An antagonist decoy receptor and a death domain-containing receptor for TRAIL

Science. 1997 Aug 8;277(5327):815-8. doi: 10.1126/science.277.5327.815.

Abstract

TRAIL, also called Apo2L, is a cytotoxic protein that induces apoptosis of many transformed cell lines but not of normal tissues, even though its death domain-containing receptor, DR4, is expressed on both cell types. An antagonist decoy receptor (designated as TRID for TRAIL receptor without an intracellular domain) that may explain the resistant phenotype of normal tissues was identified. TRID is a distinct gene product with an extracellular TRAIL-binding domain and a transmembrane domain but no intracellular signaling domain. TRID transcripts were detected in many normal human tissues but not in most cancer cell lines examined. Ectopic expression of TRID protected mammalian cells from TRAIL-induced apoptosis, which is consistent with a protective role. Another death domain-containing receptor for TRAIL (designated as death receptor-5), which preferentially engaged a FLICE (caspase-8)-related death protease, was also identified.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
  • Apoptosis*
  • Caspase 10
  • Caspase 8
  • Caspase 9
  • Caspases*
  • Cell Line, Transformed
  • Cysteine Endopeptidases / metabolism
  • GPI-Linked Proteins
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Ligands
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Sorting Signals
  • Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / chemistry
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / genetics
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 10c
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Signal Transduction
  • TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
  • Transfection
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Decoy Receptors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism*

Substances

  • Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
  • GPI-Linked Proteins
  • Ligands
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Protein Sorting Signals
  • Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 10c
  • TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
  • TNFRSF10B protein, human
  • TNFRSF10C protein, human
  • TNFSF10 protein, human
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Decoy Receptors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • CASP8 protein, human
  • CASP9 protein, human
  • Caspase 10
  • Caspase 8
  • Caspase 9
  • Caspases
  • Cysteine Endopeptidases
  • interleukin 1beta-converting enzyme 2

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF012628
  • GENBANK/AF012629