title: Caspase-dependent inhibition of store-operated Ca(2+) entry into apoptosis-committed Jurkat cells.
abstract: Activation of T-cells triggers store-operated Ca(2+) entry, which begins a signaling cascade leading to induction of appropriate gene expression and eventually lymphocyte proliferation and differentiation. The simultaneous enhancement of Fas ligand gene expression in activated cells allows the immune response to be limited by committing the activated cells to apoptosis. In apoptotic cells the store-operated calcium entry is significantly inhibited. It has been documented that moderate activation of Fas receptor may cause reversible inhibition of store-operated channels by ceramide released from hydrolyzed sphingomyelin. Here we show that activation of Fas receptor in T-cells results in caspase-dependent decrease of cellular STIM1 and Orai1 protein content. This effect may be responsible for the substantial inhibition of Ca(2+) entry into Jurkat cells undergoing apoptosis. In turn, this inhibition might prevent overloading of cells with calcium and protect them against necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onopiuk
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wierzbicka
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brutkowski
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szczepanowska
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zabłocki
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D017209:Apoptosis; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000071740:ORAI1 Protein; D000071737:Stromal Interaction Molecule 1; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; C481004:CH-11 anti-fas antibody, human; D015220:Calcium Channels; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D000071740:ORAI1 Protein; C510746:ORAI1 protein, human; C103530:STIM1 protein, human; D000071737:Stromal Interaction Molecule 1; D019014:fas Receptor; D020169:Caspases; D002118:Calcium