DAP-kinase: from functional gene cloning to establishment of its role in apoptosis and cancer

被引:103
作者
Cohen, O [1 ]
Kimchi, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Mol Genet, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
关键词
apoptosis; DAP-kinase; cancer; microfilaments; metastasis; functional gene cloning;
D O I
10.1038/sj.cdd.4400794
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
DAP-kinase is a pro-apoptotic Ca2+ calmodulin-regulated serine/threonine kinase that participates in a wide array of apoptotic systems initiated by interferon-gamma, TNF-alpha, activated Fas, and detach ment from extracellular matrix, It was isolated by an unbiased functional approach to gene cloning aimed at hitting central mediators of the apoptotic process. This 160 Kd protein kinase is localized to actin microfilaments and carries interesting modules such as ankyrin repeats and the death domain. The death promoting effects of DAP-kinase depend on its intact catalytic activity, the correct intracellular localization, and on the presence of the death domain, A few mechanisms restrain the killing effects of the protein in healthy cells, The enzyme's active site is negatively controlled by an adjacent CaM regulatory domain whose effect is relieved by binding to Ca2+-activated calmodulin. A second mode of autoinhibition engages the serine-rich C-terminal tail, spanning the last 17 amino acids of the protein. A link between DAP-kinase and cancer has been established. It was found that the mRNA and protein expression is frequently last in various human cancer cell lines. Analysis of the methylation status of DAP-kinase's 5' UTR in DNA extracted from fresh tumor samples, showed high incidence of hypermethylation in several human carcinomas and B cell malignancies. The antitumorigenic effect of DAP-kinase was also studied experimentally in mouse model systems where the re-introduction of DAP-kinase into highly metastatic mouse lung carcinoma cells who had lost the protein, strongly reduced their metastatic capacity. Thus, it appears that loss of DAP-kinase confers a selective advantage to cancer cells and may play a causative role in tumor progression. A few novel kinases sharing high homology in their catalytic domains with DAP-kinase have been recently identified constituting altogether a novel family of death promoting serine/threonine kinases.
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