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Dr. Shawn B. Bratton

sbbratton@mail.utexas.edu


Recent Publications

Lewis, J., Burstein, E., Birkey-Reffey, S., Bratton, S. B., Roberts, A. B. and Duckett, C. S.  (2004)  Uncoupling of the signaling and caspase-inhibitory properties of XIAP.  J. Biol. Chem. 279, 9023-9029.

 

Bratton, S. B. and Cohen, G. M. (2003) Death receptors leave a caspase footprint that 'Smacs' of XIAP.  Cell Death Differ. 10, 4-6.

 

Bratton, S. B., Lewis, J., Butterworth, M., Duckett, C. S., and Cohen, G. M. (2002) XIAP inhibition of caspase-3 preserves its association with the Apaf-1 apoptosome and prevents CD95- and Bax-induced apoptosis.  Cell Death Differ. 9, 881-892.

 

MacFarlane, M., Merrison, W., Bratton, S. B., and Cohen, G. M. (2002) Proteasome-mediated degradation of Smac during apoptosis: XIAP promotes Smac ubiquitination in vitro.  J. Biol. Chem. 277, 36611-36616.

 

Bratton, S. B., Sun, X-M., Butterworth, M., MacFarlane, M., and Cohen, G. M. (2002) Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL inhibit CD95-mediated apoptosis by preventing mitochondrial release of Smac/DIABLO and subsequent inactivation of XIAP.  J. Biol. Chem. 277, 11345-11351.

 

Bratton, S. B. and Cohen, G. M. (2002) Caspase cascades in chemically-induced apoptosis.  In:  Biological Reactive Intermediates VI (Dansette, et al., eds.), Klewer Academic/Plenum Press, pgs. 407-420.

 

Cain, K., Bratton, S. B. and Cohen, G. M. (2002) The Apaf-1 apoptosome: a large caspase-activating complex.  Biochimie 84, 203-214.

 

Bratton, S. B., Walker, G., Srinivasula, S. M., Sun, X-M., Butterworth, M., Alnemri, E. S. and Cohen, G.M. (2001) Recruitment, activation and retention of caspases-9 and -3 by Apaf-1 apoptosome and associated XIAP complexes.  EMBO J. 20, 998-1009.

 

Bratton, S. B., Walker, G., Cain, K., and Cohen, G. M. (2001) Caspase-3 cleaves Apaf-1 into an ~30 kDa fragment that associates with an inappropriately oligomerized and biologically inactive ~1.4 MDa apoptosome complex.  Cell Death Differ. 8, 425-433.

 

Bratton, S. B. and Cohen, G. M. (2001) Apoptotic death sensor:  an organelle1s alter ego.  Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 22, 306-315.

 

Cain, K., Bratton, S. B., Langlais, C., Walker, G., Brown, D. G., Sun, X-M. and Cohen, G. M. (2000) Apaf-1 oligomerizes into biologically active ~700-kDa and inactive ~1.4- MDa apoptosome complexes.  J. Biol. Chem. 275, 6067-6070.

 

Bratton, S. B., MacFarlane, M., Cain, K. and Cohen, G. M. (2000) Protein complexes activate distinct caspase cascades in death receptor and stress induced apoptosis.  Exp. Cell Res., 256, 27-33.

 

Bratton, S. B., Lau, S. S., and Monks, T. J. (2000) The putative benzene metabolite 2,3,5-tris-(glutathion-S-yl)hydroquinone depletes glutathione, stimulates sphingomyelin turnover, and induces apoptosis in HL-60 cells.  Chem. Res. Toxicol. 13, 550-556.

 

Bratton, S. B., Lau, S. S., and Monks, T. J. (1997) Identification of quinol-thioethers in bone marrow of hydroquinone/phenol-treated rats and mice, and their potential role in benzene-mediated hematotoxicity.  Chem. Res. Toxicol. 10, 859-865.


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