2006
Zinc-Dependent Multi-Conductance Channel Activity in Mitochondria Isolated from Ischemic Brain
Bonanni L, Chachar M, Jover-Mengual T, Li H, Jones A, Yokota H, Ofengeim D, Flannery RJ, Miyawaki T, Cho CH, Polster BM, Pypaert M, Hardwick JM, Sensi SL, Zukin RS, Jonas EA. Zinc-Dependent Multi-Conductance Channel Activity in Mitochondria Isolated from Ischemic Brain. Journal Of Neuroscience 2006, 26: 6851-6862. PMID: 16793892, PMCID: PMC4758341, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5444-05.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlotting, WesternBrain IschemiaCaspasesChelating AgentsDiagnostic ImagingDose-Response Relationship, DrugEthylenediaminesIon Channel GatingIon ChannelsMaleMembrane PotentialsMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMitochondriaNADPatch-Clamp TechniquesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySynaptosomesXanthenesZinc
2004
Exposure to Hypoxia Rapidly Induces Mitochondrial Channel Activity within a Living Synapse*
Jonas EA, Hickman JA, Hardwick JM, Kaczmarek LK. Exposure to Hypoxia Rapidly Induces Mitochondrial Channel Activity within a Living Synapse*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2004, 280: 4491-4497. PMID: 15561723, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410661200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial channel activityMitochondrial membraneChannel activityBcl-xLBcl-2 family proteinsPro-apoptotic fragmentsOuter mitochondrial membraneTrigger cell deathZ-VAD-FMKBenzyloxycarbonyl-VADFamily proteinsSynaptic responsesMulticonductance channelLarge conductance channelFluoromethyl ketoneCell deathMinutes of hypoxiaResponses of neuronsNeuronal functionSquid giant synapseSynaptic mitochondriaEarly eventsSynaptic functionHypoxic conditionsNeuronal deathProapoptotic 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