Mechanism of caspase-2 activation upon DNA damage


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Abstract

The mechanism of caspase-2 activation in response to DNA damage was studied using human ovarian cancer cells Caov-4 treated with chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin. It was shown that mutations of the three cleavage sites of caspase-2 do not affect the assembly of the macromolecular complex of caspase-2 and its activation, but, conversely, stabilize this complex, most likely, via the inhibition of the dissociation of the active caspase-2.

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V. I. Aksenova

Faculty of Basic Medicine

Email: gelina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Lomonosovsky pr. 31/5, Moscow, 119991

G. S. Kopeina

Faculty of Basic Medicine

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Email: gelina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Lomonosovsky pr. 31/5, Moscow, 119991

A. V. Zamaraev

Faculty of Basic Medicine

Email: gelina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Lomonosovsky pr. 31/5, Moscow, 119991

B. D. Zhivotovsky

Faculty of Basic Medicine; Department of Translational Inflammation, Institute of Experimental Internal Medicine

Email: gelina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Lomonosovsky pr. 31/5, Moscow, 119991; Magdeburg

I. N. Lavrik

Faculty of Basic Medicine; Department of Translational Inflammation, Institute of Experimental Internal Medicine

Email: gelina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Lomonosovsky pr. 31/5, Moscow, 119991; Magdeburg

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