Authors
Silvia Coppola, LGSH Ghibelli
Publication date
2000/2/1
Source
Biochemical Society Transactions
Volume
28
Issue
2
Pages
56-61
Publisher
Portland Press Ltd.
Description
New evidence suggests that physiological and damaging agents activate two different pathways of apoptotic signalling, which are mediated by protein-protein interactions and mitochondrial alterations respectively. The two pathways converge at the activation of caspase 3, the key effector of the execution phase of apoptosis, thus giving similar final results. The knowledge that different biochemical routes exist allows us to re-evaluate previous apparently contradictory results concerning the events occurring during apoptosis, and their respective roles. In particular, this applies to the role of oxidative stress and redox imbalance in the signal transduction events of apoptosis. It now appears that oxidative alterations are absent, or at least unnecessary, for the development of the physiological pathway. Instead, clear indications are emerging showing that redox imbalance is required for the damage-induced mitochondrial …
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S Coppola, L Ghibelli - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2000