Hepatocyte Fas-associating death domain protein/mediator of receptor-induced toxicity (FADD/MORT1) levels increase in response to pro-apoptotic stimuli

Peter K.M. Kim*, Yinna Wang, Andrea Gambotto, Young Myeong Kim, Richard Weller, Brian S. Zuckerbraun, Yun Hua, Simon C. Watkins, Timothy R. Billiar

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Abstract

We examined the regulation of Fas-associating death domain (FADD) protein as an important adaptor mole. cule in apoptosis signaling and hypothesized that the regulation of FADD could contribute to hepatocyte death. FADD/mediator of receptor-induced toxicity (MORT1) is required for activation of several signaling pathways of cell death. In this study we report the interesting and unexpected result that actinomycin D increased the expression of FADD protein, and we demonstrate that other cellular stresses like ultraviolet irradiation or heat shock could also increase FADD levels in hepatocytes. In cells treated with actinomycin D, FADD levels were elevated homogeneously in the cytoplasm. The increase in cytoplasmic FADD protein by actinomycin D or FADD overexpression alone both correlated with cell death, and specific antisense inhibition of FADD expression consistently diminished ∼30% of the cell death induced by actinomycin D. These data indicate that FADD protein expression can increase rapidly in hepatocytes exposed to broadly cytotoxic agents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)38855-38862
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume277
Issue number41
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Oct 2002
Externally publishedYes

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