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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
卷 15, 期 4, 页码 773-782出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402314
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apoptosis; CD95; caspase-8; c-FLIP; DISC
Cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) proteins are known as potent inhibitors of death receptor-mediated apoptosis by interfering with caspase-8 activation at the death-inducing signaling complex ( DISC). Among the three human isoforms, c-FLIPlong, c-FLIPshort and c-FLIPR, the latter isoform is poorly characterized. We report here the characterization of murine c-FLIPR and show that it is the only short c-FLIP isoform expressed in mice. By generating several mutants, we demonstrate that both death effector domains (DEDs) are required for DISC binding and the antiapoptotic function of c-FLIPR. Surprisingly, the C-terminal tail is important for both protein stability and DISC recruitment. Three-dimensional modeling of c-FLIPR revealed a substantial similarity of the overall structures and potential interaction motifs with the viral FLIP MC159. We found, however, that c-FLIPR uses different structural motifs for its DISC recruitment. Whereas MC159 interferes with interaction and self-oligomerization of the DISC component FADD by its extensive hydrophilic surface, a narrow hydrophobic patch of c-FLIPR on the surface of DED2 is crucial for DISC association. Thus, despite the presence of similar tandem DEDs, viral and cellular FLIPs inhibit apoptosis by remarkably divergent mechanisms.
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