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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
Baculoviruses induce widespread apoptosis in invertebrates. To better understand the pathways by which these DNA viruses trigger apoptosis, we have used a combination of RNA silencing and overexpression of viral and host apoptotic regulators to identify cell death components in the model system of Drosophila melanogaster. Here we report that the principal effector caspase DrICE is required for baculovirus-induced apoptosis of Drosophila DL-1 cells as demonstrated by RNA silencing. proDrICE was proteolytically cleaved and activated during infection. Activation was blocked by overexpression of the cellular inhibitor-of-apoptosis proteins DIAP1 and SfIAP but not by the baculovirus caspase inhibitor P49 or P35. Rather, the substrate inhibitors P49 and P35 prevented virus-induced apoptosis by arresting active DrICE through formation of stable inhibitory complexes. Consistent with a two-step activation mechanism, proDrICE was cleaved at the large/small subunit junction TETD(230)-G by a DIAP1-inhibitable, P49/P35-resistant protease and then at the prodomain junction DHTD(28)-A by a P49/P35-sensitive protease. Confirming that P49 targeted DrICE and not the initiator caspase DRONC, depletion of DrICE by RNA silencing suppressed virus-induced cleavage of P49. Collectively, our findings indicate that whereas DIAP1 functions upstream to block DrICE activation, P49 and P35 act downstream by inhibiting active DrICE. Given that P49 has the potential to inhibit both upstream initiator caspases and downstream effector caspases, we conclude that P49 is a broad-spectrum caspase inhibitor that likely provides a selective advantage to baculoviruses in different cellular backgrounds.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-538X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9319-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
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