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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
We have previously shown that the small heat shock protein HSP27 inhibited apoptotic pathways triggered by a variety of stimuli in mammalian cells. The present study demonstrates that HSP27 overexpression decreases U937 human leukemic cell sensitivity to etoposide-induced cytotoxicity by preventing apoptosis. As observed for Bcl-2, HSP27 overexpression delays poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase cleavage and procaspase-3 activation. In contrast with Bcl-2, HSP27 overexpression does not prevent etoposide-induced cytochrome c release from the mitochondria. In a cell-free system, addition of cytochrome c and dATP to cytosolic extracts from untreated cells induces the proteolytic activation of procaspase-3 in both control and bcl-2-transfected U937 cells but fails to activate procaspase-3 in HSP27-overexpressing cells. Immunodepletion of HSP27 from cytosolic extracts increases cytochrome c/dATP-mediated activation of procaspase-3. Overexpression of HSP27 also prevents procaspase-9 activation. In the cell-free system, immunodepletion of HSP27 increases LEDH-AFC peptide cleavage activity triggered by cytochrome c/dATP treatment. We conclude that HSP27 inhibits etoposide-induced apoptosis by preventing cytochrome c and dATP-triggered activity of caspase-9, downstream of cytochrome c release.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2'-deoxyadenosine triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP9 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 9, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytochrome c Group, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Deoxyadenine Nucleotides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Precursors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Etoposide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Heat-Shock Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0892-6638
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2061-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
HSP27 inhibits cytochrome c-dependent activation of procaspase-9.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U517, Groupe Biologie et Thérapie des Cancers (JE 515), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, 21033 Dijon, France. cgarrido@u-bourgogne.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't