@article {825401,
	title = {A genome-wide RNAi screen reveals multiple regulators of caspase activation.},
	journal = {J Cell Biol},
	volume = {179},
	year = {2007},
	month = {2007 Nov 19},
	pages = {619-26},
	abstract = {<p>Apoptosis is an evolutionally conserved cellular suicide mechanism that can be activated in response to a variety of stressful stimuli. Increasing evidence suggests that apoptotic regulation relies on specialized cell death signaling pathways and also integrates diverse signals from additional regulatory circuits, including those of cellular homeostasis. We present a genome-wide RNA interference screen to systematically identify regulators of apoptosis induced by DNA damage in Drosophila melanogaster cells. We identify 47 double- stranded RNA that target a functionally diverse set of genes, including several with a known function in promoting cell death. Further characterization uncovers 10 genes that influence caspase activation upon the removal of Drosophila inhibitor of apoptosis 1. This set includes the Drosophila initiator caspase Dronc and, surprisingly, several metabolic regulators, a candidate tumor suppressor, Charlatan, and an N-acetyltransferase, ARD1. Importantly, several of these genes show functional conservation in regulating apoptosis in mammalian cells. Our data suggest a previously unappreciated fundamental connection between various cellular processes and caspase-dependent cell death.</p>},
	keywords = {Acetyltransferases, Animals, Apoptosis, bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein, bcl-2-Associated X Protein, Caspases, Cell Death, Cell Survival, Cells, Cultured, DNA Damage, Doxorubicin, drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila Proteins, Embryo, Nonmammalian, Enzyme Activation, Epistasis, Genetic, Gene Silencing, genome, HeLa Cells, Hemocytes, Humans, Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins, N-Terminal Acetyltransferase A, N-Terminal Acetyltransferase E, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, RNA Interference, RNA, Small Interfering, Transcription Factors, Transfection},
	issn = {1540-8140},
	doi = {10.1083/jcb.200708090},
	author = {Yi, Caroline H and Sogah, Dodzie K and Boyce, Michael and Degterev, Alexei and Christofferson, Dana E and Yuan, Junying}
}
