Lysosomal pathway of the TRAIL-induced apoptosis in breast carcinoma cells-the role of the lysosomal protease cathepsin D

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Authors	JANČEKOVÁ Blanka ONDROUŠKOVÁ Eva KNOPFOVÁ Lucia BENEŠ Petr ŠMARDA Jan
Year of publication	2013
Type	Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
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Description	In this study, we investigated the role of lysosomal aspartyl protease cathepsin D (CTSD( in the TRAIL-induced apoptosis. We showed that overexpression of CTSD sensitizes MDA-MB-231 breast carcinoma cells to the TRAIL-induced apoptosis in enzymatic activity-dependent manner. The increased frequency fo apoptosis observed in the CTSD-overexpressing cells corresponded to caspase activation and cleavage of the Bid protein, the pro-apoptotic BCL-2 family member. We also showed that the CTSD-mediated pro-apoptotic effect can be partially reversed by the caspase 8 and aspartyl protease inhibitors.
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