Caspase-3 Assay Kit (Fluorometric)

CPP32 encodes a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family that plays a key role in apoptosis. Caspase 3 (also known as CPP32, Apopain, Yama, and PARP cleavage protease) is the most extensively studied apoptotic protein among caspase family members (1-2). Caspase 3 is synthesized as an inactive proenzyme that is processed in cells undergoing apoptosis by self-proteolysis and/or cleavage by other upstream proteases (e.g. Caspases 8, 9 and 10). Alternative splicing of CPP32 results in two transcript variants which encode the same protein. The processed form of Caspase 3 consists of large (theoretical molecular weight 17kD) and small (theoretical molecular weight 12kD) subunits which associate to form an active enzyme. Caspase 3 is cleaved at Asp28/Ser29 and Asp175/Ser176. The active Caspase 3 proteolytically cleaves and activates other caspases (e.g. Caspases 6, 7 and 9), as well as relevant targets in the cells (e.g. PARP and DFF). Variations in levels of Caspase 3 have been reported in cells of short-lived nature and those with a longer life cycle. Caspase 3 is the predominant caspase involved in the cleavage of amyloid beta 4A precursor protein, which is associated with neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease (3).

References

1.Mu, N., Lei, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Duan, Q., Ma, G., . . . Su, L. (2019). Inhibition of SIRT1/2 upregulates HSPA5 acetylation and induces pro-survival autophagy via ATF4-DDIT4-mTORC1 axis in human lung cancer cells. Apoptosis, 24(9-10), 798-811. doi:10.1007/s10495-019-01559-3

2.Sun, C. M., Enkhjargal, B., Reis, C., Zhou, K. R., Xie, Z. Y., Wu, L. Y., . . . Zhang, J. H. (2019). Osteopontin attenuates early brain injury through regulating autophagy-apoptosis interaction after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats. CNS Neurosci Ther, 25(10), 1162-1172. doi:10.1111/cns.13199

3.Louneva, N., Cohen, J. W., Han, L. Y., Talbot, K., Wilson, R. S., Bennett, D. A., . . . Arnold, S. E. (2008). Caspase-3 is enriched in postsynaptic densities and increased in Alzheimer's disease. Am J Pathol, 173(5), 1488-1495. doi:10.2353/ajpath.2008.080434

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