Entry
Name
Apoptosis - Physeter catodon (sperm whale)
Description
Apoptosis is a genetically programmed process for the elimination of damaged or redundant cells by activation of caspases (aspartate-specific cysteine proteases). The onset of apoptosis is controlled by numerous interrelating processes. The 'extrinsic' pathway involves stimulation of members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor subfamily, such as TNFRI, CD95/Fas or TRAILR (death receptors), located at the cell surface, by their specific ligands, such as TNF-alpha, FasL or TRAIL, respectively. The 'intrinsic' pathway is activated mainly by non-receptor stimuli, such as DNA damage, ER stress, metabolic stress, UV radiation or growth-factor deprivation. The central event in the 'intrinsic' pathway is the mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP), which leads to the release of cytochrome c. These two pathways converge at the level of effector caspases, such as caspase-3 and caspase-7. The third major pathway is initiated by the constituents of cytotoxic granules (e.g. Perforin and Granzyme B) that are released by CTLs (cytotoxic T-cells) and NK (natural killer) cells. Granzyme B, similarly to the caspases, cleaves its substrates after aspartic acid residues, suggesting that this protease has the ability to activate members of the caspase family directly. It is the balance between the pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic signals that eventually determines whether cells will undergo apoptosis, survive or proliferate. TNF family of ligands activates anti-apoptotic or cell-survival signals as well as apoptotic signals. NGF and Interleukin-3 promotes the survival, proliferation and differentiation of neurons or hematopoietic cells, respectively. Withdrawal of these growth factors leads to cell death, as described above.
Class
Cellular Processes; Cell growth and death
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Organism
Physeter catodon (sperm whale) [GN:
pcad ]
Gene
102992913 TNFSF10; tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 10 isoform X1 [KO:K04721 ]
102979472 tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 10B [KO:K04722 ]
102980036 tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 10B isoform X1 [KO:K04722 ]
102979864 FASLG; tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 6 [KO:K04389 ]
102985097 FAS; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 6 isoform X1 [KO:K04390 ]
102980613 TNFRSF1A; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 1A isoform X1 [KO:K03158 ]
102986061 TRADD; tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1-associated DEATH domain protein isoform X1 [KO:K03171 ]
102981647 CFLAR; CASP8 and FADD-like apoptosis regulator isoform X1 [KO:K04724 ]
102996565 DIABLO; diablo IAP-binding mitochondrial protein isoform X1 [KO:K10522 ]
102994125 APAF1; apoptotic protease-activating factor 1 isoform X1 [KO:K02084 ]
112061831 MCL1; induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein Mcl-1 [KO:K02539 ]
102993677 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein Mcl-1 homolog [KO:K02539 ]
114485949 DFFA; DNA fragmentation factor subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02310 ]
102991557 DFFB; DNA fragmentation factor subunit beta isoform X1 [KO:K02311 ] [EC:3.-.-.-]
102994580 AIFM1; apoptosis-inducing factor 1, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K04727 ] [EC:1.-.-.-]
102984842 ITPR2; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 2 isoform X1 [KO:K04959 ]
102992034 ITPR3; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 3 isoform X1 [KO:K04960 ]
102975968 EIF2S1; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit 1 [KO:K03237 ]
102984157 ATF4; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 [KO:K04374 ]
102981991 BIRC2; baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 2 isoform X1 [KO:K16060 ]
102981135 NFKB1; nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p105 subunit isoform X1 [KO:K02580 ]
102976345 PTPN13; tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 13 isoform X1 [KO:K02374 ]
102974987 GADD45A; growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45 alpha [KO:K04402 ]
102993403 GADD45B; growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45 beta [KO:K04402 ]
102986518 GADD45G; growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45 gamma [KO:K04402 ]
102974584 PIDD1; p53-induced death domain-containing protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K10130 ]
102980477 PMAIP1; phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1 [KO:K10131 ]
102986098 PIK3CA; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
102978952 PIK3CD; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
102977108 PIK3CB; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
102975555 PIK3R3; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma [KO:K02649 ]
102991779 PIK3R2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
102991192 PIK3R1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X2 [KO:K02649 ]
Compound
C05981 Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Savitskaya MA, Onishchenko GE
Title
Mechanisms of Apoptosis.
