TY - JOUR
T1 - Linking of N-Myc to death receptor machinery in neuroblastoma cells
AU - Cui, Hongjuan
AU - Li, Tai
AU - Ding, Han Fei
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005/3/11
Y1 - 2005/3/11
N2 - The oncogene MYCN is amplified in aggressive neuroblastomas in which caspase-8, an essential component of death receptor pathways, is frequently inactivated, suggesting a critical role of death receptor-mediated apoptosis in suppression of N-Myc oncogenic activity. Elevated levels of N-Myc sensitize neuroblastoma cells to apoptosis induced by various death ligands. Using tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-induced apoptosis as a model, we define the mechanism underlying the sensitization effect. In neuroblastoma cells with increased expression of N-Myc, TRAIL triggers high levels of caspase-8 activation and Bid cleavage, leading to release of cytochrome c and Smac/DIABLO from mitochondria. However, the apoptotic process requires Smac/DIABLO, but not cytochrome c-mediated caspase-8 activation. N-Myc sensitizes neuroblastoma cells to TRAIL by up-regulating TRAIL receptor-2/DR5/KILLER and Bid. Moreover, DR5 mRNA is increased after N-Myc overexpression, and the human DR5 promoter contains two noncanonical E-boxes critical for the transcriptional activation by N-Myc. These findings establish a mechanistic link between N-Myc and death receptor machinery, which may serve as a checkpoint to guard the cell from N-Myc-initiated tumorigenesis.
AB - The oncogene MYCN is amplified in aggressive neuroblastomas in which caspase-8, an essential component of death receptor pathways, is frequently inactivated, suggesting a critical role of death receptor-mediated apoptosis in suppression of N-Myc oncogenic activity. Elevated levels of N-Myc sensitize neuroblastoma cells to apoptosis induced by various death ligands. Using tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-induced apoptosis as a model, we define the mechanism underlying the sensitization effect. In neuroblastoma cells with increased expression of N-Myc, TRAIL triggers high levels of caspase-8 activation and Bid cleavage, leading to release of cytochrome c and Smac/DIABLO from mitochondria. However, the apoptotic process requires Smac/DIABLO, but not cytochrome c-mediated caspase-8 activation. N-Myc sensitizes neuroblastoma cells to TRAIL by up-regulating TRAIL receptor-2/DR5/KILLER and Bid. Moreover, DR5 mRNA is increased after N-Myc overexpression, and the human DR5 promoter contains two noncanonical E-boxes critical for the transcriptional activation by N-Myc. These findings establish a mechanistic link between N-Myc and death receptor machinery, which may serve as a checkpoint to guard the cell from N-Myc-initiated tumorigenesis.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M410450200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M410450200
M3 - Article
C2 - 15632181
AN - SCOPUS:15744404006
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 280
SP - 9474
EP - 9481
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 10
ER -