TY - JOUR
AU1 - von Ahsen, Oliver
AU2 - Renken, Christian
AU3 - Perkins, Guy
AU4 - Kluck, Ruth M.
AU5 - Bossy-Wetzel, Ella
AU6 - Newmeyer, Donald D.
AB - Proapoptotic members of the Bcl-2 protein family, including Bid and Bax, can activate apoptosis by directly interacting with mitochondria to cause cytochrome c translocation from the intermembrane space into the cytoplasm, thereby triggering Apaf-1–mediated caspase activation. Under some circumstances, when caspase activation is blocked, cells can recover from cytochrome c translocation; this suggests that apoptotic mitochondria may not always suffer catastrophic damage arising from the process of cytochrome c release. We now show that recombinant Bid and Bax cause complete cytochrome c loss from isolated mitochondria in vitro, but preserve the ultrastructure and protein import function of mitochondria, which depend on inner membrane polarization. We also demonstrate that, if caspases are inhibited, mitochondrial protein import function is retained in UV-irradiated or staurosporine-treated cells, despite the complete translocation of cytochrome c . Thus, Bid and Bax act only on the outer membrane, and lesions in the inner membrane occurring during apoptosis are shown to be secondary caspase-dependent events. apoptosis mitochondria membrane potential protein import electron microscopy Footnotes Abbreviations used in this paper: ΔΨ m , mitochondrial membrane potential; MIB, mitochondrial isolation buffer; PT, permeability transition. Submitted: 17 March 2000 Revision requested 8 June 2000 Accepted: 13 July 2000
TI - Preservation of Mitochondrial Structure and Function after Bid- or Bax-Mediated Cytochrome c Release
JF - The Journal of Cell Biology
DO - 10.1083/jcb.150.5.1027
DA - 2000-09-04
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/rockefeller-university-press/preservation-of-mitochondrial-structure-and-function-after-bid-or-bax-DMFvjsdpGC
SP - 1027
VL - 150
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -