The Bax Subfamily of Bcl2-Related Proteins Is Essential for Apoptotic Signal Transduction by c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase
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- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Vol. 22 (13) , 4929-4942
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.22.13.4929-4942.2002
Abstract
Targeted gene disruption studies have established that the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway is required for stress-induced release of mitochondrial cytochrome c and apoptosis. Here we demonstrate that activated JNK is sufficient to induce rapid cytochrome c release and apoptosis. However, activated JNK fails to cause death in cells deficient of members of the Bax subfamily of proapoptotic Bcl2-related proteins. Furthermore, exposure to stress fails to activate Bax, cause cytochrome c release, and induce death in JNK-deficient cells. These data demonstrate that proapoptotic members of the Bax protein subfamily are essential for JNK-dependent apoptosis.Keywords
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