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      Lens Fibre Cell Differentiation – A Link with Apoptosis?

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      Journal: Ophthalmic Research
      Publisher: S. Karger AG
      Keywords: Apoptosis, Programmed cell death, Lens fibre cell differentiation, Denucleation

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          During the process of terminal differentiation, the fibre cells in the eye lens undergo many changes that are reminiscent of apoptotic/necrotic changes. Mitochondria, for instance, undergo permeability transition and nuclear degradation is accompanied by chromatin condensation, disintegration of the nucleolus, dissolution of the nuclear lamina, nuclear pore clustering and fragmentation of the DNA into oligonucleosomal fragments. As during apoptosis, members of the caspase family of proteases were shown to be active during fibre cell differentiation and Bcl-2 overexpression was demonstrated to block normal differentiation of lens cells. In this review, the current knowledge of the sequence of events during cell death is summarised and contrasted with events during lens fibre cell differentiation. Due to the numerous similarities between these processes, lens fibre cell differentiation is suggested to represent an attenuated form of cell death.

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          Mice deficient for p53 are developmentally normal but susceptible to spontaneous tumours.

          L A Donehower, M. Harvey, B Slagle … (1992)
          Mutations in the p53 tumour-suppressor gene are the most frequently observed genetic lesions in human cancers. To investigate the role of the p53 gene in mammalian development and tumorigenesis, a null mutation was introduced into the gene by homologous recombination in murine embryonic stem cells. Mice homozygous for the null allele appear normal but are prone to the spontaneous development of a variety of neoplasms by 6 months of age. These observations indicate that a normal p53 gene is dispensable for embryonic development, that its absence predisposes the animal to neoplastic disease, and that an oncogenic mutant form of p53 is not obligatory for the genesis of many types of tumours.
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            Identification and inhibition of the ICE/CED-3 protease necessary for mammalian apoptosis.

            D Nicholson, A. Ali, N A Thornberry … (1995)
            The protease responsible for the cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and necessary for apoptosis has been purified and characterized. This enzyme, named apopain, is composed of two subunits of relative molecular mass (M(r)) 17K and 12K that are derived from a common proenzyme identified as CPP32. This proenzyme is related to interleukin-1 beta-converting enzyme (ICE) and CED-3, the product of a gene required for programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. A potent peptide aldehyde inhibitor has been developed and shown to prevent apoptotic events in vitro, suggesting that apopain/CPP32 is important for the initiation of apoptotic cell death.
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              Caspases: intracellular signaling by proteolysis.

              G S Salvesen, V M Dixit (1997)
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                Journal ID (publisher-id): ORE
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Ophthalmic Res
                Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0030-3747
                Title: Ophthalmic Research
                Publisher: S. Karger AG
                ISSN (Print): 0030-3747
                ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0259
                Publication date Subscription-year: 1999
                Publication date (Print): June 1999
                Publication date (Electronic): 30 April 1999
                Volume: 31
                Issue: 3
                Pages: 163-183
                Affiliations
                Department of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Institute, University of Dundee, UK
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                Publisher ID: 55530 Other ID: Ophthalmic Res 1999;31:163–183
                DOI: 10.1159/000055530
                PubMed ID: 10224500
                SO-VID: 90c90b59-8df6-46e6-a54c-8511c1b9c0ae
                Copyright © © 1999 S. Karger AG, Basel
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Vision sciences,Ophthalmology & Optometry,Pathology
                Keywords: Denucleation,Programmed cell death,Lens fibre cell differentiation,Apoptosis
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Vision sciences, Ophthalmology & Optometry, Pathology
                Keywords: Denucleation, Programmed cell death, Lens fibre cell differentiation, Apoptosis

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