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Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
Correspondence to Dr. Charles L. Edelstein, Renal Division, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Box C281, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262. Phone: 303-315-8764; Fax: 303-315-4852; E-mail: Charles.edelstein{at}uchsc.edu
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Abstract. The role of the caspases, a newly discovered group of cysteine proteases, was investigated in a model of hypoxia-induced necrotic injury of rat renal proximal tubules. An assay for caspases in freshly isolated rat proximal tubules was developed. There was a 40% increase in tubular caspase activity after 15 min of hypoxia in association with increased cell membrane damage as indicated by a threefold increase in lactate dehydrogenase release. The specific caspase inhibitor Z-Asp-2,6-dichlorobenzoyloxymethylketone (Z-D-DCB) attenuated the increase in caspase activity during 15 min of hypoxia and markedly decreased lactate dehydrogenase release in a dose-dependent manner. In the proximal tubules, Z-D-DCB also inhibited the hypoxia-induced increase in calpain activity, another cysteine protease. In contrast, when Z-D-DCB was added to purified calpain in vitro, there was no inhibition of calpain activity. The calpain inhibitor (2)-3-(4-iodophenyl)-2-mercapto-2-propenoic acid (PD150606) also inhibited the hypoxia-induced increase in caspase activity in proximal tubules, but did not inhibit the activity of purified caspase 1 in vitro. In these experiments, caspase activity was detected with the fluorescence substrate Ac-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp-7-amido-4-methyl coumarin (Ac-YVAD-AMC), which is preferentially cleaved by caspase 1. However, minimal caspase activity was detected with the fluorescence substrate Ac-Asp-Glu-Val-Asp-7-amido-4-methyl coumarin (Ac-DEVD-AMC), which is cleaved by caspases 2, 3, and 7. The present study in proximal tubules demonstrates that (1) caspase inhibition protects against necrotic injury by inhibition of hypoxia-induced caspase activity; and (2) caspase 1 may be the caspase involved. Thus, although the role of caspases in apoptotic cell death is well established, this study provides new evidence that caspases contribute to necrotic cell death as well.
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