Abstract
Cells respond to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress through the unfolded protein response (UPR), autophagy and cell death. In this study we utilized casp9+/+ and casp9-/- MEFs to determine the effect of inhibition of mitochondrial apoptosis pathway on ER stress-induced-cell death, UPR and autophagy. We observed prolonged activation of UPR and autophagy in casp9-/- cells as compared with casp9+/+ MEFs, which displayed transient activation of both pathways. Furthermore we showed that while casp9-/- MEFs were resistant to ER stress, prolonged exposure led to the activation of a non-canonical, caspase-mediated mode of cell death.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 367-373 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 451 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29 Aug 2014 |
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- Authors
- Deegan, S,Saveljeva, S,Gupta, S,MacDonald, DC,Samali, A