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D A Martin1, L Zheng, R M Siegel, B Huang, G H Fisher, J Wang, C E Jackson, J M Puck, J Dale, S E Straus, M E Peter, P H Krammer, S Fesik, M J Lenardo.
Abstract
Heterozygous mutations in the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) receptor occur in most individuals with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) and dominantly interfere with apoptosis by an unknown mechanism. We show that local or global alterations in the structure of the cytoplasmic death domain from nine independent ALPS CD95 death-domain mutations result in a failure to bind the FADD/MORT1 signaling protein. Despite heterozygosity for the abnormal allele, lymphocytes from ALPS patients showed markedly decreased FADD association and a loss of caspase recruitment and activation after CD95 crosslinking. These data suggest that intracytoplasmic CD95 mutations in ALPS impair apoptosis chiefly by disrupting death-domain interactions with the signaling protein FADD/MORT1.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10200300 PMCID: PMC16370 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.8.4552
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205