Anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 fails to form efficient complexes with pro-apoptotic Bak to protect from Celecoxib-induced apoptosis.

The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Celecoxib is a specific inhibitor of cyclooxygenase-2. Apart from its inhibitor function, Celecoxib induces apoptosis through the intrinsic pathway which is controlled by the Bcl-2 family members. In Jurkat T lymphoma cells, treatment with Celecoxib results in a rapid decline of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2-related protein Mcl-1. ...
The depletion of Mcl-1 is sufficient for apoptosis induction and can be blocked by overexpression of Bcl-xL but not by the close homologue Bcl-2. The present investigation analyzed the mechanism by which Bcl-xL prevents apoptosis induction whereas Bcl-2 failed to. Our data show that the involvement of the orphan nuclear receptor Nur77/TR3 specifically targeting Bcl-2 but not Bcl-xL was not involved in Celecoxib-induced apoptosis. Surprisingly, BH3-only proteins Bid, Bim, and Puma of the Bcl-2 family were not needed either. However, unlike Bcl-2, Mcl-1, and Bcl-xL sequestered Bak preventing it from activation through a direct interaction. Thus, when abundantly expressed, Bcl-xL can substitute for the loss of Mcl-1 whereas Bcl-2, incapable of forming a high affinity complex with Bak, could not.
Mesh Terms:
Apoptosis, Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Jurkat Cells, Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein, Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, Pyrazoles, Sulfonamides, bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein, bcl-X Protein
Biochem. Pharmacol.
Date: Jan. 01, 2011
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