title: Sequential activation of ICE-like and CPP32-like proteases during Fas-mediated apoptosis.
abstract: Binding of Fas ligand or an agonistic anti-Fas antibody induces apoptosis in Fas-bearing cells. The interleukin-1Beta-converting enzyme (ICE) is a cysteine protease that is involved in apoptosis induced by various stimuli, including Fas-mediated apoptosis. Several ICE homologues have been identified, and these are subdivided into three groups (ICE-, CPP32-, and Ich-1-like proteases). We show here that specific inhibitors of ICE- or CPP32-like proteases can inhibit Fas-mediated apoptosis. Transient ICE-like activity was found in the cytosolic fraction of Fas-activated cells, whereas ICE-dependent, CPP32-like activity gradually accumulated in the cytosol. Cell lysates from mouse lymphoma supplemented with either recombinant ICE or CPP32 induced apoptosis of nuclei. The CPP32 inhibitor inhibited ICE- or CPP32-induced apoptosis in the cell-free system, whereas the ICE-inhibitor only inhibited ICE-induced apoptosis. Cell extracts from thymocytes from ICE-null mice induced apoptosis in the cell-free system when it was supplemented with CPP32. These results indicate that Fas sequentially activates ICE- and CPP32-like proteases, and that downstream CPP32, together with a component(s) in the cytoplasm, causes apoptosis of nuclei.
authors.affiliation: Osaka Bioscience Institute, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enari
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Talanian
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagata
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D020170:Caspase 1; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010455:Peptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C099158:acetyl-aspartyl-glutamyl-valyl-aspartal; D019014:fas Receptor; C096429:L 709049; C505409:Casp3 protein, mouse; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D020170:Caspase 1