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excessive apoptosis

Growth Apoptosis

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Diseases Mechanism Apoptosis

Heart failure Ischemia, inflammation, etc.

AIDS HIV infection of T4 cell

AD, PD Ischemia, inflammation, etc

Cancer P53, Bcl-2

Autoimmune diseases Autoreactive T cells or B cells

Atherosclerosis Endothelial cell, muscle cell

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Gene Affected diseaseTumor necrosis factor Familial periodic fever syndrome receptor 1 (TNF-R1)Fas (CD95; Apo-1) Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome type I(ALPS I), malignant lymphoma, bladder cancerFas ligand Systemic lupus erythematodesPerforin Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL)Caspase 10 Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome type II (ALPS II)

bcl-10 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomap53 Various malignant neoplasmsBax Colon cancer; hematopoetic malignanciesbcl-2 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomac-IAP2 Low-grade MALT lymphomaNAIP1 Spinal muscular atrophy

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Autoimmune disease,Tumor, virus infection, etc

Proliferation

Apoptosis

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(1) Tumor Pathogenesis for tumor:

stimulated cell proliferation inhibited cell apoptosis

Cell survival > cell death in diseased tissue Cell apoptosis is actually one of the natural anti-

carcinogenic mechanisms

Signaling Pathways Involved in Apoptosis(Molecules highlighted in red have been found mutated in tumor cells)

Tumor----P53 mutation

ChemicalsVirusRadiation

(2) Autoimmune diseases

The lesion is caused by attack of auto-antibody or sensitized T cell to self-antigen.

Normally, T cells against auto-antigen are eliminated by apoptosis during the development.

When the negative selection is deregulated

(thymus diseases), T cells survive and abnormally proliferate, then attack self tissue, lead to autoimmune diseases.

Mechanism of autoimmune diseases — Disrupted apoptosis of self-reactive cell

Point mutation of FasL

Insertion mutation of Fas

Structural abnormity of FasL

Decreased expression of Fas protein

Escape the negative selection of self-reactive

T cells

Autoimmune diseases

Rheumatoid arthritis

It is caused by decreased apoptosis and increased proliferation of arthral cell ;

Increased IL-1 and TGF-β1 and decreased Fas expression, which inhibit apoptosis;

Increased Bcl-2 、 Bcl-XL, which increased the threshold of apoptosis;

Resistance of T-cells to apoptosis.

AIDS, neurodegenerative diseases, aberrant myocardial ischemic-reperfusion

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（ 1 ） Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome —AIDS

HIV infection increased Fas gene expression

gp120glycoprotein expression + receptor in CD4 lymphocyte

infusion of infected CD4 cell leads to syncytin formation

produce tat protein (enhance Fas expression) secret TNF

CD+4T- lymphocyte apoptosis

AIDS

(2) Cardiovascular diseases

Cell death induced by ischemia-reperfusion Apoptosis Necrosis Early stage Later stage Peripheral region of infarct Center of infarct Mild ischemia Severe ischemia Chronic Acute

Possible mechanism (myocardial cell apoptosis induced by ischemia-reperfusion):

(1) oxidative stress; (2) calcium overload; (3) p53 gene activation;

(4) death receptor Fas, TNF over expressed.

Heart failure: Myocardial cell diminishes in pressure-

overload-induced heart failure

Possible mechanisms: Oxidative stress; cytokines; ischemia; hypoxia; pressure or volume overload, neural-endocrine system deregulation;

Lead to myocardial cell apoptosis

Alzheimer disease ， Parkinson disease ， Huntington disease ， multiple sclerosis

Factors involved in neuronal apoptosis:

amyloid peptide, calcium overload,

oxidative stress, neuronal growth factor insufficiency,

etc.

Lead to neuronal cell apoptosis

（ 3 ） Neurodegenerative diseases

oxidative LDL

platelet activation Ang Ⅱ

hypertension

excess apoptosis insufficiency in in endothelium smooth muscle

atherosclerosis

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Prevention and Therapeutic Potential of Apoptosis

•Interfere signal transduction, signal molecules, receptors, 2nd messengers, etc •Regulate apoptosis-related enzymes and genes •Prevent decrease in mitochondria trans-membrane potential •Others