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 outgrowthATP Synthase C-Subunit-Deficient Mitochondria Have a Small Cyclosporine A-Sensitive Channel, but Lack the Permeability Transition Pore
Neginskaya MA, Solesio ME, Berezhnaya EV, Amodeo GF, Mnatsakanyan N, Jonas EA, Pavlov EV. ATP Synthase C-Subunit-Deficient Mitochondria Have a Small Cyclosporine A-Sensitive Channel, but Lack the Permeability Transition Pore. Cell Reports 2019, 26: 11-17.e2. PMID: 30605668, PMCID: PMC6521848, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.12.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial PT poreC subunitPermeability transitionMitochondrial inner membrane permeabilityPermeability transition poreInner membrane permeabilityATP synthasePT poreBongkrekic acidLarge conductance channelTransition poreMitochondrial functionCell deathParental cellsMitochondriaChannel activityMembrane permeabilityLow-conductance channelsConductance channelLow conductanceSensitive channelsSynthaseConductanceCellsDisruption
2015
Cell death disguised: The mitochondrial permeability transition pore as the c-subunit of the F1FO ATP synthase
Jonas EA, Porter GA, Beutner G, Mnatsakanyan N, Alavian KN. Cell death disguised: The mitochondrial permeability transition pore as the c-subunit of the F1FO ATP synthase. Pharmacological Research 2015, 99: 382-392. PMID: 25956324, PMCID: PMC4567435, DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2015.04.013.BooksConceptsMitochondrial permeability transition poreATP synthaseC subunitCell deathF1Fo-ATP synthaseInner mitochondrial membranePermeability transition poreMitochondrial permeability transitionOuter membraneMitochondrial membraneRegulatory mechanismsOxidative phosphorylationATP productionTransition poreMitochondrial functionPermeability transitionMolecular componentsOsmotic dysregulationLarge conductancePathological roleRecent findingsPersistent openingSynthaseIon transportMembrane