Entry
Name
Apoptosis - fly
Description
Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a critical factor in homeostasis in all multicellular organisms, playing a crucial role in removing excess unwanted cells without stimulation of an immune response. Caspases are the central components of the apoptotic response. In Drosophila, Dark promotes activation of the initiator caspase Dronc. Drosophila inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 (DIAP1) inhibits Dronc and the effector caspases Drice and Dcp-1. RHG family proteins such as Rpr, Hid, Grim, Sickle, and Jafrac-2 promote cell death, in part by disrupting DIAP1's ability to inhibit caspase activity. Proapoptotic proteins such as caspases and RHG proteins are regulated through multiple pathways. The Drosophila steroid hormone ecdysone mediates cell death by controling the up-regulation of a number of proapoptotic genes. Cytotoxic stress such as DNA damage can activate P53, which in turn induces the expression of RHG genes. Eiger can initiate cell death through an IAP-sensitive cell death pathway via JNK signaling. Hid, a member of the RHG family, is negatively regulated by the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor-dependent survival signaling and positively regulated by the tumor suppressors Hippo, Salvador, and Warts.
Class
Cellular Processes; Cell growth and death
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Orthology
K01527 EGD1, BTF3; nascent polypeptide-associated complex subunit beta
K02084 APAF1; apoptotic protease-activating factor
K02174 BR-C; broad-complex core protein
K02561 BOK; Bcl-2-related ovarian killer protein
K03262 EIF5; translation initiation factor 5
K04365 BRAF; B-Raf proto-oncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase [EC:2.7.11.1 ]
K04374 ATF4, CREB2; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4
K04404 MAP3K7IP2, TAB2; TAK1-binding protein 2
K04412 STK3, MST2; serine/threonine kinase 3
K04426 MAP3K5, ASK1; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 5 [EC:2.7.11.25 ]
K04427 MAP3K7, TAK1; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 7 [EC:2.7.11.25 ]
K04431 MAP2K7, MKK7; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 7 [EC:2.7.12.2 ]
K04440 JNK; mitogen-activated protein kinase 8/9/10 (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) [EC:2.7.11.24 ]
K04448 JUN; transcription factor AP-1
K04727 AIFM1, PDCD8; apoptosis-inducing factor 1 [EC:1.-.-.-]
K05770 TSPO, BZRP; translocator protein
K06030 MFN2, FZO1; mitofusin 2 [EC:3.6.5.-]
K07827 KRAS, KRAS2; GTPase KRas
K07870 RHOT1, ARHT1; mitochondrial Rho GTPase 1 [EC:3.6.5.-]
K08791 LATS1_2, Wts; serine/threonine-protein kinase LATS1/2 [EC:2.7.11.1 ]
K08860 EIF2AK3, PERK; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3 [EC:2.7.11.1 ]
K09031 FOSLN; fos-like antigen, invertebrate
K09428 ELF1_2_4; E74-like factor 1/2/4
K09848 TRAF4; TNF receptor-associated factor 4
K10149 TP63; tumor protein p63
K10586 BIRC6, BRUCE; baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 6 (apollon) [EC:2.3.2.23 ]
K14030 NR2B4, usp; nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group B member 4
K14034 NR1H1, EcR; ecdysone receptor
K16686 SAV1, Sav; scaffold protein salvador
K20008 DCP1; death caspase-1 [EC:3.4.22.-]
K20009 DRONC; caspase Dronc [EC:3.4.22.-]
K20010 STRICA; Ser/Thr-rich caspase [EC:3.4.22.-]
K20014 RPR; cell death protein rpr
K20015 EIP93F; ecdysone-induced protein 93F, isoform B
K20016 HID; cell death protein hid
K20017 BUFFY; Bcl-2 family protein
K20018 GRIM; cell death protein Grim
K20019 SKL; IAP-inhibitory protein Sickle
K24070 PARP1; poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1
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Authors
Hay BA, Guo M
Title
Caspase-dependent cell death in Drosophila.
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Hay BA, Huh JR, Guo M
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The genetics of cell death: approaches, insights and opportunities in Drosophila.
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Kumar S, Cakouros D
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Transcriptional control of the core cell-death machinery.
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Fuchs Y, Steller H
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Live to die another way: modes of programmed cell death and the signals emanating from dying cells.
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Arya R, White K
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Cell death in development: Signaling pathways and core mechanisms.
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Danial NN, Korsmeyer SJ
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Cell death: critical control points.
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Gorski S, Marra M
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Programmed cell death takes flight: genetic and genomic approaches to gene discovery in Drosophila.
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Richardson H, Kumar S
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Death to flies: Drosophila as a model system to study programmed cell death.
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Kuranaga E
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Caspase signaling in animal development.
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Bergmann A, Steller H
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Apoptosis, stem cells, and tissue regeneration.
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Riedl SJ, Shi Y
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Molecular mechanisms of caspase regulation during apoptosis.
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Igaki T, Miura M
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Role of Bcl-2 family members in invertebrates.
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Clavier A, Rincheval-Arnold A, Colin J, Mignotte B, Guenal I
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Apoptosis in Drosophila: which role for mitochondria?
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Abdelwahid E, Rolland S, Teng X, Conradt B, Hardwick JM, White K
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Mitochondrial involvement in cell death of non-mammalian eukaryotes.
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Demay Y, Perochon J, Szuplewski S, Mignotte B, Gaumer S
Title
The PERK pathway independently triggers apoptosis and a Rac1/Slpr/JNK/Dilp8 signaling favoring tissue homeostasis in a chronic ER stress Drosophila model.
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Authors
Kilpatrick ZE, Cakouros D, Kumar S
Title
Ecdysone-mediated up-regulation of the effector caspase DRICE is required for hormone-dependent apoptosis in Drosophila cells.
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Yu SY, Yoo SJ, Yang L, Zapata C, Srinivasan A, Hay BA, Baker NE
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A pathway of signals regulating effector and initiator caspases in the developing Drosophila eye.
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Development 129:3269-78 (2002)
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Authors
McNeill H, Downward J
Title
Apoptosis: Ras to the rescue in the fly eye.
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Narasimamurthy R, Geuking P, Ingold K, Willen L, Schneider P, Basler K
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Structure-function analysis of Eiger, the Drosophila TNF homolog.
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Liu B, Behura SK, Clem RJ, Schneemann A, Becnel J, Severson DW, Zhou L
Title
P53-mediated rapid induction of apoptosis conveys resistance to viral infection in Drosophila melanogaster.
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Kuranaga E, Kanuka H, Igaki T, Sawamoto K, Ichijo H, Okano H, Miura M
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Reaper-mediated inhibition of DIAP1-induced DTRAF1 degradation results in activation of JNK in Drosophila.
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Creagh EM, Brumatti G, Sheridan C, Duriez PJ, Taylor RC, Cullen SP, Adrain C, Martin SJ
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Bicaudal is a conserved substrate for Drosophila and mammalian caspases and is essential for cell survival.
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Bilak A, Su TT
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Regulation of Drosophila melanogaster pro-apoptotic gene hid.
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