic evidence for a role of BI-1 as an attenuator for cell death progression triggered by both biotic and abiotic types of cell death signals in Arabidopsis.
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- Naohide Watanabe
- Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
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Fukushima T, Zapata JM, Singha NC, Thomas M, Kress CL, Krajewska M, Krajewski S, Ronai Z, Reed JC, Matsuzawa SI. Critical function for SIP, a ubiquitin E3 ligase component of the beta-catenin degradation pathway, for thymocyte development and G1 checkpoint. Immunity 2006; 24:29-39. [PMID: 16413921 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/14/2005] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Beta-catenin has been implicated in thymocyte development because of its function as a coactivator of Tcf/LEF-family transcription factors. Previously, we discovered a novel pathway for p53-induced beta-catenin degradation through a ubiquitin E3 ligase complex involving Siah1, SIP (CacyBP), Skp1, and Ebi. To gain insights into the physiological relevance of this new degradation pathway in vivo, we generated mutant mice lacking SIP. We demonstrate here that SIP-/- thymocytes have an impaired pre-TCR checkpoint with failure of TCRbeta gene rearrangement and increased apoptosis, resulting in reduced cellularity of the thymus. Moreover, the degradation of beta-catenin in response to DNA damage is significantly impaired in SIP-/- cells. SIP-/- embryonic fibroblasts show a growth-rate increase resulting from defects in G1 arrest. Thus, the beta-catenin degradation pathway mediated by SIP defines an essential checkpoint for thymocyte development and cell-cycle progression.
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- Toru Fukushima
- Burnham Institute for Medical Research, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Bailly-Maitre B, Fondevila C, Kaldas F, Droin N, Luciano F, Ricci JE, Croxton R, Krajewska M, Zapata JM, Kupiec-Weglinski JW, Farmer D, Reed JC. Cytoprotective gene bi-1 is required for intrinsic protection from endoplasmic reticulum stress and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:2809-14. [PMID: 16478805 PMCID: PMC1413773 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506854103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury induces endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and cell death. Bax Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) is an evolutionarily conserved ER protein that suppresses cell death and that is abundantly expressed in both liver and kidney. We explored the role of BI-1 in protection from ER stress and IR injury by using bi-1 knockout mice, employing models of transient hepatic or renal artery occlusion. Compared to wild-type bi-1 mice, bi-1 knockout mice subjected to hepatic IR injury exhibited these characteristics: (i) increased histological injury; (ii) increased serum transaminases, indicative of more hepatocyte death; (iii) increased percentages of TUNEL-positive hepatocytes; (iv) greater elevations in caspase activity; and (v) more activation of ER stress proteins inositol-requiring enzyme 1 and activating transcription factor 6 and greater increases in expression of ER stress proteins C/EBP homologous protein and spliced XBP-1 protein. Moreover, hepatic IR injury induced elevations in bi-1 mRNA in wild-type liver, suggesting a need for bi-1 gene induction to limit tissue injury. Similar sensitization of kidney to ER stress and IR injury was observed in bi-1(-/-) mice. We conclude that bi-1 provides endogenous protection of liver and kidney from ER stress and IR injury. Analysis of components of the bi-1-dependent pathway for protection from IR injury may therefore reveal new strategies for organ preservation.
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- Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095; and
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- La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121
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- *Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- *Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095; and
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- *Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA 92037
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Islam S, Hassan F, Tumurkhuu G, Ito H, Koide N, Mori I, Yoshida T, Yokochi T. Lipopolysaccharide prevents apoptosis induced by brefeldin A, an endoplasmic reticulum stress agent, in RAW 264.7 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 340:589-96. [PMID: 16380090 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.12.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the cell death induced by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress agents in RAW 264.7 cells was studied. LPS prevented the cell death by brefeldin A, but not thapsigargin and tunicamycin. CpG DNA as well as LPS prevented brefeldin A-induced cell death whereas tumor necrosis factor-alpha or interferon-gamma did not. Brefeldin A-induced cell death was mediated with apoptotic cell death and it was significantly inhibited by LPS. LPS abolished the activation of ER stress-related caspases, such as caspases 1, 3, and 4. LPS prevented brefeldin A-induced morphological changes in RAW 264.7 cells. Further, LPS prevented brefeldin A-induced Golgi dispersion. Therefore, LPS was suggested to diminish the stress of ER/Golgi complexes induced by brefeldin A and inhibit apoptosis. The preventive action of LPS on brefeldin A-induced apoptosis is discussed.
