Xk-Related Protein 8 and CED-8 Promote Phosphatidylserine Exposure in Apoptotic Cells
- 26 July 2013
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 341 (6144), 403-406
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1236758
Abstract
A classic feature of apoptotic cells is the cell-surface exposure of phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) as an “eat me” signal for engulfment. We show that the Xk-family protein Xkr8 mediates PtdSer exposure in response to apoptotic stimuli. Mouse Xkr8−/− cells or human cancer cells in which Xkr8 expression was repressed by hypermethylation failed to expose PtdSer during apoptosis and were inefficiently engulfed by phagocytes. Xkr8 was activated directly by caspases and required a caspase-3 cleavage site for its function. CED-8, the only Caenorhabditis elegans Xk-family homolog, also promoted apoptotic PtdSer exposure and cell-corpse engulfment. Thus, Xk-family proteins have evolutionarily conserved roles in promoting the phagocytosis of dying cells by altering the phospholipid distribution in the plasma membrane.Keywords
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