2009
Bcl-xL increases mitochondrial fission, fusion, and biomass in neurons
Berman SB, Chen YB, Qi B, McCaffery JM, Rucker EB, Goebbels S, Nave KA, Arnold BA, Jonas EA, Pineda FJ, Hardwick JM. Bcl-xL increases mitochondrial fission, fusion, and biomass in neurons. Journal Of Cell Biology 2009, 184: 707-719. PMID: 19255249, PMCID: PMC2686401, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200809060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial fissionMitochondrial morphologyCell deathApoptotic cell deathRate of fissionMitochondrial organellesOrganelle morphologyMitochondrial biomassBcl-xLCell typesFluorescence microscopyHealthy neuronsBclCultured neuronsDependent mechanismNeuronal dysfunctionFissionNeuronal processesBiomassSynaptic activityFusionOrganellesComputational strategyRate of fusionRegulation
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