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| Author(s): |
Luciana Paroneto Medina
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2011-09-08 |
| Examining board members: |
Joao Gustavo Pessini Amarante Mendes;
Roger Chammas;
Ana Paula Lepique
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| Advisor: | Joao Gustavo Pessini Amarante Mendes |
| Abstract | |
The death process by apoptosis can be divided into two pathways: intrinsic and extrinsic. The signaling by FAS (extrinsic) may occur in a mitochondrial independent (Type I cells) or dependent (Type II cells) manner. It is important to consider that: 1) Previous results demonstrated that sub-lethal doses of CHX were able to sensitize type I and type II cells to apoptosis and to convert type II cells into type I; 2) One of the mechanisms involved can be FAS recruitment to \"lipid rafts\"; 3) PGE2 activates PKA by increasing cAMP via EP2 and EP4, which phosphorylates of Ezrin, involved in this process; 4) PGE2 can induces apoptosis in cell lines and can to sensitize them to this process. So, we hypothesized that PGE2 could, similarly to CHX, sensitize certain cells to apoptosis and convert type II cells into type I. This effect was not observed in DO11.10 cells in which apoptosis was induced by soluble CD95L and in type I and type II cells, in which apoptosis was induced by agonist anti-FAS antibody. (AU) | |