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Main Authors: Chen, Yuan, Wu, Meng, Yuan, Zihao, Wang, Qingyue, Xu, Hang, Sun, Li
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: International journal of biological macromolecules 2025
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40288723/
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author Chen, Yuan
Wu, Meng
Yuan, Zihao
Wang, Qingyue
Xu, Hang
Sun, Li
author_facet Chen, Yuan
Wu, Meng
Yuan, Zihao
Wang, Qingyue
Xu, Hang
Sun, Li
Chen, Yuan
Wu, Meng
Yuan, Zihao
Wang, Qingyue
Xu, Hang
Sun, Li
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Cnidaria XIAP activates caspase-mediated cell death. Chen, Yuan Wu, Meng Yuan, Zihao Wang, Qingyue Xu, Hang Sun, Li Animals X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein Caspases Ubiquitination Cnidaria Apoptosis Cell Death Amino Acid Sequence Phylogeny In vertebrates, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) is a potent inhibitor of apoptosis. XIAP inhibits apoptosis by interacting with proapoptotic caspases via its baculovirus IAP repeat (BIR) domains and mediating caspase ubiquitination via its really interesting new gene (RING) domain and ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domain. In invertebrates, and mainly in arthropods, XIAP is also known as an apoptosis inhibitor. However, no studies on basal metazoan XIAP have been documented to date. In the present work, we examined the biological activity of XIAP from the jellyfish Aurelia coerulea (AcXIAP) and other non-bilaterians. AcXIAP has three BIRs and one RING domain but lacks a UBA domain. AcXIAP enhanced the apoptosis-inducing activity of all four A. coerulea caspases identified in this study, including both initiator and effector clades. AcXIAP activated caspase via one of the BIRs, which bound and stabilized the caspase, and the RING domain, which mediated ubiquitination of the caspase p20 subunit in a lysine-independent manner. Similar caspase-activating properties were also observed in the XIAP of hydra, coral, and sponge. In hydra, XIAP knockdown markedly decreased cell death induced by an apoptosis inducer. Together these results revealed the unconventional function and working mechanism of XIAP in Cnidaria, and shed new light on the functional and structural evolution of XIAP.
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spellingShingle Cnidaria XIAP activates caspase-mediated cell death.
Chen, Yuan
Wu, Meng
Yuan, Zihao
Wang, Qingyue
Xu, Hang
Sun, Li
Animals
X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein
Caspases
Ubiquitination
Cnidaria
Apoptosis
Cell Death
Amino Acid Sequence
Phylogeny
Cnidaria XIAP activates caspase-mediated cell death. Chen, Yuan Wu, Meng Yuan, Zihao Wang, Qingyue Xu, Hang Sun, Li Animals X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein Caspases Ubiquitination Cnidaria Apoptosis Cell Death Amino Acid Sequence Phylogeny In vertebrates, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) is a potent inhibitor of apoptosis. XIAP inhibits apoptosis by interacting with proapoptotic caspases via its baculovirus IAP repeat (BIR) domains and mediating caspase ubiquitination via its really interesting new gene (RING) domain and ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domain. In invertebrates, and mainly in arthropods, XIAP is also known as an apoptosis inhibitor. However, no studies on basal metazoan XIAP have been documented to date. In the present work, we examined the biological activity of XIAP from the jellyfish Aurelia coerulea (AcXIAP) and other non-bilaterians. AcXIAP has three BIRs and one RING domain but lacks a UBA domain. AcXIAP enhanced the apoptosis-inducing activity of all four A. coerulea caspases identified in this study, including both initiator and effector clades. AcXIAP activated caspase via one of the BIRs, which bound and stabilized the caspase, and the RING domain, which mediated ubiquitination of the caspase p20 subunit in a lysine-independent manner. Similar caspase-activating properties were also observed in the XIAP of hydra, coral, and sponge. In hydra, XIAP knockdown markedly decreased cell death induced by an apoptosis inducer. Together these results revealed the unconventional function and working mechanism of XIAP in Cnidaria, and shed new light on the functional and structural evolution of XIAP.
title Cnidaria XIAP activates caspase-mediated cell death.
topic Animals
X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein
Caspases
Ubiquitination
Cnidaria
Apoptosis
Cell Death
Amino Acid Sequence
Phylogeny
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40288723/