title: Instant decisions: transcription-independent control of death-receptor-mediated apoptosis.
abstract: Transcription-independent modulation of signaling mediated by death receptors (DRs) has emerged as an important determinant of cell survival during both development and cellular homeostasis. Frequently, a given DR signal must be redirected rapidly either to inhibit or to potentiate the apoptotic response. This process requires immediate, protein-synthesis-independent modifications of the regulatory molecules involved. Numerous mechanisms have been shown to regulate DR responses without engaging the apoptosis-directing transcription machinery. These mechanisms involve key posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation, ubiquitination and proteolytic degradation, all of which affect the activities of proteins at different levels in the DR signaling pathways. Changes in the organization of regulatory molecules and in their interactions with other factors also affect the DR signaling pathways. The balance between these modulatory signals rapidly decides the fate of a cell.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire de Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Stefanie E F
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meinander
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Eriksson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000502:physiology; D021381:Protein Transport; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D011940:Receptor Aggregation / Q000502:physiology; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D025801:Ubiquitin; D011494:Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex