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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
The APC tumor suppressor is found in nonproliferating epithelial cells of the colonic crypts and is mutated in most colorectal tumors. To understand the function of APC in normal epithelium and how its loss leads to tumor formation, we tested whether APC is a mediator of apoptosis using an in vitro assay that monitors caspase-3-mediated cleavage of lamin B protein or a colorimetric substrate in a cell-free Xenopus egg extract. Recombinant APC protein accelerates apoptosis-associated caspase activity independently of ongoing transcription and protein synthesis. Conversely, the addition of mutant APC and immunodepletion of Xenopus APC decelerates apoptosis-associated caspase activity. Acceleration of apoptosis by APC is abolished by the caspase-8 inhibitor Z-IETD-FMK, demonstrating that caspase-8 is an essential component of APC-mediated apoptosis. These results suggest that the induction of apoptosis may be one role of APC in tumor suppression and that this mechanism is independent of beta-catenin-mediated effects on transcription.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP8 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CTNNB1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Casp3 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Casp8 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 8, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Catnb protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Extracts, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytochromes c, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytoskeletal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lamin Type B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oligopeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Xenopus Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/benzyloxycarbonyl-isoleucyl-glutamyl..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta Catenin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta-catenin protein, Xenopus
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1541-7786
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
78-89
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Caspase 8, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Cell Extracts, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Cytochromes c, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Lamin Type B, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Ovum, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Xenopus, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-Xenopus Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15755874-beta Catenin
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The APC tumor suppressor promotes transcription-independent apoptosis in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural