RETRACTED: Proapoptotic BAX and BAK modulate the unfolded protein response by a direct interaction with IRE1alpha - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2006 Apr 28;312(5773):572-6.

doi: 10.1126/science.1123480.

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RETRACTED: Proapoptotic BAX and BAK modulate the unfolded protein response by a direct interaction with IRE1alpha

Claudio Hetz et al. Science. 2006.

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Accumulation of misfolded protein in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) triggers an adaptive stress response-termed the unfolded protein response (UPR)-mediated by the ER transmembrane protein kinase and endoribonuclease inositol-requiring enzyme-1alpha (IRE1alpha). We investigated UPR signaling events in mice in the absence of the proapoptotic BCL-2 family members BAX and BAK [double knockout (DKO)]. DKO mice responded abnormally to tunicamycin-induced ER stress in the liver, with extensive tissue damage and decreased expression of the IRE1 substrate X-box-binding protein 1 and its target genes. ER-stressed DKO cells showed deficient IRE1alpha signaling. BAX and BAK formed a protein complex with the cytosolic domain of IRE1alpha that was essential for IRE1alpha activation. Thus, BAX and BAK function at the ER membrane to activate IRE1alpha signaling and to provide a physical link between members of the core apoptotic pathway and the UPR.

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