2019
Alpha-Tocotrienol Prevents Oxidative Stress-Mediated Post-Translational Cleavage of Bcl-xL in Primary Hippocampal Neurons
Park HA, Mnatsakanyan N, Broman K, Davis AU, May J, Licznerski P, Crowe-White KM, Lackey KH, Jonas EA. Alpha-Tocotrienol Prevents Oxidative Stress-Mediated Post-Translational Cleavage of Bcl-xL in Primary Hippocampal Neurons. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2019, 21: 220. PMID: 31905614, PMCID: PMC6982044, DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary hippocampal neuronsHippocampal neuronsReactive oxygen speciesMitochondrial dysfunctionBcl-xLMitochondrial membrane potentialMitochondrial functionProduction of ROSExcitotoxic conditionsGlutamate challengeNeuroprotective propertiesMembrane potentialNeuronal deathExcitotoxic stimulationBcl-xL levelsNeuronal survivalIntracellular ATP depletionMitochondrial reactive oxygen speciesB cellsImportant causeDysfunctionNeuronsROS productionATP depletionNeurite outgrowth
2004
Proapoptotic N-truncated BCL-xL protein activates endogenous mitochondrial channels in living synaptic terminals
Jonas EA, Hickman JA, Chachar M, Polster BM, Brandt TA, Fannjiang Y, Ivanovska I, Basañez G, Kinnally KW, Zimmerberg J, Hardwick JM, Kaczmarek LK. Proapoptotic N-truncated BCL-xL protein activates endogenous mitochondrial channels in living synaptic terminals. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 13590-13595. PMID: 15342906, PMCID: PMC518799, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0401372101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosisBcl-X ProteinDecapodiformesElectric ConductivityEndopeptidasesHypoxiaIon ChannelsLiposomesMitochondriaNADPatch-Clamp TechniquesPorinsPresynaptic TerminalsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Sequence DeletionVoltage-Dependent Anion ChannelsConceptsBcl-xLMitochondrial channelsDeath pathwaysMitochondrial membraneBcl-xL.Proapoptotic Bcl-2 family proteinsVoltage-dependent anion channelBcl-2 family proteinsOuter mitochondrial membraneCell death pathwaysHydrophobic C-terminusBcl-xL proteinAntiapoptotic Bcl-xLNeuronal death pathwaysDeath stimuliBH3 domainFamily proteinsSquid presynaptic terminalsMammalian cellsC-terminusAnion channelMitochondriaChannel activityOpposite effectHealthy neurons