Granzymes and cell death.
pmid: 18662572
handle: 11577/3271274
Granzymes and cell death.
Granzymes are cell death-inducing serine proteases released from cytotoxic granules of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells during granule exocytosis in response to viral infection or against transformed cells marked for elimination. A critical cofactor for the granule exocytosis pathway is perforin, which mediates the entry of granzymes into target cells, where they cleave specific substrates that initiate DNA fragmentation and apoptosis. One of the biggest challenges in studying the biology of granzymes has been the functional redundancy of granzymes in animal models making an in vitro experimental system essential. This chapter discusses methods to study granzyme function in vitro under physiologically relevant experimental conditions.
- University of Padua Italy
- Harvard University United States
- University of Geneva Switzerland
Perforin/metabolism, Apoptosis, 612, Spodoptera, Granzymes, Baculoviridae/genetics, Cell Line, Substrate Specificity, Animals; Apoptosis; Baculoviridae; Cell Death; Cell Line; Cell Line, Tumor; Escherichia coli; Granzymes; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Perforin; Rats; Recombinant Proteins; Spodoptera; Substrate Specificity; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology, Cell Line, Tumor, Escherichia coli, Animals, Cell Death, Perforin, Cell Death/physiology, Granzymes/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism, Recombinant Proteins/isolation & purification/metabolism, Recombinant Proteins, Rats, Apoptosis/*physiology, Escherichia coli/genetics, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Baculoviridae, ddc: ddc:612
Perforin/metabolism, Apoptosis, 612, Spodoptera, Granzymes, Baculoviridae/genetics, Cell Line, Substrate Specificity, Animals; Apoptosis; Baculoviridae; Cell Death; Cell Line; Cell Line, Tumor; Escherichia coli; Granzymes; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Perforin; Rats; Recombinant Proteins; Spodoptera; Substrate Specificity; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology, Cell Line, Tumor, Escherichia coli, Animals, Cell Death, Perforin, Cell Death/physiology, Granzymes/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism, Recombinant Proteins/isolation & purification/metabolism, Recombinant Proteins, Rats, Apoptosis/*physiology, Escherichia coli/genetics, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Baculoviridae, ddc: ddc:612
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