title: TGFbeta-mediated apoptosis of Burkitt's lymphoma BL41 cells is associated with the relocation of mitochondrial BimEL.
abstract: In this study, we showed that the transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta)-mediated apoptosis of Burkitt's lymphoma BL41 cells is dependent on the BH3-only protein Bim. In contrast to what has been observed with other cell types, TGFbeta activation did not promote Bim upregulation in BL41 cells, but instead resulted in Bim release from the mitochondria. Indeed, Bim levels were high in healthy BL41 cells, in which they dimerized with the Bcl-2-like protein Mcl-1 at the mitochondrial surface. In healthy and TGFbeta-activated BL41 cells, unlike in epithelial cells or hepatocytes, Bim did not associate with Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL. TGFbeta activation of BL41 cells triggered the p38-dependent activation of caspase-8, causing the cleavage of Mcl-1 and the transfer of Bim from the mitochondria to the cytoskeleton. In addition to mitochondrial activation, this relocation of Bim may facilitate the complete demise of a cell death that is beyond the commitment point to apoptosis and may represent a hallmark of the TGFbeta-mediated apoptosis of human lymphoma B cells.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U542, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clybouw
authors.forename: B E L
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Mchichi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hadji
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Portier
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Auffredou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arnoult
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vazquez
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072224:Bcl-2-Like Protein 11; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D053181:Caspase 8 / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003599:Cytoskeleton; D019281:Dimerization; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology*; D064549:Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000494:pharmacology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013347:Subcellular Fractions; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015854:Up-Regulation; D051020:bcl-X Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C494811:BCL2L1 protein, human; C000606775:BCL2L11 protein, human; D000072224:Bcl-2-Like Protein 11; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D064549:Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D051020:bcl-X Protein; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D053181:Caspase 8