Publication Date:
2000-05-08
Description:
The c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) is activated when cells are exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. However, the functional consequence of JNK activation in UV-irradiated cells has not been established. It is shown here that JNK is required for UV-induced apoptosis in primary murine embryonic fibroblasts. Fibroblasts with simultaneous targeted disruptions of all the functional Jnk genes were protected against UV-stimulated apoptosis. The absence of JNK caused a defect in the mitochondrial death signaling pathway, including the failure to release cytochrome c. These data indicate that mitochondria are influenced by proapoptotic signal transduction through the JNK pathway.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tournier, C -- Hess, P -- Yang, D D -- Xu, J -- Turner, T K -- Nimnual, A -- Bar-Sagi, D -- Jones, S N -- Flavell, R A -- Davis, R J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 May 5;288(5467):870-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10797012" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Apoptosis
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Apoptotic Protease-Activating Factor 1
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Caspase 3
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Caspase 9
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Caspases/metabolism
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Cell Count
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Cell Division
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Cells, Cultured
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Cytochrome c Group/*metabolism
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DNA Fragmentation
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Enzyme Activation
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Fibroblasts
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Gene Targeting
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JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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MAP Kinase Signaling System
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Methyl Methanesulfonate/pharmacology
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Mice
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Mitochondria/metabolism
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Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism
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NF-kappa B/metabolism
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*Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases
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Proteins/metabolism
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
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Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
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Ultraviolet Rays
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
