Scythe cleavage during Fas (APO-1)-and staurosporine-mediated apoptosis |
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Authors: | Preta Giulio Fadeel Bengt |
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Affiliation: | Division of Molecular Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | Scythe is a nuclear protein that has been implicated in the apoptotic process in Drosophila melanogaster; however, its role in apoptosis of mammalian cells is not fully elucidated. Here we show that cleavage of Scythe by caspase-3 occurs after activation of both the extrinsic (i.e. Fas/APO-1-mediated) and the intrinsic (i.e. staurosporine-induced) apoptosis pathway. Moreover, this caspase-dependent cleavage correlates with Scythe translocation from the nucleus to the cytosol. We also show that cytosolic re-localization of Scythe is required for Fas/APO-1-triggered phosphatidylserine (PS) exposure, a signal for macrophage clearance of apoptotic cells. Our data suggest that Scythe cleavage may represent a marker for caspase-3 activation and implicate cytosolic re-localization of Scythe in the pathway of PS exposure. |
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