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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
卷 171, 期 6, 页码 1013-1022出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200504137
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Ablation of the Raf-1 protein causes fetal liver apoptosis, embryonic lethality, and selective hypersensitivity to Fas-induced cell death. Furthermore, Raf-1-deficient cells show defective migration as a result of the deregulation of the Rho effector kinase Rok-alpha. In this study, we show that the kinase-independent modulation of Rok-alpha signaling is also the basis of the antiapoptotic function of Raf-1. Fas activation stimulates the formation of Raf-1-Rok-alpha complexes, and Rok-alpha signaling is up-regulated in Raf-1-deficient cells. This leads to increased clustering and membrane expression of Fas, which is rescued both by kinase-dead Raf-1 and by interfering with Rok-alpha or its substrate ezrin. Increased Fas clustering and membrane expression are also evident in the livers of Raf-1-deficient embryos, and genetically reducing Fas expression counteracts fetal liver apoptosis, embryonic lethality, and the apoptotic defects of embryonic fibroblasts. Thus, Raf-1 has an essential function in regulating Fas expression and setting the threshold of Fas sensitivity during embryonic life.
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