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- Shamima Islam
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
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Xu C, Bailly-Maitre B, Reed JC. Endoplasmic reticulum stress: cell life and death decisions. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:2656-64. [PMID: 16200199 PMCID: PMC1236697 DOI: 10.1172/jci26373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1835] [Impact Index Per Article: 91.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Disturbances in the normal functions of the ER lead to an evolutionarily conserved cell stress response, the unfolded protein response, which is aimed initially at compensating for damage but can eventually trigger cell death if ER dysfunction is severe or prolonged. The mechanisms by which ER stress leads to cell death remain enigmatic, with multiple potential participants described but little clarity about which specific death effectors dominate in particular cellular contexts. Important roles for ER-initiated cell death pathways have been recognized for several diseases, including hypoxia, ischemia/reperfusion injury, neurodegeneration, heart disease, and diabetes.
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- Chunyan Xu
- The Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Kawai-Yamada M, Saito Y, Jin L, Ogawa T, Kim KM, Yu LH, Tone Y, Hirata A, Umeda M, Uchimiya H. A Novel Arabidopsis Gene Causes Bax-like Lethality in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:39468-73. [PMID: 16192270 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m509632200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Overexpression of the mammalian proapoptotic protein Bax induces cell death in plant and yeast cells. The Bax inihibitor-1 (BI-1) gene rescues yeast and plant from Bax-mediated lethality. Using the Arabidopsis BI-1 (AtBI-1) gene controlled by the GAL1 promoter as a cell death suppressor in yeast, Cdf1 (cell growth defect factor-1) was isolated from Arabidopsis cDNA library. Overexpression of Cdf1 caused cell death in yeast, whereas such an effect was suppressed by co-expression of AtBI-1. The Cdf1 protein fused with a green fluorescent protein was localized in the mitochondria and resulted in the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in yeast. The Bax-resistant mutant BRM1 demonstrated tolerance against Cdf1-mediated lethality, whereas the Deltaatp4 strain was sensitive to Cdf1. Our results suggest that Cdf1 and Bax cause mitochondria-mediated yeast lethality through partially overlapped pathways.
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- Maki Kawai-Yamada
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
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David KK, Sasaki M, Yu SW, Dawson TM, Dawson VL. EndoG is dispensable in embryogenesis and apoptosis. Cell Death Differ 2005; 13:1147-55. [PMID: 16239930 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The mitochondrial protein, endonuclease G (EndoG), is one of the endonucleases implicated in DNA fragmentation during apoptosis. It has been shown to translocate from the mitochondria to the nucleus upon cell death stimuli. These observations suggest that EndoG is a mitochondrial cell death effector, and that it possibly acts as a cell death nuclease, similar to DNA fragmentation factor. To better understand the role of EndoG in development and apoptosis, we generated EndoG null mice by homologous gene targeting without disruption of D2Wsu81e. EndoG null mice are viable and develop to adulthood with no obvious abnormalities. Fibroblasts generated from the EndoG null mice show no difference in susceptibility when induced to die by a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic stimuli. Additionally, EndoG null mice are equally sensitive to excitotoxic stress. These data suggest that EndoG is not essential for early embryogenesis and apoptosis.
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- K K David
- Institute for Cell Engineering Program in Neuroregeneration and Repair, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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In the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), secretory and transmembrane proteins fold into their native conformation and undergo posttranslational modifications important for their activity and structure. When protein folding in the ER is inhibited, signal transduction pathways, which increase the biosynthetic capacity and decrease the biosynthetic burden of the ER to maintain the homeostasis of this organelle, are activated. These pathways are called the unfolded protein response (UPR). In this review, we briefly summarize principles of protein folding and molecular chaperone function important for a mechanistic understanding of UPR-signaling events. We then discuss mechanisms of signal transduction employed by the UPR in mammals and our current understanding of the remodeling of cellular processes by the UPR. Finally, we summarize data that demonstrate that UPR signaling feeds into decision making in other processes previously thought to be unrelated to ER function, e.g., eukaryotic starvation responses and differentiation programs.
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- Martin Schröder
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
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Roucou X, Giannopoulos PN, Zhang Y, Jodoin J, Goodyer CG, LeBlanc A. Cellular prion protein inhibits proapoptotic Bax conformational change in human neurons and in breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells. Cell Death Differ 2005; 12:783-95. [PMID: 15846375 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Prion protein (PrP) prevents Bcl-2-associated protein X (Bax)-mediated cell death, but the step at which PrP inhibits is not known. We first show that PrP is very specific for Bax and cannot prevent Bak (Bcl-2 antagonist killer 1)-, tBid-, staurosporine- or thapsigargin-mediated cell death. As Bax activation involves Bax conformational change, mitochondrial translocation, cytochrome c release and caspase activation, we investigated which of these events was inhibited by PrP. PrP inhibits Bax conformational change, cytochrome c release and cell death in human primary neurons and MCF-7 cells. Serum deprivation-induced Bax conformational change is more rapid in PrP-null cells. PrP does not prevent active caspase-mediated cell death. PrP does not colocalize with Bax in normal or apoptotic primary neurons and cannot prevent Bax-mediated cytochrome c release in a mitochondrial cell-free system. We conclude that PrP protects against Bax-mediated cell death by preventing the Bax proapoptotic conformational change that occurs initially in Bax activation.
