Ezrin is a negative regulator of death receptor-induced apoptosis

Oncogene
W-C KuoM-Z Lai

Abstract

Ezrin links cortical actin filaments with the cell membrane, and has a critical role in many membrane-initiated events. Fas is directly associated with ezrin, but conflicting results have been reported for the involvement of ezrin in Fas-induced cell death. In this study we show that ezrin was associated with Fas in T cells before stimulation and was released shortly after Fas ligand (FasL) engagement. The knockdown of ezrin moderately increased Fas-triggered or tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-triggered cell death in normal T lymphocytes and in H9 cells, but had no effect on death receptor-induced apoptosis in type II cells, such as Jurkat and CEM. Expression of a dominant-negative form of ezrin also led to an increased Fas-induced apoptosis in H9 cells. Ezrin deficiency did not affect the internalization of Fas after Fas ligation. Instead, an enhanced formation of death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) was observed in H9 cells with ezrin knockdown, leading to accelerated caspase-8 activation. Together, our results suggest that ezrin has a negative role in the recruitment of Fas into signaling complexes in type I T cells. Loss of ezrin likely removes the constraint imposed by ezrin and facilitat...Continue Reading

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