| Literature DB >> 11739707 |
Masafumi Sasaki1, Kozo Miyazaki, Yasuhiro Koga, Genki Kimura, Kikuo Nomoto, Hiroki Yoshida.
Abstract
In CD4+ UE160 cells with inducible expression of gp160, mechanisms of apoptosis induced by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Env protein were analyzed. Induction of gp160 caused intracellular calcium increase followed by the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, which was inhibited by calcineurin inhibitors. Association of BAD with Bcl-xL was observed, and a portion of BAD was dephosphorylated after induction of gp160. These data suggested that calcineurin plays a role in the HIV Env-induced apoptosis in a mitochondrion-dependent way.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11739707 PMCID: PMC135701 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.1.416-420.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103