Journal Article

Paraptosis: mediation by MAP kinases and inhibition by AIP-1/Alix

Poksay, K, Sperandio, S, Bredesen, D E, Lafuente, M J, Liu, B, Nasir, J, de Belle, I

2004

Overview

Abstarct Programmed cell death (pcd) may take the form of apoptotic or nonapoptotic pcd. Whereas cysteine aspartyl-specific proteases (caspases) mediate apoptosis, the mediators of nonapoptotic cell death programs are much less well characterized. Here, we report that paraptosis, an alternative, nonapoptotic cell death program that may be induced by the insulin-like growth factor I receptor (among other inducers), is mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and inhibited by AIP-1/Alix. The inhibition by AIP-1/Alix is specific for paraptosis since apoptosis was not inhibited. Caspases were not activated in this paradigm, nor were caspase inhibitors effective in blocking cell death. However, insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGFIR)-induced paraptosis was inhibited by MEK-2-specific inhibitors and by antisense oligonucleotides directed against c-jun N-terminal kinase-1 (JNK-1). These results suggest that IGFIR-induced paraptosis is mediated by MAPKs, and inhibited by AIP-1/Alix.

• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
• Subject: Apoptosis / Biochemistry / Biomedical and Life Sciences / Calcium-Binding Proteins - metabolism / Carrier Proteins - metabolism / Caspase Inhibitors / Caspases - metabolism / Cell Biology / Cell Cycle Analysis / Cell Cycle Proteins - metabolism / Cell death / Cell Death - drug effects / Cell Line / Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport / Humans / Insulin / Insulin-like growth factors / Kinases / Kinetics / Life Sciences / Mediators / Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases - antagonists & inhibitors / Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases - metabolism / Morphology / Neurodegeneration / original-paper / Receptors, Somatomedin - genetics / Receptors, Somatomedin - metabolism / Signal Transduction / Stem Cells