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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 275, 期 12, 页码 8650-8656出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.12.8650
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA42385, CA52462] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM46368] Funding Source: Medline
Although numerous studies document caspase-independent ceramide generation preceding apoptosis upon environmental stress, the molecular ordering of ceramide generation during cytokine-induced apoptosis remains uncertain. Here, we show that CD95-induced ceramide elevation occurs during the initiation phase of apoptosis. We titrated down the amount of FADD transfected into HeLa and 293T cells until it was insufficient for apoptosis, although cycloheximide (CHX) still triggered the effector phase. Even in the absence of CIM, ceramide levels increased rapidly, peaking at 2.7 +/- 0.2-fold of control 8 h post-transfection. Dominant negative FADD failed to confer ceramide generation or CHX-mediated apoptosis, Ceramide generation induced by FADD was initiator caspase-dependent, being blocked by crmA. Limited pro-caspase 8 overexpression also increased ceramide levels 2.7 +/- 0.2-fold, yet failed, without CIM, to initiate apoptosis, Expression of membrane-targeted oligomerized CD-8 caspase 8 induced apoptosis without GEM, yet elevated ceramide only to a level equivalent to limited pro-caspase 8 transfection. Ceramide elevations mere detected concurrently by diacyl-glycerol kinase and electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. These investigations provide evidence that ceramide generation is initiator caspase-dependent and occurs prior to commitment to the effector phase of apoptosis, definitively ordering ceramide as proximal in CD95 signaling.
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