TY - JOUR
T1 - Activation of an interleukin 1 converting enzyme-dependent apoptosis pathway by granzyme B
AU - Shi, Lianfa
AU - Chen, Gao
AU - Macdonald, Glen
AU - Bergeron, Louise
AU - Li, Honglin
AU - Miura, Masayuki
AU - Rotello, Rocco J.
AU - Miller, Douglas K.
AU - Li, Ping
AU - Seshadri, Tara
AU - Yuan, Junying
AU - Greenberg, Arnold H.
PY - 1996/10/1
Y1 - 1996/10/1
N2 - Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) can induce apoptosis through a granzyme B- based killing mechanism. Here we show that in cells undergoing apoptosis by granzyme B, both p45 pro.interleukin 1β converting enzyme (ICE) and pro- CPP32 are processed. Using ICE deficient (ICE -/-) mice, embryonic fibroblasts exhibit high levels of resistance to apoptosis by granzyme B or granzyme 3, while B lymphoblasts are granzyme B-resistant, thus identifying an ICE-dependent apoptotic pathway that is activated by CTL granzymes. In contrast, an alternative ICE-independent pathway must also be activated as ICE -/- thymocytes remain susceptible to apoptosis by both granzymes. In ICE -/- B cells or HeLa cells transfected with mutant inactive ICE or lch-IS that exhibit resistance to granzyme B, CPP32 is processed to pl7 and poly(ADP- ribose) polymerase is cleaved indicating that this protease although activated was not associated with an apoptotic nuclear phenotype. Using the peptide inhibitor Ac-DEVD-CHO, apoptosis as well as p45 ICE hydrolysis are suppressed in HeLa cells, suggesting that a CPP32-like protease is upstream of ICE. In contrast, p34(cdc2) kinase, which is required for granzyme B- induced apoptosis, remains inactive in ICE -/- B cells indicating it is downstream of ICE. We conclude that granzyme B activates an ICE-dependent cell death pathway in some cell types and requires a CPP32-like Ac-DEVD-CHO inhibitable protease acting upstream to initiate apoptosis.
AB - Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) can induce apoptosis through a granzyme B- based killing mechanism. Here we show that in cells undergoing apoptosis by granzyme B, both p45 pro.interleukin 1β converting enzyme (ICE) and pro- CPP32 are processed. Using ICE deficient (ICE -/-) mice, embryonic fibroblasts exhibit high levels of resistance to apoptosis by granzyme B or granzyme 3, while B lymphoblasts are granzyme B-resistant, thus identifying an ICE-dependent apoptotic pathway that is activated by CTL granzymes. In contrast, an alternative ICE-independent pathway must also be activated as ICE -/- thymocytes remain susceptible to apoptosis by both granzymes. In ICE -/- B cells or HeLa cells transfected with mutant inactive ICE or lch-IS that exhibit resistance to granzyme B, CPP32 is processed to pl7 and poly(ADP- ribose) polymerase is cleaved indicating that this protease although activated was not associated with an apoptotic nuclear phenotype. Using the peptide inhibitor Ac-DEVD-CHO, apoptosis as well as p45 ICE hydrolysis are suppressed in HeLa cells, suggesting that a CPP32-like protease is upstream of ICE. In contrast, p34(cdc2) kinase, which is required for granzyme B- induced apoptosis, remains inactive in ICE -/- B cells indicating it is downstream of ICE. We conclude that granzyme B activates an ICE-dependent cell death pathway in some cell types and requires a CPP32-like Ac-DEVD-CHO inhibitable protease acting upstream to initiate apoptosis.
KW - CPP32
KW - Fas
KW - Ich-IS
KW - poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.93.20.11002
DO - 10.1073/pnas.93.20.11002
M3 - Article
C2 - 8855298
AN - SCOPUS:16044372676
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 93
SP - 11002
EP - 11007
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 20
ER -