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- X Roucou
- The Bloomfield Center for Research in Aging, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, The Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Thammavongsa V, Mancino L, Raghavan M. Polypeptide Substrate Recognition by Calnexin Requires Specific Conformations of the Calnexin Protein. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:33497-505. [PMID: 16061483 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m503648200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Calnexin is an endoplasmic reticulum chaperone that binds to substrates containing monoglucosylated oligosaccharides. Whether calnexin can also directly recognize polypeptide components of substrates is controversial. We found that calnexin displayed significant conformational lability for a chaperone and that heat treatment and calcium depletion induced the formation of calnexin dimers and higher order oligomers. These conditions enhanced the chaperone activity of calnexin toward glycosylated and non-glycosylated major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I heavy chains, and enhanced calnexin binding to MHC class I heavy chains. In contrast to these observations, calnexin binding to oligosaccharide substrates has been reported to be impaired under calcium-depleting conditions. Calnexin dimers were induced in HeLa cells upon heat shock and under calcium-depleting conditions, and heat shock enhanced calnexin binding to MHC class I heavy chains in HeLa cells. Virus-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress also resulted in the appearance of calnexin dimers. Tunicamycin treatment of HeLa cells induced a slow accumulation of calnexin dimers, the appearance of which correlated with enhanced calnexin binding to deglycosylated MHC class I heavy chains. In vitro, the presence of calnexin-specific oligosaccharides inhibited the formation of calnexin dimers and higher order structures. Together, these data indicate that polypeptide binding is favored by conditions that induce partial unfolding of calnexin monomers, whereas oligosaccharide binding is favored by conditions that enhance the structural stability (folding) of calnexin monomers. Conditions that induce the calnexin "polypeptide-binding" conformation also induce self-association of calnexin if the concentration is sufficiently high; however, calnexin dimerization/oligomerization per se is not essential for polypeptide substrate binding.
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- Vilasack Thammavongsa
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0620, USA
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Das Sarma J, Das S, Koval M. Regulation of connexin43 oligomerization is saturable. CELL COMMUNICATION & ADHESION 2005; 12:237-47. [PMID: 16531319 DOI: 10.1080/15419060500511875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We have used connexin constructs containing a C-terminal di-lysine-based endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention/retrieval signal (HKKSL) transfected into HeLa cells to study early events in connexin oligomerization. Using this approach, we found that Cx43-HKKSL stably expressed at moderate levels by HeLa cells was retained in the ER and prevented from oligomerization. However, Cx43-HKKSL stably overexpressed by HeLa cells escaped from the ER and localized to a perinuclear region of the cell that included the Golgi apparatus. Overexpressed Cx43-HKKSL oligomerized into hexamers and also formed Triton X-100 insoluble, intracellular complexes that resembled gap junctions. Thus, the ability of HeLa cells to inhibit Cx43 oligomerization was saturable. HeLa cells stably overexpressing Cx43-HKKSL may provide a useful model system to evaluate pharmacologic agents and/or cDNAs encoding chaperones with the potential to regulate initial steps in Cx43 oligomerization.
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- Jayasri Das Sarma
- Department of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Kamauchi S, Nakatani H, Nakano C, Urade R. Gene expression in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS J 2005; 272:3461-76. [PMID: 15978049 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04770.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Eukaryotic cells respond to the accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In this case, so-called unfolded protein response (UPR) genes are induced. We determined the transcriptional expression of Arabidopsis thaliana UPR genes by fluid microarray analysis of tunicamycin-treated plantlets. Two hundred and fifteen up-regulated genes and 17 down-regulated ones were identified. These genes were reanalyzed with functional DNA microarrays, using DNA fragments cloned through fluid microarray analysis. Finally, 36 up-regulated and two down-regulated genes were recognized as UPR genes. Among them, the up-regulation of genes related to protein degradation (HRD1, SEL-1L/HRD3 and DER1), regulation of translation (P58(IPK)), and apoptosis (BAX inhibitor-1) was reconfirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR. The induction of SEL-1L protein in an Arabidopsis membrane fraction on tunicamycin-treatment was demonstrated. Phosphorylation of initiation factor-2alpha, which was inhibited by P58(IPK), was decreased in tunicamycin-treated plantlets. However, regulatory changes in translation caused by ER stress were not detected in Arabidopsis. Plant cells appeared to have a strategy for overcoming ER stress through enhancement of protein folding activity, degradation of unfolded proteins, and regulation of apoptosis, but not regulation of translation.
