Abstract:
:During apoptosis, dying cells are swiftly removed by phagocytes. It is not fully understood how apoptotic cells are recognized by phagocytes. Here we report the identification and characterization of the Caenorhabditis elegans ttr-52 gene, which encodes a transthyretin-like protein and is required for efficient cell corpse engulfment. The TTR-52 protein is expressed in, and secreted from, C. elegans endoderm and clusters around apoptotic cells. Genetic analysis indicates that TTR-52 acts in the cell corpse engulfment pathway mediated by CED-1, CED-6 and CED-7 and affects clustering of the phagocyte receptor CED-1 around apoptotic cells. TTR-52 recognizes surface-exposed phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) in vivo and binds to both PtdSer and the extracellular domain of CED-1 in vitro. TTR-52 is therefore the first bridging molecule identified in C. elegans that mediates recognition of apoptotic cells by crosslinking the PtdSer 'eat me' signal with the phagocyte receptor CED-1.
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Nat Cell Bioljournal_title
Nature cell biologyauthors
Wang X,Li W,Zhao D,Liu B,Shi Y,Chen B,Yang H,Guo P,Geng X,Shang Z,Peden E,Kage-Nakadai E,Mitani S,Xue Ddoi
10.1038/ncb2068subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-07-01 00:00:00pages
655-64issue
7eissn
1465-7392issn
1476-4679pii
ncb2068journal_volume
12pub_type
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