title: CARD-8 protein, a new CARD family member that regulates caspase-1 activation and apoptosis.
abstract: Caspase-associated recruitment domains (CARD) are protein-protein interaction modules found extensively in proteins that play important roles in apoptosis, NFkappaB activation, and cytokine regulation. In this study we identified a novel human protein, CARD-8, which contains a C-terminal CARD domain with high similarity to the CARD domain of caspase-1/ICE. We demonstrate that CARD-8 interacts physically with caspase-1 and negatively regulates caspase-1-dependent IL-1beta generation in the THP-1 monocytic cell line. CARD-8 binds also to ICEBERG and pseudo-ICE, two other recently identified proteins, which bind to the CARD domain of caspase-1 and negatively regulate its activity. Reverse transcriptase-PCR analysis revealed that CARD-8 is expressed mainly in monocytes, placenta, lymph nodes, and spleen. This pattern of expression is consistent with caspase-1 expression in the same cells and tissues. CARD-8 was also found to negatively regulate NF-kappaB activation by TNF-alpha stimulation and by ectopically expressed RICK, suggesting that this protein may control cell survival. Consistent with these results, stable expression of CARD-8 in U937 or THP-1 cells sensitizes the cells to differentiation-induced apoptosis. Overexpression of CARD-8 can also induce apoptosis in transfected cells. The results suggest that CARD-8 represents a new signaling molecule involved in the regulation of caspase-1 and NF-kappaB activation.
authors.affiliation: Center for Apoptosis Research and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Marjaneh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Razmara
authors.forename: Srinivasa M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Srinivasula
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Poyet
authors.forename: Brad J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Geddes
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: DiStefano
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bertin
authors.forename: Emad S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Alnemri
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017209:Apoptosis; D053468:CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020170:Caspase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D053468:CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins; C455623:CARD8 protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007375:Interleukin-1; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D008156:Luciferases; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase; D020170:Caspase 1