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Involved in the activation cascade of caspases responsible for apoptosis execution. Might function by either activating some proteins required for cell death or inactivating proteins necessary for cell survival. Associates with PIDD1 and CRADD to form the PIDDosome, a complex that activates CASP2 and triggers apoptosis in response to genotoxic stress.
Gene References into Functions
these data identify a novel caspase-2-interacting factor, FAN, and expand the role for the enzyme in seemingly non-apoptotic cellular mechanisms. PMID: 29621545
Results suggest that TG-induced macrophage cell death is mediated via the caspase-2. PMID: 28768565
study demonstrates that apoptosis inhibitor 5 (API5/AAC11) is an endogenous and direct inhibitor of caspase-2. API5 protein directly binds to the caspase recruitment domain (CARD) of caspase-2 and impedes dimerization and activation of caspase-2. PMID: 28336776
This peptide, Ac-VDTTD-AFC, was efficiently cleaved by purified caspase-2 and auto-activating caspase-2 in mammalian cells, and exhibited better selectivity for caspase-2 relative to caspase-3 than reagents that are currently available. PMID: 27919034
There results support a special role for miR-149 in malignant glioma by targeting Caspase-2 PMID: 27049919
Whole exome sequencing (WES) of an affected fetus, and subsequent Sanger sequencing of the second fetus, revealed a homozygous frameshift variant in CRADD, which encodes an adaptor protein that interacts with PIDD and caspase-2 to initiate apoptosis PMID: 28686357
This study shows that human procaspase-2 interaction with 14-3-3 zeta is governed by phosphorylation at both S139 and S164. PMID: 28943433
NPM1-dependent nucleolar PIDDosome is a key initiator of the caspase-2 activation cascade. PMID: 28432080
Sensitization of colon carcinoma cells to radiation-induced cell death and DNA-damage by HuR knockdown critically depends on caspase-2. PMID: 28219770
BCL9L dysfunction contributes to aneuploidy tolerance in both TP53-WT and mutant cells by reducing basal caspase-2 levels and preventing cleavage of MDM2 and BID. PMID: 28073006
CASP2 down-regulation had a reverse relationship with miR-383 down-regulation in regulating epithelial ovarian cancer development. PMID: 27567588
Results suggest that mutations at all three cleavage sites of caspase-2 protein neither affect the macromolecular core complex assembly, nor modify caspase-2 activity upon DNA damage. Consequently, caspase-2 activation occurs in the macromolecular complex without its dissociation. PMID: 27193717
These findings indicate that miR-125a-5p decreases after HOTAIR knockdown to promote cancer cell apoptosis by releasing caspase 2. PMID: 26962687
these studies elucidate a Caspase-2-p53 signaling network that impacts lung tumorigenesis and chemotherapy response in vivo. PMID: 25301067
We have also demonstrated that these correlations are tissue specific being reduced (CASP9 and CASP10) or different (CASP2) in the liver PMID: 25330190
the initiator caspase-2 is required for robust death of ovarian cancer cells induced by FASN inhibitors PMID: 25151963
HuR sensitizes adenocarcinoma cells to the intrinsic apoptotic pathway by upregulating the translation of caspase-2. PMID: 25010987
Authors have demonstrated in vitro and in vivo that loss of function of caspase-2 allows to escape oncogenic stress induced senescence. PMID: 25114039
Data strongly argue against a critical role for caspase-2 in ER-stress-induced apoptosis. PMID: 24292555
axon regeneration promoted by suppression of CASP2 and CASP6 is CNTF-dependent and mediated through the JAK/STAT signalling pathway PMID: 24727569
Our results reveal a novel mechanism of caspase-2 pre-mRNA splicing. PMID: 24321384
TRIM16 can promote apoptosis by directly modulating caspase-2 activity in cancer cells. PMID: 23404198
The role of caspase-2 isoforms in the progression of breast cancer may considerably differ between pre- and post-chemotherapy patients. PMID: 23469978
MiR-708 may act as an oncogene and induce the carcinogenicity of bladder cancer by down-regulating Caspase-2 level. PMID: 23568547
caspase-2 has a role as an initiator caspase in lipoapoptosis PMID: 23553630