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Authors
Schleich K, Lavrik IN
Title
Mathematical modeling of apoptosis.
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Authors
Lavrik I, Golks A, Krammer PH
Title
Death receptor signaling.
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Reference
Authors
Jin Z, El-Deiry WS
Title
Overview of cell death signaling pathways.
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Authors
Benn SC, Woolf CJ
Title
Adult neuron survival strategies--slamming on the brakes.
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Reference
Authors
Orrenius S, Zhivotovsky B, Nicotera P
Title
Regulation of cell death: the calcium-apoptosis link.
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Reference
Authors
Clarke P, Tyler KL
Title
Apoptosis in animal models of virus-induced disease.
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Authors
Wen X, Lin ZQ, Liu B, Wei YQ
Title
Caspase-mediated programmed cell death pathways as potential therapeutic targets in cancer.
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Authors
Shalini S, Dorstyn L, Dawar S, Kumar S
Title
Old, new and emerging functions of caspases.
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Authors
Philchenkov A
Title
Caspases: potential targets for regulating cell death.
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Authors
Stroh C, Schulze-Osthoff K
Title
Death by a thousand cuts: an ever increasing list of caspase substrates.
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Reference
Authors
Safa AR
Title
c-FLIP, a master anti-apoptotic regulator.
Journal
Exp Oncol 34:176-84 (2012)
Reference
Authors
Jeong SY, Seol DW
Title
The role of mitochondria in apoptosis.
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Reference
Authors
Parsons MJ, Green DR
Title
Mitochondria in cell death.
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Reference
Authors
Strasser A
Title
The role of BH3-only proteins in the immune system.
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Reference
Authors
Schonthal AH
Title
Endoplasmic reticulum stress: its role in disease and novel prospects for therapy.
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Reference
Authors
Malhi H, Kaufman RJ
Title
Endoplasmic reticulum stress in liver disease.
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Reference
Authors
Malhotra JD, Kaufman RJ
Title
The endoplasmic reticulum and the unfolded protein response.
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Reference
Authors
Wu J, Kaufman RJ
Title
From acute ER stress to physiological roles of the Unfolded Protein Response.
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Reference
Authors
Repnik U, Stoka V, Turk V, Turk B
Title
Lysosomes and lysosomal cathepsins in cell death.
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Reference
Authors
Cesen MH, Pegan K, Spes A, Turk B
Title
Lysosomal pathways to cell death and their therapeutic applications.
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Reference
Authors
Dashzeveg N, Yoshida K
Title
Cell death decision by p53 via control of the mitochondrial membrane.
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Reference
Authors
Bouchier-Hayes L, Green DR
Title
Caspase-2: the orphan caspase.
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Reference
Authors
Baptiste-Okoh N, Barsotti AM, Prives C
Title
A role for caspase 2 and PIDD in the process of p53-mediated apoptosis.
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Reference
Authors
Aggarwal BB
Title
Signalling pathways of the TNF superfamily: a double-edged sword.
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Reference
Authors
Steelman LS, Pohnert SC, Shelton JG, Franklin RA, Bertrand FE, McCubrey JA.
Title
JAK/STAT, Raf/MEK/ERK, PI3K/Akt and BCR-ABL in cell cycle progression and leukemogenesis.
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Reference
Authors
Dragovich T, Rudin CM, Thompson CB
Title
Signal transduction pathways that regulate cell survival and cell death.
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Reference
Authors
Sofroniew MV, Howe CL, Mobley WC
Title
Nerve growth factor signaling, neuroprotection, and neural repair.
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Reference
Authors
Kristiansen M, Ham J
Title
Programmed cell death during neuronal development: the sympathetic neuron model.
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Reference
Authors
Logue SE, Martin SJ
Title
Caspase activation cascades in apoptosis.
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Reference
Authors
Boivin WA, Cooper DM, Hiebert PR, Granville DJ
Title
Intracellular versus extracellular granzyme B in immunity and disease: challenging the dogma.
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Reference
Authors
Cullen SP, Brunet M, Martin SJ
Title
Granzymes in cancer and immunity.
Journal
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pcad04141 Protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum
pcad04650 Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity
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