Apoptosis

細胞生物學導論
Apoptosis
To be or not to be, that is the question
2015-05-06
Outline
Types of cell death
 Apoptosis: morphology and biochemical changes
 Caspase cascade
 Bcl-2 family
 Signal to activate apoptosis:
 Fas and extrinsic pathway
 Mitochondria and intrinsic pathway
 Apoptosis and disease
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Programmed Cell Death
a)
b)
c)
d)
a healthy cell
a necrotic cell
an apoptotic cell
an autophagic cell
Nikoletopoulou et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) 2013;1833:3448
Autophagy: dynamic recycling
system
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Degradation of cytoplasmic components
through the lysosomal machinery
Formation of autophagosome
Without chromatin condensation
Cell Death and Differentiation (2005)
Degraded product
Glucose, protein, energy
Crosstalk
DieDderich et al. Biotech Adv .2014
Other types of cell death
 Anoikis
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:
apoptois triggered by loss of anchorage to extracellular
matrix (leaving home)
 Exitotoxicity
 Wallerian
degeneration
Blue: nuclei
Red: integrin
Green: apoptotic cells
Biological significance of apoptosis
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Normal development and homeostasis
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In response to stress (eg. DNA damage)
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Dysregulation : development and survival of tumors
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Terminology
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Programmed cell death
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Developmental cell death
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Caspase-independent apoptosis
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Cell death induced by …..
Apoptosis: morphology
 Chromatin aggregation at nuclear membrane
 Membrane blebbing,but no loss of integrity
 Shrinkage of cytoplasm and condensation of
nucleus
 Fragmentation of cells into small bodies
 Vesicles (apoptotic bodies)
 Mitochondria become leaky
Blebbing
Apoptosis 2005; 10: 201
Apoptotic bodies
The Biology of Cancer (© Garland Science 2007)
Biochemical changes of apoptosis
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Cleavage of nuclear DNA
1.
DNA laddering (Internucleosomal DNA fragmentation)
TUNEL (TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling)
2.
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Phosphatidylserine and Annexin V
Cytochrome c relocation
Electrical potential changes in Mitochondria
Internucleosomal DNA fragmentation
(DNA laddering)
endonuclease
Mcllroy et al. Genes Dev. 2000; 14: 549
Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase –mediated
dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL)
3’
5’
TdT
dUTP
Biotin
V: villi; L: lumen
Gavrieli Y, Sherman Y, Ben‐Sasson SA. JCB (1992)
Label
Externalization of phosphatidylserine on
outer leaflet of plasma membrane
Annexin V:
compete for phosphatidylserine binding sites with prothrombin
Red: Annexin V
Green: cytochrome c
Nature Cell Biology, cover page (2000;3)
Cyotchrome C relocation
Ella Bossy-Wetzel et al. EMBO 1998
Caspases ( cysteine aspartate protease)
A family of cysteine proteases cleave aspartate residues
Proteolysis
Specific, irreversible process (cell cycle, cell death)
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Most proteases are synthesized as precursors
Proteases can regulate their own activation
Where there are proteases, there are inhibitors
Adapted from Thornberry NA, Lazebnik Y.
Science 1998;281:1312
Apoptosis - carried out by Caspases
Pro-apoptotic stimulus
Procaspase
Initiator caspases
Effector caspases
Apoptosis
Caspase, cysteine aspartase.
Caspase
cascade
Active form: heterotetramer
Thornberry NA. Science 1998:281:1312
Caspases in action
Effector caspsases , substrate and morphology
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Caspase-3 cleaved gelsolin : severe actin filaments
Gelsolin: actin-binding protein-actin assembly / disassembly
•Neutrophils lacking gelsolin had delayed onset of blebbing
Wild type
Gelsolin knock-out
Kothakota S et al. Science 1997;278:294
Effector caspsases , substrate and morphology
Cleave the inhibitor
Caspase 3  ICAD CAD: inter-nucleosome cleavage
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CAD: caspase-activated DNase
Nagata S. Exp Cell Res 2000;256:12
Signals to activate caspases
Adapted from Ashkenazi A.
Nat Rev Cancer 2002;2:420
Pro-apoptotic ligand
Extrinsic
pathway
Pro-apoptotic receptor
Caspases
BAX
Mitochondria
BCL2
PUMA
Apoptosis
Stress
BCL2, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma 2; PUMA, p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis.
Intrinsic
pathway
Extrinsic pathway of apoptosis
Adapted from Ashkenazi A.
Nat Rev Cancer 2002;2:420
Pro-apoptotic ligand
DR
DR: death receptor
•Intracellular death domain
FADD
Pro- caspases
FADD
Caspase 8,10
Caspase 3, 6, 7
Apoptosis
Fas-associated death domain
The Extrinsic Apoptosis Pathway
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Activation of death receptors by pro-apoptotic ligands (eg,FAS
ligand)
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Ligand-binding: assembly of the death-inducing signaling
complex (DISC)
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Recruitment of initiator caspases (8 and 10): through the adaptor
Fas-associated death domain (FADD)
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Caspases 8 and 10 activate effector caspases 3, 6, and 7, leading to
apoptosis
TRAIL
(TNF-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand)
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Activate apoptosis in cancer cells
Anti-tumor immune surveillance by NK cells
TRAIL -/- mice: tumor metastasis and formation
Function: Kill transformed cells?
