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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Assembly and activation of the death-inducing signaling complex.

Elizabeth Fosuah, Zhangfei Shen, Jiale Xie, Chen Wang, Qingpeng Lin, Tian-Min Fu

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Targeting PANoptosis in atherosclerosis: bridging cell death mechanisms and therapy.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  7. Sphingolipid Metabolism in the Pathogenesis of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Elizabeth Fosuah *Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.
Zhangfei Shen *Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.ORCID 0000-0002-3707-2265
Jiale XieDepartment of Pathology, RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605.ORCID 0000-0002-3263-3545
Chen WangDepartment of Pathology, RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605.
Qingpeng LinDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.ORCID 0000-0002-7049-7150
Tian-Min FuDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.ORCID 0000-0002-6281-1752

Funding

WORK ORDER 126643 B539 EXPAND IC SUITE75N91019D00024 · NIAID · LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC. · PI BRISCOE, LYNN · 2019 to 2025
$3932.6M
NCI NIH HHS 75N91019D00024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The death-inducing signaling complex (DISC), comprising Fas, Fas-associated death domain (FADD), and caspase-8, initiates extrinsic apoptosis. Using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we show that Fas and FADD death domains (DDs) form an asymmetric 7:5 oligomer, which promotes FADD death effector domain (DED) filament formation. Structural analysis reveals that FADD DED filaments closely resemble caspase-8 tandem DED filaments, suggesting that FADD DED serves as a nucleation scaffold for caspase-8 assembly. These findings provide a mechanistic framework for how DISC assembly initiates apoptosis and amplifies signaling via higher-order oligomerization.

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Caspase 8Death Domain Receptor Signaling Adaptor ProteinsFas-Associated Death Domain ProteinApoptosisCryoelectron Microscopyfas ReceptorHumansProtein MultimerizationSignal TransductionCaspase 8Death Domain Receptor Signaling Adaptor ProteinsFADD protein, humanFas-Associated Death Domain Proteinfas Receptorcaspasecryo-EMdeath domainFADDFas

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PMID40465623
PMCPMC12168016

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