Characterization of seven murine caspase family members

被引:184
作者
Van de Craen, M
Vandenabeele, P
Declercq, W
Van den Brande, I
Van Loo, G
Molemans, F
Schotte, P
Van Criekinge, W
Beyaert, R
Fiers, W
机构
[1] FLANDERS INTERUNIV INST BIOTECHNOL, MOL BIOL LAB, B-9000 GHENT, BELGIUM
[2] STATE UNIV GHENT, B-9000 GHENT, BELGIUM
关键词
caspase; interleukin-1; family PCR cloning; tissue expression;
D O I
10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00026-4
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Seven members of the murine caspase (mCASP) family mere cloned and functionally characterized by transient overexpression: mCASP-1 (mICE), mCASP-2 (Ich1), mCASP-3 (CPP32), mCASP-6 (Mch2), mCASP-7 (Mch3), mCASP-11 (TX) and mCASP-12. mCASP-11 is presumably the murine homolog of human CASP-4. Although mCASP-12 is related to human CASP-5 (ICE(rel)-III), it is most probably a new CASP-1 family member. On the basis of sequence homology, the caspases can be divided into three subfamilies: first, mCASP-1, mCASP-11 and mCASP-12; second, mCASP-2; third, mCASP-3, mCASP-6 and mCASP-7. The tissue distribution of the CASP-1 subfamily transcripts is more restricted than that of the CASP-3 subfamily transcripts, suggesting that the transcriptional regulation of the CASP members within one subfamily is related, but is quite different between the CASP-1 and the CASP-3 subfamilies. Transient overexpression of each of the seven CASPs induced apoptosis in mammalian cells. Only two, mCASP-1 as well as mCASP-3, mere able to process precursor interleukin (IL)-1 beta to biologically active IL-1 beta. In addition, mCASP-3 is the predominant PARP-cleaving enzyme in vivo. (C) 1997 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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