Ionizing radiation-induced apoptosis in ataxia-telangiectasia fibroblasts - Roles of caspase-9 and cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein-1
Ionizing radiation-induced apoptosis in ataxia-telangiectasia fibroblasts - Roles of caspase-9 and cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein-1
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m010525200
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发表时间:
2001-08-03
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4.8
通讯作者:
Jung, M
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Zhang, Y;Dimtchev, A;Jung, M
Ionizing radiation (IR) has been shown to induce apoptosis to a greater extent in a fibroblast cell line AT5BIVA derived from an individual with ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) than in control fibroblasts. However, the signaling pathway that underlies IR-induced apoptosis in AT cells has remained unknown. The mechanism of apoptosis in response to gamma -irradiation has now been examined in three AT fibroblast lines (AT3BIVA, AT4BIVA, and AT5BIVA) derived from different individuals with AT. The apoptotic indexes of these cell lines at 72 h after irradiation were 12, 31, and 35%, respectively, compared with a value of 2.3% for control fibroblasts. Immunoblot analysis and fluorometric assays revealed that the extents of IR-induced activation of caspase-3 and caspase-9 were markedly greater in AT4BrVA and AT5BIVA cells than in AT3BIVA and control cells. Furthermore, the basal abundance of the apoptotic inhibitor, a cellular inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (c-IAP-1), was markedly reduced in AT4BIVA and AT5BIVA cells compared with that in AT3BIVA and control cells. The overexpression of either caspase-9 mutant forms or recombinant c-IAP-1 in AT5BIVA cells inhibited the IR-induced activation of caspases-3 and 9 and reduced the apoptotic index of the irradiated cells. These results indicate that the extent of IR-induced apoptosis in different AT cell lines is inversely related to the abundance of c-IAP-1 and directly related to the extent of activation of caspases-3 and 9.