title: Viscum album agglutinin-I (VAA-I) induces apoptosis and degradation of cytoskeletal proteins in human leukemia PLB-985 and X-CGD cells via caspases: lamin B1 is a novel target of VAA-I.
abstract: Viscum album agglutinin-I (VAA-I) is a potent inducer of cell apoptosis and possesses anti-tumoral activity. Using PLB-985 and chronic granulomatous disease (X-CGD) cells, which lack expression of gp91(phox), VAA-I was found to induce apoptosis in both cell lines as assessed by cytology, DNA laddering and degradation of the cytoskeletal protein gelsolin. Both cell lines expressed caspase-3 and -8 and VAA-I activated these caspases. We demonstrated that lamin B(1) is a novel target to VAA-I and its degradation was reversed by a pan-caspase inhibitor and by a caspase-6, but not a caspase-8, inhibitor.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Recherche Scientifique, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Pointe-Claire, Canada.
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lavastre
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiasson
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cavalli
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Girard
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D053148:Caspase 3; D053181:Caspase 8; D020169:Caspases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018260:Gelsolin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D034921:Lamin Type B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D007938:Leukemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D037121:Plant Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D054788:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins; D054790:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000494:pharmacology*; D028182:Viscum album / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D018260:Gelsolin; D034921:Lamin Type B; D037121:Plant Lectins; D028321:Plant Preparations; D010940:Plant Proteins; D054790:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2; D014118:Toxins, Biological; C488865:VAA-I protein, Viscum album; D054788:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; C505530:CASP8 protein, human; D053148:Caspase 3; D053181:Caspase 8; D020169:Caspases