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XB-ART-2743
Mol Cell Biol 2004 Dec 01;2423:10289-99. doi: 10.1128/MCB.24.23.10289-10299.2004.
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Bcr-Abl-mediated protection from apoptosis downstream of mitochondrial cytochrome c release.

Deming PB , Schafer ZT , Tashker JS , Potts MB , Deshmukh M , Kornbluth S .


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Bcr-Abl, activated in chronic myelogenous leukemias, is a potent cell death inhibitor. Previous reports have shown that Bcr-Abl prevents apoptosis through inhibition of mitochondrial cytochrome c release. We report here that Bcr-Abl also inhibits caspase activation after the release of cytochrome c. Bcr-Abl inhibited caspase activation by cytochrome c added to cell-free lysates and prevented apoptosis when cytochrome c was microinjected into intact cells. Bcr-Abl acted posttranslationally to prevent the cytochrome c-induced binding of Apaf-1 to procaspase 9. Although Bcr-Abl prevented interaction of endogenous Apaf-1 with the recombinant prodomain of caspase 9, it did not affect the association of endogenous caspase 9 with the isolated Apaf-1 caspase recruitment domain (CARD) or Apaf-1 lacking WD-40 repeats. These data suggest that Apaf-1 recruitment of caspase 9 is faulty in the presence of Bcr-Abl and that cytochrome c/dATP-induced exposure of the Apaf-1 CARD is likely defective. These data provide a novel locus of Bcr-Abl antiapoptotic action and suggest a distinct mechanism of apoptosomal inhibition.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: abl1 bcr

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Allan, Inhibition of caspase-9 through phosphorylation at Thr 125 by ERK MAPK. 2003, Pubmed