Bcl2-L-10, a novel anti-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family, blocks apoptosis in the mitochondria death pathway but not in the death receptor pathway - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2001 Oct 1;10(21):2329-39.

doi: 10.1093/hmg/10.21.2329.

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Bcl2-L-10, a novel anti-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family, blocks apoptosis in the mitochondria death pathway but not in the death receptor pathway

H Zhang et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2001.

Abstract

By GenBank database searches and PCR, we have identified a novel human Bcl2-like gene, Bcl2-L-10, which contains conserved BH4, BH1 and BH2 domains but lacks BH3 domain. The Bcl2-L-10 gene has been assigned to chromosome 15q21.2. Transfection experiments demonstrated that Bcl2-L-10 can block apoptosis induced by interleukin-3 withdrawal and Bax expression, by prevention of cytochrome C release, caspase-3 activation and mitochondrial membrane potential collapse. Bcl2-L-10 cannot block TNFalpha-induced apoptosis. Furthermore, both the BH4 domain and the transmembrane domain of Bcl2-L-10 are necessary for its suppressive action on cell death. Our results demonstrated that Bcl2-L-10 is a newly detected anti-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family and that it blocks apoptosis in the mitochondrial death pathway but not in the death receptor pathway.

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