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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
Bcl-2 family members that have only a single Bcl-2 homology domain, BH3, are potent inducers of apoptosis, and some appear to play a critical role in developmentally programmed cell death. We examined the regulation of the proapoptotic activity of the BH3-only protein Bim. In healthy cells, most Bim molecules were bound to LC8 cytoplasmic dynein light chain and thereby sequestered to the microtubule-associated dynein motor complex. Certain apoptotic stimuli disrupted the interaction between LC8 and the dynein motor complex. This freed Bim to translocate together with LC8 to Bcl-2 and to neutralize its antiapoptotic activity. This process did not require caspase activity and therefore constitutes an initiating event in apoptosis signaling.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1097-2765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-12-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Dyneins, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Microtubules, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Molecular Motor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:10198631-Saccharomyces cerevisiae
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The proapoptotic activity of the Bcl-2 family member Bim is regulated by interaction with the dynein motor complex.
pubmed:affiliation
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't