MEKK1 Is Essential for DT40 Cell Apoptosis in Response to Microtubule Disruption
Open Access
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Vol. 21 (21), 7183-7190
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.21.21.7183-7190.2001
Abstract
Vinblastine and other microtubule-damaging agents, such as nocodazole and paclitaxel, cause cell cycle arrest at the G2/M transition and promote apoptosis in eukaryotic cells. The roles of these drugs in disrupting microtubule dynamics and causing cell cycle arrest are well characterized. However, the mechanisms by which these agents promote apoptosis are poorly understood. We disrupted the MEKK1 kinase domain in chicken bursal B-cell line DT40 by homologous recombination and have shown that it is essential for both vinblastine-mediated apoptosis and vinblastine-mediated c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase activation. In addition, our data indicate that vinblastine-mediated apoptosis in DT40 cells requires new protein synthesis but does not require G2/M arrest, suggesting that vinblastine-mediated cell cycle arrest and apoptosis are two independent processes.Keywords
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