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Mouse mammary gland involution is associated with cytochrome c release and caspase activation (2001)
Marti, Andreas ; Ritter, Philipp M. ; Jäger, Richard ; Lazar, Hedvika ; Baltzer, Anna ; Schenkel, Johannes ; Declercq, Wim ; Vandenabeele, Peter ; Jaggi, Rolf
At weaning, milk producing mammary epithelial cells undergo apoptosis and are removed by phagocytosis. Here, we show that mouse mammary gland involution is associated with mitochondrial cytochrome c release and processing of numerous caspases, including caspase-1, -3, -7, -8 and -9. Induction of caspase-3-like activity paralleled cleavage of poly-(ADP--ribose) polymerase. Dexamethasone inhibited processing of caspase-3, -7 and -8 and apoptosis, but had no effect on caspase-1 accumulation and cytochrome c release. In Bcl-2 transgenic animals, cytochrome c release, caspase activation and apoptosis were impaired. Thus, the pro-apoptotic signaling pathway in mammary epithelial cells during involution involves the release of cytochrome c and activation of caspases. It is inhibited by Bcl-2 at the mitochondrial level and by dexamethasone at a post-mitochondrial level.
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