Induction of a Common Pathway of Apoptosis by Staurosporine |
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Authors: | Richard Bertrand Eric Solary Patrick O'Connor Kurt W. Kohn Yves Pommier |
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Abstract: | The present observations show that staurosporine can rapidly trigger both the morphological changes and intranucleosomal DNA fragmentation typical of apoptosis. This occurred in a number of cell lines from various origins regardless of the state of differentiation and cell cycle phase, suggesting the presence of a common inducible suicide pathway. The broad apoptotic activity of staurosporine appears to be unique among other protein kinase or phosphatase inhibitors we tested. Results obtained in a cell-free assay suggest that cytoplasmic proteins directly modulated by staurosporine may be involved in a ubiquitous signal for the induction of DNA fragmentation and apoptosis. |
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