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Identification of Intracellular Signaling Events Induced in Viable Cells by Interaction with Neighboring Cells Undergoing Apoptotic Cell Death
Published on: December 27, 2016
Identificación e inhibición de la proteasa ICE/CED-3 necesaria para la apoptosis de los mamíferos
D W Nicholson1, A Ali, N A Thornberry
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research, Pointe Claire-Dorval, Quebec, Canada.
Nature
|July 6, 1995
Resumen
Los investigadores purificaron la apopaína (también conocida como CPP32), una proteasa crucial para la apoptosis (muerte celular programada). Un inhibidor evitó la muerte celular, lo que confirmó el apopain/CPP32.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Biología celular Biología celular.
Sus antecedentes:
- La apoptosis, o muerte celular programada, es un proceso celular vital.
- Se sabe que las proteasas específicas están involucradas en la ejecución de la apoptosis.
- Los mecanismos moleculares exactos que inician la apoptosis requieren una mayor aclaración.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para purificar y caracterizar la proteasa responsable de la escisión de la poli (ADP-ribosa) polimerasa durante la apoptosis.
- Para identificar la enzima involucrada en el inicio de la muerte celular apoptótica.
- Desarrollar y probar inhibidores de esta proteasa.
Principales métodos:
- Se emplearon técnicas de purificación enzimática para aislar la proteasa.
- Se realizó la caracterización de las subunidades de la enzima y de la proenzima.
- Se utilizaron ensayos in vitro para probar la eficacia de un inhibidor del aldehído peptídico.
Principales resultados:
- La proteasa, llamada apopaína (CPP32), fue purificada y se encontró que consistía en subunidades 17K y 12K derivadas de una proenzima CPP32.
- CPP32 comparte homología con la enzima de conversión beta de la interleucina-1 (ICE) y Caenorhabditis elegans CED-3.
- Un inhibidor de péptido aldehído bloqueó efectivamente los eventos apoptóticos in vitro.
Conclusiones:
- Apopain/CPP32 es una proteasa clave en la vía apoptótica.
- Esta enzima juega un papel crítico en el inicio de la muerte celular programada.
- Dirigirse a la apopaína/CPP32 con inhibidores presenta una estrategia terapéutica potencial para el control de la apoptosis.
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