title: Regulation of an ATG7-beclin 1 program of autophagic cell death by caspase-8.
abstract: Caspases play a central role in apoptosis, a well-studied pathway of programmed cell death. Other programs of death potentially involving necrosis and autophagy may exist, but their relation to apoptosis and mechanisms of regulation remains unclear. We define a new molecular pathway in which activation of the receptor-interacting protein (a serine-threonine kinase) and Jun amino-terminal kinase induced cell death with the morphology of autophagy. Autophagic death required the genes ATG7 and beclin 1 and was induced by caspase-8 inhibition. Clinical therapies involving caspase inhibitors may arrest apoptosis but also have the unanticipated effect of promoting autophagic cell death.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ajjai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alva
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Parmesh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dutt
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Freundt
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: Eric H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Baehrecke
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lenardo
mesh_terms: D000590:Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D001343:Autophagy; D000071186:Beclin-1; D053181:Caspase 8; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D020169:Caspases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016923:Cell Death; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048688:MAP Kinase Kinase 7; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D034622:RNA Interference; D053422:Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
chemical_list: D000590:Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C491997:BECN1 protein, human; D000071186:Beclin-1; C115010:Becn1 protein, mouse; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011506:Proteins; C426824:benzyloxycarbonyl-valyl-alanyl-(methyl)aspartic acid fluoromethyl ketone; C506249:RIPK1 protein, human; D053422:Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C506251:Ripk1 protein, mouse; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048688:MAP Kinase Kinase 7; C482569:MAP2K7 protein, human; C482570:Map2k7 protein, mouse; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; C505530:CASP8 protein, human; C505526:Casp8 protein, mouse; D053181:Caspase 8; D020169:Caspases