Data indicate induction of caspase-2 by sorting nexin 5 (SNX5) in papillary thyroid carcinoma PMID: 22486813
activated human caspase-2 shares remarkably overlapping protease specificity with the prototype apoptotic executioner caspases-3 and -7, suggesting that caspase-2 could function as a proapoptotic caspase once released from the activating complex. PMID: 22825847
IRE1alpha regulates translation of a proapoptotic protein, Caspase-2, through terminating microRNA biogenesis, and noncoding RNAs are part of the ER stress response PMID: 23042294
These results revealed a thus far unknown, obligatory role for caspase-2 as an initiator caspase during pore-forming toxins -mediated apoptosis. PMID: 22531785
caspase-2 acts upstream of caspase-3 and that caspase-2 functions in response to DNA damage in both PhSe-T- and MeSe-T-induced apoptosis. PMID: 22002103
Tumor-suppressing function of caspase-2 requires catalytic site Cys-320 and site Ser-139 in mice. PMID: 22396545
TAp73alpha represses caspase-2 enzymatic activity and by this means reduce caspase-2 induced Bax activation, loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential and resulting apoptosis in small cell lung carcinoma cells. PMID: 22201672
Data suggest that this novel role of caspase-2 as a translational regulator of p21 expression occurs not only independently of its enzymatic activity but also does not require known caspase-2-activating platforms. PMID: 21475302
Findings suggest that XPC enhances DNA damage-induced apoptosis through inhibition of caspase-2 (casp-2S) transcription. PMID: 22174370
Studies indicate that DNA damage may trigger caspase 2 activation. PMID: 22077397
somatic mutation of caspase-2 is rare in gastric and colorectal carcinomas. PMID: 21940110
ras-induced down-regulation of caspase-2 represents a novel mechanism by which oncogenic Ras protects malignant intestinal epithelial cells from anoikis PMID: 21903589
Structural and enzymatic insights into caspase-2 protein substrate recognition and catalysis. PMID: 21828056
Caspase-2 directly cleaves the E3 ubiquitin ligase Mdm2 at Asp 367, leading to loss of the C-terminal RING domain responsible for p53 ubiquitination. PMID: 21726810
analyzed cancer tissues from acute leukemias, breast cancers, lung cancers, and liver cancers for the detection of caspase-2 somatic mutations PMID: 21332795
The changes of caspase-2 and caspase-5 activities could be indicative of their involvement in the cervical malignancy mechanisms. PMID: 21051981
Activation of caspase-9, but not caspase-2 or caspase-8, is essential for heat-induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells. PMID: 20978129
This review discusses recent advances that have been made to help elucidate the true role of caspase 2 and the potential contribution of caspase-2 to the pathology of human diseases including cancer. PMID: 20158568
caspase-2 activation is commonly associated with induction of IFN-beta-induced apoptosis in IFN-beta-sensitive melanoma cells PMID: 20187765
we suggest that caspase-2 and/or -8 plays an important role in regulating gamma-secretase and may possibly provide a basis for the development of therapeutics targeting apoptosis PMID: 20143425
The expressions of PIDD and RAIDD are upregulated during tumour progression in renal cell carcinomas. PMID: 20208132
caspase 2 functions as an endogenous inhibitor of NFkappaB-dependent cell survival and this mechanism may contribute to tumor suppression in humans. PMID: 19935698
Data show that the N-t-boc-Daidzein induced apoptosis is characterized by caspase activation, XIAP and AKT degradation. PMID: 19738422
Data indicate that caspase activity was not essential for docetaxel-induced cytotoxicity since cell death associated with lysosomal membrane permeabilization still occurred in the presence of caspase inhibitors. PMID: 19715609
role in cytochrome C release and apoptosis from the nucleus PMID: 11823470
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Protein Families
Peptidase C14A family
Tissue Specificity
Expressed at higher levels in the embryonic lung, liver and kidney than in the heart and brain. In adults, higher level expression is seen in the placenta, lung, kidney, and pancreas than in the heart, brain, liver and skeletal muscle.