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Bcl-xL overexpression inhibits taxol-induced Yama protease activity and apoptosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8853905     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Intracellularly, the anticancer drug taxol induces tubulin polymerization and mitotic arrest, followed by apoptosis. The DNA repair enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and lamins are known to be degraded during apoptosis. PARP is a substrate for the Yama protease, which is encoded by the CPP32 beta/ Yama gene, whereas lamins are degraded by the Yama and lamin proteases. In the present studies, we determined the effects of enforced overexpression of the antiapoptosis Bcl-xL protein on taxol-mediated microtubule and cell cycle perturbations, as well as on taxol-induced apoptosis and associated Yama protease activity in human myeloid leukemia HL-60 cells. Our data demonstrate that high Bcl-xL levels do not affect the microtubular bundling or mitotic arrest due to taxol but significantly inhibit the morphological, flow cytometric, and DNA fragmentation features associated with taxol-induced apoptosis. This resulted in a significant improvement in the survival of taxol-treated cells that possess high Bcl-xL levels. In the control HL-60 cells, following taxol treatment, whereas the mRNA of Yama was not induced, taxol-induced apoptosis was associated with Yama activation and PARP as well as lamin B1 degradation. These features were blocked by coculture of these cells with the cysteine protease inhibitor YVAD-cmk as well as in cells with overexpression of Bcl-xL. These results suggest that Bcl-xL antagonizes taxol-induced apoptosis by a mechanism that interferes with the activation of a key protease involved in the execution of apoptosis.
Authors:
A M Ibrado; Y Huang; G Fang; K Bhalla
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cell growth & differentiation : the molecular biology journal of the American Association for Cancer Research     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1044-9523     ISO Abbreviation:  Cell Growth Differ.     Publication Date:  1996 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-02-26     Completed Date:  1997-02-26     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9100024     Medline TA:  Cell Growth Differ     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1087-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Winship Cancer Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Apoptosis / physiology*
Blotting, Northern
Blotting, Western
Caspase 3
Caspases*
Cysteine Endopeptidases / biosynthesis*
DNA Fragmentation / physiology
Humans
Lamin Type B*
Lamins
Membrane Proteins / drug effects,  genetics
Microtubules / physiology
Mitosis / physiology
Nuclear Proteins / drug effects
Paclitaxel / pharmacology*
Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / drug effects
Proto-Oncogene Proteins / biosynthesis*,  drug effects,  genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / drug effects,  genetics
Transfection
Tumor Cells, Cultured
bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein
bcl-2-Associated X Protein
bcl-X Protein
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
CA56613/CA/NCI NIH HHS; CA63382/CA/NCI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/BAK1 protein, human; 0/BCL2L1 protein, human; 0/Lamin Type B; 0/Lamins; 0/Membrane Proteins; 0/Nuclear Proteins; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; 0/bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein; 0/bcl-2-Associated X Protein; 0/bcl-X Protein; 0/lamin B1; 33069-62-4/Paclitaxel; EC 2.4.2.30/Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; EC 3.4.22.-/CASP3 protein, human; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspase 3; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspases; EC 3.4.22.-/Cysteine Endopeptidases

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