Abstract
Glucocorticoid induces apoptosis in immature lymphocytes which is inhibitable by Bcl-2. Although glucocorticoid-mediated signal transduction is well understood, the mechanism of the induction of apoptosis by the activated glucocorticoid receptor as well as the inhibition of apoptosis by Bcl-2 remains enigmatic. Here we report that overexpressed Bcl-2 relieves the glucocorticoid receptor-mediated repressive function on the AP-1 activity and completely inhibits the activation of CPP32-like cysteine proteases. In contrast, glucocorticoid receptor-mediated transactivation was not affected by Bcl-2. This suggests that glucocorticoid may induce apoptosis by repressing transactivation by AP-1 which is relieved by Bcl-2. Furthermore, we report evidence that, in contrast with CPP32-like proteases, ICE-like proteases are not involved in this apoptotic pathway.
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