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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 370, Issue 4, Pages 584-588Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.134
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apoptosis; cystine/glutamate transporter; ER stress; oxidative stress; JNK
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System X-c(-) is an anionic amino acid transport system highly specific for cystine and glutamate. The underlying mechanism of cell death of cultured cells from the subtle gray (sut) mouse which contains an xCT null mutation remains elucidated. Our results show that the death of sut cells is likely caused by apoptosis mediated by c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). The JNK activation triggers both a caspase-dependent (caspases-9 and -3) and an ER stress-mediated (eIF2 and CHOP) pathway to induce apoptosis. These findings suggest the possible pathways involved in the cell death of xCT-deficient cells. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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