Slee E A, Zhu H, Chow S C, MacFarlane M, Nicholson D W, Cohen G M
MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, U.K.
Biochem J. 1996 Apr 1;315 ( Pt 1)(Pt 1):21-4. doi: 10.1042/bj3150021.
Interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE)-like proteases, which are synthesized as inactive precursors, play a key role in the induction of apoptosis. We now demonstrate that benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp (OMe) fluoromethylketone (Z-VAD.FMK), an ICE-like protease inhibitor, inhibits apoptosis by preventing the processing of CPP32 to its active form. These results suggest that novel inhibitors of apoptosis can be developed which prevent processing of proforms of ICE-like proteases.
白细胞介素-1β转化酶(ICE)样蛋白酶以无活性前体形式合成,在细胞凋亡诱导中起关键作用。我们现在证明,苄氧羰基-Val-Ala-Asp(OMe)氟甲基酮(Z-VAD.FMK),一种ICE样蛋白酶抑制剂,通过阻止CPP32加工成其活性形式来抑制细胞凋亡。这些结果表明,可以开发新型凋亡抑制剂,其可阻止ICE样蛋白酶前体形式的加工。