Apoptosis is a ubiquitous genetically encoded pathway that enables cells to undergo highly regulated death in response to specific signals. It has also been observed to occur as a consequence of distinct pathologies, and its deregulation can lead to autoimmune diseases, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases (1). It is characterized by the activation of precise pathways leading to specific biochemical and morphological alterations, including changes in the intracellular ionic homeostasis, cell shrinkage, phosphatidylserine externalization, chromatin condensation, DNA degradation, membrane blebbing, and apoptotic body formation (1, 2). Fas ligand (FasL) 2 -induced apoptosis by binding to its receptor Fas (CD95/Apo-1) has been reported to play a critical role in immune homeostasis. Fas receptormediated apoptosis has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of fulminant hepatitis, postischemic neuronal degeneration, traumatic brain injury, and inflammatory lung diseases. Its deregulation is also associated with progression and metastasis of tumors and autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (3).GSH is the predominant low molecular weight thiol in animal cells. It participates in many cellular reactions, including antioxidant defense of the cell, drug detoxification, and cell signaling, and has been reported to be necessary for the proliferation of several cells, including lymphocytes (4 -6). A reduction in the intracellular GSH concentration ([GSH] i ) has been reported during cell death in response to different apoptotic stimuli, including death receptor-induced (7-10), stress-induced, (11), and drug-induced cell death (12). Several studies have shown a correlation between GSH efflux and the progression of apoptosis (13,14), and a recent report suggests that inhibition of GSH release in apoptosis is able to rescue cells from apoptosis (8); however, the precise mechanisms involved in intracellular GSH (GSH i ) loss have not been identified. Glutathione synthesis occurs intracellularly, and its catabolism occurs by a series of both enzymatic and plasma membrane export mechanisms. Glutathione degradation occurs extracellularly; therefore, the export of GSH and GSH adducts is also an important step in its turnover (15). To date, two GSH transporter families have been implicated in GSH efflux across the plasma membrane. These include the multidrug-resistant pro-