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MELANOMA RESEARCH
卷 11, 期 4, 页码 385-393出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200108000-00009
关键词
apoptosis; caspase; melanocyte; melanoma; transformation
In this study procaspase expression levels were investigated by Western blotting in a panel of established melanoma cell lines, transformed melanocytic cell lines and normal primary melanocytes. Upstream caspases such as procaspase-8 that contain a death effector domain were found to be overexpressed in transformed melanocytes and melanoma cell lines compared with melanocytes. Heterogeneous levels of procaspase-8 were seen in melanoma cells, including one cell line that completely lacked procaspase-8 expression. Procaspase-10 is generally overexpressed in transformed melanocytes and melanoma cell lines. Expression of the downstream procaspases-3 and -7 was increased In melanoma cells compared with normal melanocytes. Procaspases containing caspase recruitment domains such as procaspase-2 were expressed at similar levels in nearly all the cell lines investigated. Reduced levels of procaspase-1 compared with normal melanocytes were detected in transformed melanocytes and melanoma cell lines. These data indicate that procaspase levels in general increase during the malignant transformation of melanocytic cells. (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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