title: Dissection of Arabidopsis Bax inhibitor-1 suppressing Bax-, hydrogen peroxide-, and salicylic acid-induced cell death.
abstract: Overexpression of plant Bax Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) was able to suppress Bax-mediated cell death in yeast and Arabidopsis. Here, we demonstrate that reactive oxygen species production induced by the ectopic expression of Bax was insensitive to the coexpression of AtBI-1. Similarly, H2O2- or salicylic acid-mediated cell death also was suppressed in tobacco BY-2 cells overexpressing AtBI-1. To define the functional domain of AtBI-1 as a cell death suppressor, a truncated series of the AtBI-1 protein was analyzed in yeast possessing a galactose-inducible mammalian Bax. The results showed that DeltaC-AtBI-1 (with the C-terminal 14 amino acids deleted) lost the ability to sustain cell growth. Furthermore, a mutant protein in which the C-terminal seven amino acid residues of AtBI-1 were replaced with others lacking a coiled-coil structure failed to inhibit cell death, suggesting that the C-terminal region is essential for the inhibition of cell death. We also noted that the C-terminal hydrophilic region was interchangeable between animal and plant Bax inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawai-Yamada
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohori
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchimiya
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein
chemical_list: C491862:ATBI-1 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D020156:Salicylic Acid; D010100:Oxygen