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- Title
HBXIP functions as a cofactor of survivin in apoptosis suppression.
- Authors
Marusawa, Hiroyuki; Matsuzawa, Shu-Ichi; Welsh, Kate; Zou, Hua; Armstrong, Robert; Tamm, Ingo; Reed, John C
- Abstract
Survivin is an anti-apoptotic protein that is overexpressed in most human cancers. We show that survivin forms complexes with a cellular protein, hepatitis B X-interacting protein (HBXIP), which was originally recognized for its association with the X protein of hepatitis B virus (HBX). Survivin-HBXIP complexes, but neither survivin nor HBXIP individually, bind pro-caspase-9, preventing its recruitment to Apaf1, and thereby selectively suppressing apoptosis initiated via the mitochondria/cytochrome c pathway. Viral HBX protein also interacts with the survivin- HBXIP complex and suppresses caspase activation in a survivin-dependent manner. Thus, HBXIP functions as a cofactor for survivin, and serves as a link between the cellular apoptosis machinery and a viral pathogen involved in hepatocellular carcinogenesis.
- Publication
The EMBO journal, 2003, Vol 22, Issue 11, p2729
- ISSN
0261-4189
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/emboj/cdg263