Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications
Induction of Apoptosis in Fibroblasts by IL-1ß-Converting Enzyme, a Mammalian Homolog of the C. elegans Cell Death Gene ced-3
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-19-1993
Journal Title
Cell
Volume
75
Issue
4
First Page
653
Last Page
660
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(93)90486-a
PubMed ID
8242741
Abstract
The mammalian interleukin-1β-converting enzyme (ICE) has sequence similarity to the C. elegans cell death gene ced-3. We show here that overexpression of the murine ICE (mICE) gene or of the C. elegans ced-3 gene causes Rat-1 cells to undergo programmed cell death. Point mutations in a region homologous between mICE and CED-3 eliminate the ability of mICE and ced-3 to cause cell death. The cell death caused by mICE can be suppressed by overexpression of the crmA gene, a specific inhibitor of ICE, as well as by bcl-2, a mammalian oncogene that can act to prevent programmed cell death. Our results suggest that ICE may function during mammalian development to cause programmed cell death.
Keywords
Apoptosis, fibroblasts, IL-1ß converting enzyme
Recommended Citation
Miura, Masayuki; Zhu, Hong; Rotello, Rocco J.; Hartwieg, Erika A.; and Yuan, Junying, "Induction of Apoptosis in Fibroblasts by IL-1ß-Converting Enzyme, a Mammalian Homolog of the C. elegans Cell Death Gene ced-3" (1993). Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications. 67.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/pharmaceutical_sciences_publications/67
