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| Role of Ced3/ICE-family proteases in staurosporine-induced programmed cell death |
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| Author(s): Jacobson MD, Weil M, Raff MC |
| Source: JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY Volume: 133 Issue: 5 Pages: 1041-1051 Published: JUN 1996 |
| Times Cited: 302 References: 68 |
| Abstract: In the accompanying paper by Well et al. (1996) we show that staurosporine (STS), in the presence of cycloheximide (CHX) to inhibit protein synthesis, induces apoptotic cell death in a large variety of nucleated mammalian cell types, suggesting that all nucleated mammalian cells constitutively express all of the proteins required to undergo programmed cell death (PCD), The reliability of that conclusion depends on the evidence that STS-induced, and (STS + CHS)-induced, cell deaths are bona fide examples of PCD. There is rapidly accumulating evidence that some members of the Ced-3/Interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE) family of cysteine proteases are part of the basic machinery of PCD, Here we show that Z-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethylketone (zVAD-fmk), a cell-permeable, irreversible, tripeptide inhibitor of some of these proteases, suppresses STS-induced and (STS + CHX)-induced cell death in a wide variety of mammalian cell types, including anucleate cytoplasts, providing strong evidence that these are all bona fide examples of PCD. We show that the Ced-3/ICE family member CPP32 becomes activated in STS-induced PCD, and that Bcl-2 inhibits this activation. Most important, we show that, in some cells at least, one or more CPP32-family members, but not ICE itself, is required for STS-induced PCD. Finally, we show that zVAD-fmk suppresses PCD in the interdigital webs in developing mouse paws and blocks the removal of web tissue during digit development, suggesting that this inhibition will be a useful tool for investigating the roles of PCD in various developmental processes. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Jacobson, MD (reprint author), UCL, MED RES COUNCIL LAB MOLEC CELL BIOL, GOWER ST, LONDON WC1E 6BT, ENGLAND |
Addresses:
1. UCL, DEPT BIOL, LONDON WC1E 6BT, ENGLAND
2. UCL, MED RES COUNCIL DEV NEUROBIOL PROGRAM, LONDON WC1E 6BT, ENGLAND |
| Publisher: ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS, 222 E 70TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10021 |
| Subject Category: Cell Biology |
| IDS Number: UQ151 |
| ISSN: 0021-9525 |
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