Cancer cells sensitive to TRAIL-mediated apoptosis
DR4
Apo2L : apoptosis-inducing ligand 2
TRAIL: TNF - Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
DR5
Ashkenazi A. Nat Rev Cancer
2002;2:420
Activated caspase 3, 6, and 7 execute apoptosis
Pro-apoptotic ligand
DR5
Cell-extrinsic
pathway
DR4
DNA damage
FADD
FLIP
FLIP, (FADD-like interleukin 1β-converting enzyme) inhibitory protein
Procaspase 8, 10
Caspase 8, 10
Caspase 3, 6, 7
Apoptosis
Activation of Fas by Fas-ligand on killer lymphocyte
DISC: death inducing
signal complex
Figure 18-6 Molecular Biology of the Cell (© Garland Science 2008)
Death receptors
Combination therapy of established cancer using a histone
deacetylase inhibitor and a TRAIL receptor agonist
MD5-1: TRAIL receptor agonist
PNAS 2008; 105:11317
To avoid inappropriate activation of death receptor
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Decoy receptors (without death domain)
Intracellular blocking protein: competes for binding on DISC
and lacks proteolytic domain (eg,FLIP)
FLIP: FADD-like interleukin 1βconverting enzyme inhibitory
protein
Extrinsic pathway
Gewirtz et al. Apoptosis, senescence, and cancer
Pathways leading to necroptosis
Nature 2015;517:311
Adapted from Ashkenazi A.
Nat Rev Cancer 2002;2:420–430
Intrinsic pathway of apoptosis
Chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
Hypoxia
DNA damage
p53
Apaf 1:
apoptotic protease activating factor-1
Mitochondria
Cytochrome c
Caspase 9
Caspase 3, 6, 7
Apoptosis
Apaf 1
Apoptosome
Cytochrome C, Apaf1 and apoptosome
CARD: caspase recruitment domain
Figure 18-8 Molecular Biology of the Cell (© Garland Science 2008)
Bcl-2 proteins regulate the intrinsic pathway
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By controlling the release of cytochrome c into cytosol
Science 1985;228:1440
bcl-2 (B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2) gene
Bcl-2 families
BH:Bcl2-homology
TM: transmembrane domain
Shibue T.et al. Int J Cancer 2006;119:2036
Binding selectivies of BH3-only proteins
Proapoptotic
BH123
BH3-only
Anti-apoptotic
Shibue T.et al. Int J Cancer 2006;119:2036
Translocation of BAX from cytosol to mitochondria
BAK
Translocation
of BAX
: Anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein, eg Bcl-xL
Figure 18-10 Molecular Biology of the Cell (© Garland Science 2008)
The induction of apoptosis via Bcl-2 family proteins
starts from the activation of BH3-only proteins
Shibue Int. J. Cancer 2006: 119, 2036
Regulation by Bcl-2 families
BH123 BH1234BH3-only
BH3-only
•Neutralize Bcl-2
•Bind to BaK
Gewirtz et al. Apoptosis, senescence, and cancer
BH3-only protein
activation
•Pro-apoptotic
•Link between stimuli
and intrinsic pathway
•Link between extrinsic
and intrinsic pathway
Shibue T.et al. Int J Cancer
2006;119:2036
Interaction between PUMA and Bcl-XL or Bax
in the mitochondria of hippocampus after cerebral ischemia
Niizuma, K. et al. Stroke 2009;40:618
Inhibitors of apoptosis (IAPs)
Regulatory Mechanisms Converging on Caspases
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Found in insect viruses (Baculoviruses)
Prevent the hosts from killing themselves by apoptosis
Bind to and inhibit activated caspases
Human IAP proteins
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NIAP:neuronal IAP
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CIAP: cellular IAP
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XIAP: X chromosome-linked IAP
Anti-IAPs
- bind to and neutralize of IAPs
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Drosophila : Reaper, Grim, Hid
Mammals: Smac (DIABLO), Omi
Produced in response to various apoptotic stimuli
Regulation by IAP proteins (mammals)
SMAC: second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase
Gewirtz et al. Apoptosis, senescence, and cancer
Extracellular survival factors inhibit
apoptosis
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Animal cells require signaling from other cells to avoid apoptosis
Find-me and eat-me :
signals in apoptotic cell clearance
Ravichandran J. Exp. Med. 2010:207:1807
Disease associated with apoptosis
Decreased apoptosis
Increased apoptosis
Cancer
Ischemic injury
Auto immune disorder
Neurodegenerative disorder
Virus infection
AIDS
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Myelodysplastic syndrome
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Adapted from Ashkenazi A. Nat Rev Cancer 2002;2:420–430
Two Major Apoptosis Signaling Pathways
Pro-apoptotic ligand
DR5
Extrinsic pathway
Chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
DR4
DNA damage
p53
FADD
FLIP
PUMA, NOXA
BID
BAX, BAK
Procaspase 8, 10
Intrinsic pathway
BCL2, BCLXL,
MCL1
Mitochondria
Caspase 8, 10
Caspase 9
Caspase 3, 6, 7
Cytochrome c
SMAC/DIABLO
APAF1
IAP
p53
Apoptosis
DNA damage
APAF1, apoptotic protease activating factor-1; BAK, BCL2 homologous antagonist/killer; BAX, BCL2-associated protein; BCLXL,
BCL2-like 1; BID, BH3-interacting domain death agonist; DR, death receptor; FADD, Fas-associated death domain; FLIP, FLICE
(FADD-like interleukin 1β-converting enzyme) inhibitory protein; IAP, inhibitor of apoptosis protein; MCL1, myeloid cell leukemia
sequence 1 (BCL2-related); PUMA, p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis; SMAC/DIABLO: second mitochondria-derived
activator of caspase/direct IAP binding protein with low pI.