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9468483

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
Many forms of apoptosis, including that caused by the death receptor CD95/Fas/APO-1, depend on the activation of caspases, which are proteases that cleave specific intracellular proteins to cause orderly cellular disintegration. The requirements for activating these crucial enzymatic mediators of death are not well understood. Using molecular chimeras with either CD8 or Tac, we find that oligomerization at the cell membrane powerfully induces caspase-8 autoactivation and apoptosis. Death induction was abrogated by the z-VAD-fmk, z-IETD-fmk, or p35 enzyme inhibitors or by a mutation in the active site cysteine but was surprisingly unaffected by death inhibitor Bcl-2. Amino acid substitutions that prevent the proteolytic separation of the caspase from its membrane-associated domain completely blocked apoptosis. Thus, oligomerization at the membrane is sufficient for caspase-8 autoactivation, but apoptosis could involve a death signal conveyed by the proteolytic release of the enzyme into the cytoplasm.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4345-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Membrane oligomerization and cleavage activates the caspase-8 (FLICE/MACHalpha1) death signal.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article