撰文 | 我的闺蜜老红帽责编 | 兮 蛋白酶caspase-8同时具有诱导和抑制细胞死亡的功能:它可以通过死亡受体(Death receptor),比如TNFR1来诱导细胞凋亡(Apoptosis)【1】,同时,也可以通过激酶RIPK3和MLKL来抑制细胞坏死(Necroptosis)【2-4】。caspase-8缺失或者突变(CASP8 C362A)的小鼠呈现胚胎致死现象【4,5】,但是,Casp8C362A/C362AMlkl−/− 小鼠呈现肠道萎缩和围产期死亡现象,而Casp8−/−Mlkl−/−小鼠却生存良好,这一结果说明具有酶活性和缺失酶活性的caspase-8,很可能在细胞死亡过程中行使不同的功能。 2019年11月14日,来自美国Genentech公司的Vishva M. Dixit研究组在Nature杂志上发表题为Activity of caspase-8 determines plasticity between cell death pathways的研究文章,发现肠道上皮细胞的CASP8(C362A)通过活化ASC,活化蛋白酶caspase-1,从而诱导细胞死亡,而RIPK3同样参与这一现象。
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