Search results for "Calpain-2"
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Calpain 1 and 2 Are Required for RNA Replication of Echovirus 1▿
2007
ABSTRACT Calpains are calcium-dependent cysteine proteases that degrade cytoskeletal and cytoplasmic proteins. We have studied the role of calpains in the life cycle of human echovirus 1 (EV1). The calpain inhibitors, including calpeptin, calpain inhibitor 1, and calpain inhibitor 2 as well as calpain 1 and calpain 2 short interfering RNAs, completely blocked EV1 infection in the host cells. The effect of the inhibitors was not specific for EV1, because they also inhibited infection by other picornaviruses, namely, human parechovirus 1 and coxsackievirus B3. The importance of the calpains in EV1 infection also was supported by the fact that EV1 increased calpain activity 3 h postinfection. …
Subcellular distribution of calpain-1 and calpain-2 as a key event for calpain-mediated functions in physiological and neoplastic mammary models
2019
Calpains are a family of calcium-dependent proteases, which modulate their substrates rather than degrade them in such a way that modifies them. Calpains deregulations have been determined as an aggravating factor of different diseases, including cancer. Nevertheless, there are no clear records about the particular contribution of each calpain isoform in physiological processes and how these isoforms are deregulated in pathological conditions. In vivo, each calpain isoform recognizes specific proteins as substrates, and it has been suggested that calpains subcellular localization might determine their substrate recognition, and consequently their functions. In the present study we have expl…