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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 285-292Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401753
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caspase-6; caspase-1; primary human neurons; apoptosis; cell death
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS/MH40965] Funding Source: Medline
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Active caspase-6 (Csp-6) induces cell death in primary cultures of human neurons and is abundant in the neuropathological lesions of Alzheimer's disease. However, the mode of Csp-6 activation is not known. Here, we show that the Csp-1 inhibitor, Z-YVAD-fmk specifically prevents activation of Csp-6 and cell death in human neurons. A transient increase in Csp-1-like activity and an increase in the p23Csp-1 subunit occur early after serum deprivation. Recombinant active Csp-1 (R-Csp-1) cleaves recombinant and neuronal pro-Csp-6 in vitro resulting in Csp-6 activity. However, R-Csp-1 does not induce cell death when microinjected in human neurons despite the inhibition of serum-deprivation induced cell death with a Csp-1 dominant negative construct. These results show that Csp-1 is an upstream positive regulator of Csp-6-mediated cell death in primary human neurons. Furthermore, these results suggest that the activation of Csp-1 must be accompanied by an apoptotic insult to induce Csp-6-mediated cell death.
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