期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 105, 期 31, 页码 10703-10708出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712034105
关键词
heat shock protein; apoptosis/necrosis balance; glial cells
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA057683, P01 CA95616, R01 CA099041, K99CA129172, K08 CA124804, K99 CA129172, P01 CA095616, K08CA124804, R01 CA57683] Funding Source: Medline
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain cancer that is characterized by the paradoxical features of intense apoptosis resistance yet a marked propensity to undergo necrosis. Bcl2L12 (for Bcl2-Like12) is a nuclear and cytoplasmic oncoprotein that is universally overexpressed in primary GBM and functions to block postmitochondrial apoptosis signaling by neutralizing effector caspase-3 and caspase-7 maturation. This postmitochondrial block in apoptosis engenders the alternate cell fate of cellular necrosis, thus providing a molecular explanation for GBM's classical features. Whereas Bcl2L12-mediated neutralization of caspase-7 maturation involves physical interaction, the mechanism governing Bcl2L12-mediated inhibition of caspase-3 activity is not known. The nuclear localization of Bcl2L12 prompted expression profile studies of primary astrocytes engineered to overexpress Bcl2L12. The Bcl2L12 transcriptome revealed a striking induction of the small heat shock protein alpha-basic-crystallin (alpha B-crystallin/HspB5), a link reinforced by robust alpha B-crystallin expression in Bcl2L12-expressing orthotopic glioma and strong coexpression of alpha B-crystallin and Bcl2L12 proteins in human primary GBMs. On the functional level, enforced alpha B-crystallin or Bcl2L12 expression enhances orthotopic tumor growth. Conversely, RNAi-mediated knockdown of alpha B-crystallin in Bcl2L12-expressing astrocytes and glioma cell lines with high endogenous alpha B-crystallin showed enhanced apoptosis, yet decreased necrotic cell death with associated increased caspase-3 but not caspase-7 activation. Mirroring this specific effect on effector caspase-3 activation, alpha B-crystallin selectively binds procaspase-3 and its cleavage intermediates in vitro and in vivo. Thus, alpha B-crystallin is a Bcl2L12-induced oncoprotein that enables Bcl2L12 to block the activation of both effector caspases via distinct mechanisms, thereby contributing to GBM pathogenesis and its hallmark biological properties.
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