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  • Title: Caspase 3-mediated focal adhesion kinase processing in human ovarian cancer cells: possible regulation by X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein.
    Author: Sasaki H, Kotsuji F, Tsang BK.
    Journal: Gynecol Oncol; 2002 May; 85(2):339-50. PubMed ID: 11972398.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Cell adhesion is an important cell survival determinant and disruption of integrin-mediated signal transduction may be involved in anchorage-dependent cell death. We have examined the processing of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a component of integrin-mediated signal transduction, in a cisplatin-sensitive human ovarian epithelial cancer cell line (OV2008), to test the possible role of FAK degradation in the control of apoptosis via regulation of cell attachment. METHODS: FAK processing after cisplatin treatment in the absence or presence of various caspase-inhibiting substances was analyzed by Western blot. Caspase-inhibiting activities were introduced using cell-permeable peptides or adenoviral vector. RESULTS: Cisplatin-induced caspase 3 and FAK cleavage, cell detachment from the growth surface, and apoptosis in a temporally related and concentration-dependent manner. FAK fragments were detected exclusively in cells detached from the culture surface. Addition of active caspase 3 to the whole cell lysate elicited a similar pattern of FAK cleavage. Pretreatment of whole cell lysates and cells with tetrapeptide inhibitors of caspases significantly decreased FAK cleavage induced by exogenous active caspase 3 and cisplatin, respectively. Overexpression of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (Xiap), an endogenous caspase inhibitor, attenuated the cisplatin-induced FAK processing, morphologic changes, and apoptosis. The inhibitory action of Xiap was abolished with the deletion of a functional motif required for caspase inhibition. CONCLUSION: These findings are consistent with our hypothesis that FAK processing is in part mediated by caspase 3, the activation of which is modulated by Xiap.
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