Chemical Name:Benzyloxycarbonyl-Ile-Glu(OMe)-Thr-Asp(OMe)-fluoromethy
lketone
Biological Activity:
Inhibitor of caspase-8. Blocks TNFα-induced cytochrome c release and apoptosis in human
leukemic U937 cells. Also inhibits nuclear protein cleavage in Jurkat, MCF-7
and HeLa cells in vitro.
Partheniouet al (2001) c-IAP1 blocks TNFα-mediated
cytotoxicity upstream of caspase-dependent and -independent mitochondrial
events in human leukemic cells. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Comm. 287
181. Taimen and Kallajoki (2003) NuMA and nuclear lamins behave
differently in Fas-mediated apoptosis. J.Cell Sci. 116 571. Banget al (2004) Differential response of MG132 cytotoxicity against small
cell lung cancer cells to changes in cellular GSH contents. Biochem.Pharmacol. 68
659.