Primary observations of the existence of Fas-like cytoplasmic death factor in plant cells

作     者：Dayong Wang Yunfei Gao Kerning Cui Zhonghe Zhai 

作者机构：Peking Univ Coll Life Sci Beijing 100871 Peoples R China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Science Bulletin》 (CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN)

年 卷 期：2002年第47卷第9期

页      面：736-740页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071009[理学-细胞生物学] 

基　　金：This work was supported by the Special Funds for the Major State Basic Research of China (Grant No. G19990539) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30070614). 

主　　题：Fas vacuole cytoplasm cell death. 

摘      要：The main activity of Fas is to trigger cytoplasm death program in animal cells. In G2 pea, vacuole plays a pivotal role in inducing cell death in the cytoplasm of long-day (LD) grown apical meristem cells. Expression patterns of the Fas in G2 pea cells revealed that the Fas is mainly localized in the vacuole of cells undergoing programmed cell death (PCD). The Fas expression is corresponding to the initiation of menadione-induced PCD in tobacco protoplasts. The results suggest the existence of the Fas-like mediated cytoplasmic death pathway in plant cells.