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Lighting Up the Pathways to Caspase Activation Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation
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La poliubiquitinación basada en cullin3 y la agregación dependiente de p62 de la caspasa-8 median la señalización de
Zhaoyu Jin1, Yun Li, Robert Pitti
1Department of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Cell
|May 12, 2009
Resumen
La activación del receptor de la muerte desencadena la poliubiquitinación y agregación de la caspase-8, mejorando la apoptosis. Este proceso implica una ligasa CUL3 E3 y p62, lo que lleva al compromiso de la muerte celular.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- Biología molecular La biología molecular.
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los receptores de muerte de la superficie celular (DR4, DR5) inician la apoptosis a través de la formación de DISC.
- El compromiso de la apoptosis depende de la activación y liberación de la caspasa-8, pero los mecanismos de activación completa siguen sin estar claros.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para dilucidar los mecanismos moleculares que controlan la activación de la caspasa-8 y el compromiso de la apoptosis.
Principales métodos:
- Investigó la poliubiquitinación y agregación de caspase-8 después de la ligadura del receptor de muerte.
- Se utilizaron técnicas para identificar las ligasas E3 y las deubiquitinasas que interactúan.
- Examinó el papel de la p62 en la agregación y activación de la caspasa-8.
Principales resultados:
- Se descubrió que la ligadura del receptor de la muerte induce la poliubiquitinación de la caspasa-8 a través de una nueva interacción de la ligasa E3 basada en CUL3 con el DISC.
- RBX1 fue esencial para la poliubiquitinación mediada por CUL3, mientras que A20 lo invirtió.
- p62 promovió la agregación de la caspasa-8 poliubiquitinada, impulsando su plena activación y compromiso con la muerte celular.
Conclusiones:
- Se identificó un nuevo mecanismo dependiente de la poliubiquitinación y la agregación para el control positivo de la señalización de la apoptosis.
- La poliubiquitinación de Caspase-8 y la subsiguiente agregación son críticas para el inicio eficiente de la apoptosis.
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