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Bid mediates fission, membrane permeabilization and peri-nuclear accumulation of mitochondria as a prerequisite for oxidative neuronal cell death.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19961923     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that undergo permanent fusion and fission, a process that is important for mitochondrial function and cellular survival. Emerging evidence suggests that oxidative stress disturbs mitochondrial morphology dynamics, resulting in detrimental mitochondrial fragmentation. In particular, such fatal mitochondrial fission has been detected in neurons exposed to oxidative stress, suggesting mitochondrial dynamics as a key feature in intrinsic death pathways. However, the regulation of mitochondrial fission in neurons exposed to lethal stress is largely unknown. Here, we used a model of glutamate toxicity in HT-22 cells for investigating mitochondrial fission and fusion in neurons exposed to oxidative stress. In these immortalized hippocampal neurons, glutamate induces glutathione depletion and increased formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Glutamate toxicity resulted in mitochondrial fragmentation and peri-nuclear accumulation of the organelles. Further, mitochondrial fission was associated with loss of mitochondrial outer membrane potential (MOMP). The Bid-inhibitor BI-6c9 prevented MOMP and mitochondrial fission, and protected the cells from cell death. In conclusion, oxidative stress induced by glutamate causes mitochondrial translocation of Bid thereby inducing mitochondrial fission and associated mitochondrial cell death pathways. Inhibiting regulators of pathological mitochondrial fragmentation is proposed as an efficient strategy of neuroprotection.
Authors:
Julia Grohm; Nikolaus Plesnila; Carsten Culmsee
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-12-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Brain, behavior, and immunity     Volume:  24     ISSN:  1090-2139     ISO Abbreviation:  Brain Behav. Immun.     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-14     Completed Date:  2010-09-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8800478     Medline TA:  Brain Behav Immun     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  831-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmazie, Fachbereich Pharmazie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Analysis of Variance
Animals
Apoptosis / drug effects,  physiology
BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein / metabolism*
Cell Line
Cell Nucleus / drug effects,  metabolism*
Cells, Cultured
Gene Transfer Techniques
Glutamic Acid / metabolism,  pharmacology
Hippocampus / drug effects,  metabolism
Immunohistochemistry
Mitochondria / drug effects,  metabolism*
Neurons / drug effects,  metabolism*
Oxidative Stress / drug effects
Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein; 0/Reactive Oxygen Species; 56-86-0/Glutamic Acid

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