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- Shinya Kamauchi
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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Wang Z, Cuddy M, Samuel T, Welsh K, Schimmer A, Hanaii F, Houghten R, Pinilla C, Reed JC. Cellular, Biochemical, and Genetic Analysis of Mechanism of Small Molecule IAP Inhibitors. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:48168-76. [PMID: 15337764 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405022200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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XIAP is member of the IAP family of anti-apoptotic proteins and is known for its ability to bind and suppress caspase family cell death proteases. A phenylurea series of chemical inhibitors of XIAP was recently generated by our laboratories (Schimmer, A. D., Welsh, K., Pinilla, C., Bonneau, M., Wang, Z., Pedersen, I. M., Scott, F. L., Glinsky, G. V., Scudiero, D. A., Sausville, E., Salvesen, G., Nefzi, A., Ostresh, J. M., Houghten, R. A., and Reed, J. C. (2004) Cancer Cell 5, 25-35). We examined the mechanisms of action of these chemical compounds using biochemical, molecular biological, and genetic methods. Active phenylurea-based compounds dissociated effector protease caspase-3 but not initiator protease caspase-9 from XIAP in vitro and restored caspase-3 but not caspase-9 enzymatic activity. When applied to tumor cell lines in culture, active phenylurea-based compounds induced apoptosis in a rapid, concentration-dependent manner, associated with activation of cellular caspases. Apoptosis induced by active phenylurea-based compounds was blocked by chemical inhibitors of caspases, with inhibitors of downstream effector caspases displaying more effective suppression than inhibitors of upstream initiator caspases. Phenylurea-based XIAP antagonists induced apoptosis (defined by annexin V staining) prior to mitochondrial membrane depolarization, in contrast to cytotoxic anticancer drugs. Consistent with these findings, apoptosis induced by phenylurea-based compounds was not altered by genetic alterations in the expression of Bcl-2 family proteins that control mitochondria-dependent cell death pathways, including over-expression of anti-apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 or Bcl-X(L) and genetic ablation of pro-apoptotic proteins Bax and Bak. Conversely, conditional over-expression of an active fragment of XIAP or genetic ablation of XIAP expression altered the apoptosis dose-response of the compounds. Altogether, these findings indicate that phenylurea-based XIAP antagonists block interaction of downstream effector caspases with XIAP, thus inducing apoptosis of tumor cell lines through a caspase-dependent, Bcl-2/Bax-independent mechanism.
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- Zhiliang Wang
- The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Hu P, Han Z, Couvillon AD, Exton JH. Critical role of endogenous Akt/IAPs and MEK1/ERK pathways in counteracting endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced cell death. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:49420-9. [PMID: 15339911 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m407700200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many diseases and in cancer therapy. Although the unfolded protein response is known to alleviate ER stress by reducing the accumulation of misfolded proteins, the exact survival elements and their downstream signaling pathways that directly counteract ER stress-stimulated apoptotic signaling remain elusive. Here, we have shown that endogenous Akt and ERK are rapidly activated and act as downstream effectors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in thapsigargin- or tunicamycin-induced ER stress. Introduction of either dominant-negative Akt or MEK1 or the inhibitors LY294002 and U0126 sensitized cells to ER stress-induced cell death in different cell types. Reverse transcription-PCR analysis of gene expression during ER stress revealed that cIAP-2 and XIAP, members of the IAP family of potent caspase suppressors, were strongly induced. Transcription of cIAP-2 and XIAP was up-regulated by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway as shown by its reversal by dominant-negative Akt or LY294002. Ablation of these IAPs by RNA interference sensitized cells to ER stress-induced death, which was reversed by the caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-VAD-fluoromethyl ketone. The protective role of IAPs in ER stress coincided with Smac release from mitochondria to the cytosol. Furthermore, it was shown that mTOR was not required for Akt-mediated survival. These results represent the first demonstration that activation of endogenous Akt/IAPs and MEK/ERK plays a critical role in controlling cell survival by resisting ER stress-induced cell death signaling.
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- Ping Hu
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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Leslie M. Membranes of death. Molecule prevents suicide triggered by cell's protein factories. SCIENCE OF AGING KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT : SAGE KE 2004; 2004:nf77. [PMID: 15317970 DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2004.33.nf77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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