Protein Information

ID 484
Name calpain (protein family or complex)
Synonyms calpain; calpains

Compound Information

ID 456
Name cycloheximide
CAS

Reference

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
18647593 Ozaki Y, Kato T, Kitagawa M, Fujita H, Kitagawa S: Calpain inhibition delays neutrophil apoptosis via cyclic AMP-independent activation of protein kinase A and protein kinase A-mediated stabilization of Mcl-1 and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP). Arch Biochem Biophys. 2008 Sep 15;477(2):227-31. Epub 2008 Jul 11.
Human neutrophils underwent spontaneous apoptosis, which was accompanied with proteasome-mediated degradation of Mcl-1 and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP). Calpain inhibitors (PD150606 and N-acetyl-Leu-Leu-Nle-CHO) prevented spontaneous neutrophil apoptosis and degradation of Mcl-1 and XIAP, and the effects of calpain inhibitors on neutrophils were resistant to cycloheximide. Calpain inhibitors induced protein kinase A (PKA) activation, which was unaccompanied with an increase in intracellular cyclic AMP. Calpain inhibition-mediated delayed neutrophil apoptosis, stabilization of Mcl-1 and XIAP, and phosphorylation of PKA substrates were suppressed by H-89 (specific PKA inhibitor). These findings suggest that calpain inhibition delays neutrophil apoptosis via cyclic AMP-independent activation of PKA and PKA-mediated stabilization of Mcl-1 and XIAP.
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