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Coordinate involvement of cysteine protease and nuclease in the executive phase of plant apoptosis
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FEBS Letters . Dec2004, Vol. 578 Issue 3, p363-367. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Abstract: We have developed an oat cell-free apoptosis system to investigate the execution mechanisms of plant apoptosis. Cell extracts derived from oat tissues undergoing toxin (victorin)-induced apoptosis caused nuclear collapse and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in isolated nuclei. Pharmacological studies revealed that cysteine protease, which is E-64-sensitive but insensitive to caspase-specific inhibitors, is a crucial component in the morphological change of isolated nuclei, and that nuclease and the cysteine protease act cooperatively to induce the apoptotic DNA laddering. Interestingly, this finding is contrasted with those in well-studied animal cell-free systems in which an apoptotic endonuclease is solely responsible for the DNA fragmentation. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *APOPTOSIS
*NUCLEIC acids
*PRESERVATION of organs, tissues, etc.
*SURGERY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00145793
- Volume :
- 578
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- FEBS Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15585212
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2004.10.101