Objective BH3 domain protein plays an important role in control mechanism of cell apoptosis.The article mainly discusses its mechanism of promoting cell apoptosis and control.Methods The article analyzed and evaluated...Objective BH3 domain protein plays an important role in control mechanism of cell apoptosis.The article mainly discusses its mechanism of promoting cell apoptosis and control.Methods The article analyzed and evaluated the mechanism of BH3 domain protein promoting cell apoptosis by internal and overseas literature.Results Activation of BH3 domain protein could promote the increase of mitochondrial membrane permeability,then it would start mitochondrial apoptosis pathway,and at the last the cell apoptosis.Conclusions BH3 domain protein is the necessary condition of starting cell apoptosis.Its activation can cause cell apoptosis.展开更多
The BH3 mimetics targeting the interaction between the BH3-only proteins and their prosurvival Bcl-2family proteins have shown enormous potential as cancer therapeutics. Herein, seven analogues targeting anti-apoptoti...The BH3 mimetics targeting the interaction between the BH3-only proteins and their prosurvival Bcl-2family proteins have shown enormous potential as cancer therapeutics. Herein, seven analogues targeting anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins derived from the Bim BH3 domain via sequence simplification and/or modification are described. The in vitro binding affinity on anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins and cell killing activity were evaluated. The results showed that analogues could significantly bind to target proteins and exhibited anti-cancer effect against three cancer cell lines. Of particular interest were the analogue SM-5（KD= 9.48 nmol/L for Bcl-2） and SM-6（KD= 0.08 nmol/L for Bcl-xL）, which exhibited improved binding affinity compared with the lead Bim（KD= 16.90 nmol/L for Bcl-2 and 22.2 nmol/L for Bcl-xL, respectively）. These results indicated that the peptide sequence containing the four hydrophobic side chains occupying pockets within the BH3-recognition cleft of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins might be the minimum sequence required for the bioactivity and the active core region of Bim. Promising inhibitors of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins with high bioactivity might be designed based on the active core.展开更多
One group of Bcl-2 protein family,which shares only the BH3 domain(BH3-only),is critically involved in the regulation of programmed cell death.Herein we demonstrated a novel human BH3-only protein(designated as Bop)wh...One group of Bcl-2 protein family,which shares only the BH3 domain(BH3-only),is critically involved in the regulation of programmed cell death.Herein we demonstrated a novel human BH3-only protein(designated as Bop)which could induce apoptosis in a BH3 domain-dependent manner.Further analysis indicated that Bop mainly localized to mitochondria and used its BH3 domain to contact the loop regions of voltage dependent anion channel 1(VDAC1)in the outer mitochondrial membrane.In addition,purified Bop protein induced the loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential(ΔΨm)and the release of cytochrome c.Furthermore,Bop used its BH3 domain to contact pro-survival Bcl-2 family members(Bcl-2,Bcl-XL,Mcl-1,A1 and Bcl-w),which could inhibit Bop-induced apoptosis.Bop would be constrained by pro-survival Bcl-2 proteins in resting cells,because Bop became released from phosphorylated Bcl-2 induced by microtubule-interfering agent like vincristine(VCR).Indeed,knockdown experiments indicated that Bop was partially required for VCR induced cell death.Finally,Bop might need to function through Bak and Bax,likely by releasing Bak from Bcl-XL sequestration.In conclusion,Bop may be a novel BH3-only factor that can engage with the regulatory network of Bcl-2 family members to process intrinsic apoptotic signaling.展开更多
文摘Objective BH3 domain protein plays an important role in control mechanism of cell apoptosis.The article mainly discusses its mechanism of promoting cell apoptosis and control.Methods The article analyzed and evaluated the mechanism of BH3 domain protein promoting cell apoptosis by internal and overseas literature.Results Activation of BH3 domain protein could promote the increase of mitochondrial membrane permeability,then it would start mitochondrial apoptosis pathway,and at the last the cell apoptosis.Conclusions BH3 domain protein is the necessary condition of starting cell apoptosis.Its activation can cause cell apoptosis.
基金financially supported by Postdoctoral Applied Research Project of Qingdao(No.861605040085,to CZ,SW)Grant of Innovation Plan in Biomedical Research of Qingdao City(No.15-10-3-15-(28)-zch,to SW)
文摘The BH3 mimetics targeting the interaction between the BH3-only proteins and their prosurvival Bcl-2family proteins have shown enormous potential as cancer therapeutics. Herein, seven analogues targeting anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins derived from the Bim BH3 domain via sequence simplification and/or modification are described. The in vitro binding affinity on anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins and cell killing activity were evaluated. The results showed that analogues could significantly bind to target proteins and exhibited anti-cancer effect against three cancer cell lines. Of particular interest were the analogue SM-5（KD= 9.48 nmol/L for Bcl-2） and SM-6（KD= 0.08 nmol/L for Bcl-xL）, which exhibited improved binding affinity compared with the lead Bim（KD= 16.90 nmol/L for Bcl-2 and 22.2 nmol/L for Bcl-xL, respectively）. These results indicated that the peptide sequence containing the four hydrophobic side chains occupying pockets within the BH3-recognition cleft of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins might be the minimum sequence required for the bioactivity and the active core region of Bim. Promising inhibitors of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins with high bioactivity might be designed based on the active core.
基金supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30600104)to H.T and(Grant No.31000403)to L.PMinistry of Science and Technology of China(No.2009CB522506)to H.T.and(No.2012CB518900)to L.P。
文摘One group of Bcl-2 protein family,which shares only the BH3 domain(BH3-only),is critically involved in the regulation of programmed cell death.Herein we demonstrated a novel human BH3-only protein(designated as Bop)which could induce apoptosis in a BH3 domain-dependent manner.Further analysis indicated that Bop mainly localized to mitochondria and used its BH3 domain to contact the loop regions of voltage dependent anion channel 1(VDAC1)in the outer mitochondrial membrane.In addition,purified Bop protein induced the loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential(ΔΨm)and the release of cytochrome c.Furthermore,Bop used its BH3 domain to contact pro-survival Bcl-2 family members(Bcl-2,Bcl-XL,Mcl-1,A1 and Bcl-w),which could inhibit Bop-induced apoptosis.Bop would be constrained by pro-survival Bcl-2 proteins in resting cells,because Bop became released from phosphorylated Bcl-2 induced by microtubule-interfering agent like vincristine(VCR).Indeed,knockdown experiments indicated that Bop was partially required for VCR induced cell death.Finally,Bop might need to function through Bak and Bax,likely by releasing Bak from Bcl-XL sequestration.In conclusion,Bop may be a novel BH3-only factor that can engage with the regulatory network of Bcl-2 family members to process intrinsic apoptotic signaling.
