title: Caspases-3 and -7 are activated in goniothalamin-induced apoptosis in human Jurkat T-cells.
abstract: Goniothalamin, a plant styrylpyrone derivative isolated from Goniothalamus andersonii, induced apoptosis in Jurkat T-cells as assessed by the externalisation of phosphatidylserine. Immunoblotting showed processing of caspases-3 and -7 with the appearance of their catalytically active large subunits of 17 and 19 kDa, respectively. Activation of these caspases was further evidenced by detection of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage (PARP). Pre-treatment with the caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp fluoromethyl ketone (Z-VAD.FMK) blocked apoptosis and the resultant cleavage of these caspases and PARP. Our results demonstrate that activation of at least two effector caspases is a key feature of goniothalamin-induced apoptosis in Jurkat T-cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. salmaan.inayat-hussain@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Inayat-Hussain
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Din
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Snowden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: MacFarlane
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cain
mesh_terms: D000590:Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones / Q000494:pharmacology; D017304:Annexin A5 / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D053148:Caspase 3; D053179:Caspase 7; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D011753:Pyrones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000590:Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones; D017304:Annexin A5; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D011753:Pyrones; C096713:benzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspartyl fluoromethyl ketone; C103280:goniothalamin; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; C505520:CASP7 protein, human; D053148:Caspase 3; D053179:Caspase 7; D020169:Caspases