Abstract
Inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP)-binding proteins such as Grim, Reaper and HID have been shown to exert a critical role in regulating caspase activity in species such as D. Melanogaster. However, a comparable role for the mammalian homologue of second mitochondrial-derived activator of caspase/direct IAP-binding protein with low pI (Smac/DIABLO) has yet to be clearly established in vivo. Despite tremendous interest in recent years in the use of so-called Smac mimetics to enhance chemotherapeutic potency, our understanding of the true physiologic nature of Smac/DIABLO in regulating programmed cell death (PCD) remains elusive. In order to critically evaluate the role of Smac/DIABLO in regulating mammalian PCD, deficiency of caspase-3 was used as a sensitizing mutation in order to reduce aggregate levels of executioner caspase activity. We observe that combinatorial deletion of Diablo and Casp3, but neither alone, results in perinatal lethality in mice. Consistent with this, examination of both intrinsic and extrinsic forms of PCD in lines of murine embryonic fibroblasts demonstrate that loss of Smac/DIABLO alters both caspase-dependent and caspase-independent intrinsic PCD. Comparative small interfering RNA inhibition studies of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis, cellular inhibitor of apoptosis (cIAP)-1, cIAP-2, caspase-6 and -7 in both wild-type and Casp3/Diablo DKO mouse embryonic fibroblast lineages, supports a model in which Smac/DIABLO acts to enhance the early phase executioner caspase activity through the modulation of inhibitory interactions between specific IAP family members and executioner caspases-3 and -7.
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Abbreviations
- AIF:
-
apoptosis-inducing factor
- BRUCE:
-
BIR repeat-containing ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme
- cIAP:
-
cellular inhibitor of apoptosis
- Diablo:
-
direct IAP-binding protein with low pI
- IAP:
-
inhibitor of apoptosis protein
- IBM:
-
IAP-binding motif
- MEF:
-
mouse embryonic fibroblast
- NAIP:
-
neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein
- PARP:
-
poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
- RHG:
-
Reaper/HID/Grim
- Rho110:
-
rhodamine 110
- RIPK1:
-
receptor (TNFRSF)-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1
- siRNA:
-
small interfering RNA
- Smac:
-
second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase
- TNF-α:
-
tumor necrosis factor alpha
- XIAP:
-
X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis
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We thank Drs. Tak Mak and Minna Woo for their generous contributions of Diablo and Casp3 null animals, respectively.
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Hui, K., Kanungo, A., Elia, A. et al. Caspase-3 deficiency reveals a physiologic role for Smac/DIABLO in regulating programmed cell death. Cell Death Differ 18, 1780–1790 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/cdd.2011.50
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