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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
RhoGDI2, a cytosolic regulator of Rho GTPase, is cleaved during apoptosis in a caspase-3 dependent fashion. By using 2D-gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry and Western blotting we investigate in this paper the functional consequences of RhoGDI2 processing. We can show that loss of the N-terminal 19 amino acids results in a shift of the isoelectric point of the truncated RhoGDI2 (NDelta19) to a more basic value due to the removal of 9 acidic amino acids from the N-terminus, which may be responsible for enhanced retention of the N-terminally truncated protein within the nuclear compartment. Fusion of the p53 nuclear export signaling sequence MFRELNEALELK to NDelta19 (NDelta19NES) abolished its apoptosis promoting properties, while overexpression of NDelta19 significantly increased the susceptibility to apoptosis induction by the proteasome inhibitor PSI and by staurosporine. These results suggest that cleavage of RhoGDI2 by caspase-3 is not a functionally irrelevant bystander effect of caspase activation during apoptosis, but rather expedites progression of the apoptotic process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1360-8185
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2025-35
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-HL-60 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-K562 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser..., pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17726646-U937 Cells
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional implications of caspase-mediated RhoGDI2 processing during apoptosis of HL60 and K562 leukemia cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Parkstr.1, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't