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Engulfment genes cooperate with ced-3 to promote cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11449279     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Genetic studies have identified over a dozen genes that function in programmed cell death (apoptosis) in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Although the ultimate effects on cell survival or engulfment of mutations in each cell death gene have been extensively described, much less is known about how these mutations affect the kinetics of death and engulfment, or the interactions between these two processes. We have used four-dimensional-Nomarski time-lapse video microscopy to follow in detail how cell death genes regulate the extent and kinetics of apoptotic cell death and removal in the early C. elegans embryo. Here we show that blocking engulfment enhances cell survival when cells are subjected to weak pro-apoptotic signals. Thus, genes that mediate corpse removal can also function to actively kill cells.
Authors:
D J Hoeppner; M O Hengartner; R Schnabel
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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:  Nature     Volume:  412     ISSN:  0028-0836     ISO Abbreviation:  Nature     Publication Date:  2001 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-07-12     Completed Date:  2001-08-02     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410462     Medline TA:  Nature     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  202-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics,  physiology
Animals
Apoptosis* / genetics
Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology,  embryology,  genetics*
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins*
Caspases / genetics*,  physiology
Cell Lineage
Genes, Helminth
Helminth Proteins / genetics*,  physiology
Microscopy, Video
Mutation
Phagocytosis / genetics*
Phosphoproteins / genetics,  physiology
Video Recording
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; 0/CED-6 protein, C elegans; 0/CED-7 protein, C elegans; 0/Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; 0/Helminth Proteins; 0/Phosphoproteins; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspases; EC 3.4.22.-/ced-3 protein, C elegans
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Nature. 2001 Jul 12;412(6843):133-5   [PMID:  11449252 ]

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