Entry
Name
Apoptosis - Mus musculus (house mouse)
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
Mus musculus (house mouse) [GN:
mmu ]
Gene
22035 Tnfsf10; tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 10 [KO:K04721 ]
21933 Tnfrsf10b; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 10b [KO:K04722 ]
14082 Fadd; Fas associated via death domain [KO:K02373 ]
21937 Tnfrsf1a; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 1a [KO:K03158 ]
71609 Tradd; TNFRSF1A-associated via death domain [KO:K03171 ]
12633 Cflar; CASP8 and FADD-like apoptosis regulator [KO:K04724 ]
12122 Bid; BH3 interacting domain death agonist [KO:K04726 ]
66593 Diablo; diablo, IAP-binding mitochondrial protein [KO:K10522 ]
11783 Apaf1; apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1 [KO:K02084 ]
18646 Prf1; perforin 1 (pore forming protein) [KO:K07818 ]
17210 Mcl1; myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 [KO:K02539 ]
20740 Sptan1; spectrin alpha, non-erythrocytic 1 [KO:K06114 ]
13347 Dffa; DNA fragmentation factor, alpha subunit [KO:K02310 ]
13368 Dffb; DNA fragmentation factor, beta subunit [KO:K02311 ] [EC:3.-.-.-]
26926 Aifm1; apoptosis-inducing factor, mitochondrion-associated 1 [KO:K04727 ] [EC:1.-.-.-]
16438 Itpr1; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor 1 [KO:K04958 ]
16439 Itpr2; inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor 2 [KO:K04959 ]
16440 Itpr3; inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor 3 [KO:K04960 ]
13666 Eif2ak3; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 3 [KO:K08860 ] [EC:2.7.11.1 ]
13665 Eif2s1; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2, subunit 1 alpha [KO:K03237 ]
11911 Atf4; activating transcription factor 4 [KO:K04374 ]
13198 Ddit3; DNA-damage inducible transcript 3 [KO:K04452 ]
11797 Birc2; baculoviral IAP repeat-containing 2 [KO:K16060 ]
11796 Birc3; baculoviral IAP repeat-containing 3 [KO:K16060 ]
11799 Birc5; baculoviral IAP repeat-containing 5 [KO:K08731 ]
13163 Daxx; Fas death domain-associated protein [KO:K02308 ]
69601 Dab2ip; disabled 2 interacting protein [KO:K19901 ]
12015 Bad; BCL2-associated agonist of cell death [KO:K02158 ]
22059 Trp53; transformation related protein 53 [KO:K04451 ]
12123 Hrk; harakiri, BCL2 interacting protein (contains only BH3 domain) [KO:K02512 ]
16151 Ikbkg; inhibitor of kappaB kinase gamma [KO:K07210 ]
18035 Nfkbia; nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells inhibitor, alpha [KO:K04734 ]
18033 Nfkb1; nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells 1, p105 [KO:K02580 ]
19697 Rela; v-rel reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene homolog A (avian) [KO:K04735 ]
19249 Ptpn13; protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 13 [KO:K02374 ]
13197 Gadd45a; growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible 45 alpha [KO:K04402 ]
17873 Gadd45b; growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible 45 beta [KO:K04402 ]
23882 Gadd45g; growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible 45 gamma [KO:K04402 ]
22029 Traf1; TNF receptor-associated factor 1 [KO:K03172 ]
12047 Bcl2a1d; B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 related protein A1d [KO:K02162 ]
12044 Bcl2a1a; B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 related protein A1a [KO:K02162 ]
12045 Bcl2a1b; B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 related protein A1b [KO:K02162 ]
12046 Bcl2a1c; B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 related protein A1c [KO:K02162 ]
57913 Pidd1; p53 induced death domain protein 1 [KO:K10130 ]
58801 Pmaip1; phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1 [KO:K10131 ]
16188 Il3ra; interleukin 3 receptor, alpha chain [KO:K04737 ]
12984 Csf2rb2; colony stimulating factor 2 receptor, beta 2, low-affinity (granulocyte-macrophage) [KO:K04738 ]
12983 Csf2rb; colony stimulating factor 2 receptor, beta, low-affinity (granulocyte-macrophage) [KO:K04738 ]
18706 Pik3ca; phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
18707 Pik3cd; phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
74769 Pik3cb; phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
18709 Pik3r2; phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 2 [KO:K02649 ]
18708 Pik3r1; phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 1 [KO:K02649 ]
18710 Pik3r3; phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 3 [KO:K02649 ]
15461 Hras; Harvey rat sarcoma virus oncogene [KO:K02833 ]
16653 Kras; Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog [KO:K07827 ]
Compound
C05981 Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Savitskaya MA, Onishchenko GE
Title
Mechanisms of Apoptosis.
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Reference
Authors
Schleich K, Lavrik IN
Title
Mathematical modeling of apoptosis.
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Reference
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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Reference
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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Reference
Authors
Philchenkov A
Title
Caspases: potential targets for regulating cell death.
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Reference
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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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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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.
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