title: Identification of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and its receptors in adult rat ventral prostate.
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) family of cytokines that is known to induce apoptosis upon binding to its death domain-containing receptors, DR4/TRAIL-R1 and DR5/TRAIL-R2. Two additional TRAIL receptors, DcR1/TRAIL-R3 and DcR2/TRAIL-R4, lack functional death domains and act as decoy receptors for TRAIL. In this study, the presence of TRAIL and its receptors was investigated in adult rat hormonosensitive ventral prostate. TRAIL and its receptors were identified in the rat ventral prostate in terms of protein and mRNA. TRAIL and its receptors were immunolocalized in prostatic epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM U-407, Communications Cellulaires en Biologie de la Reproduction, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, BP 12, 165 chemin du grand Revoyet F-69921 Oullins Cedex, France.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vindrieux
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Devonec
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benahmed
authors.forename: Renée
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grataroli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011467:Prostate / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; C505653:TNFSF10 protein, human; C505655:Tnfsf10 protein, rat; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha