Mitochondrial fission is an upstream and required event for bax foci formation in response to nitric oxide in cortical neurons
Yuan H, Gerencser A, Liot G, Lipton S, Ellisman M, Perkins G, Bossy-Wetzel E. Mitochondrial fission is an upstream and required event for bax foci formation in response to nitric oxide in cortical neurons. Cell Death & Differentiation 2006, 14: 462-471. PMID: 17053808, DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial fissionNitric oxideFoci formationCortical neuronsMitochondrial fission machineryBcl-2 familyNitrosative stressAntiapoptotic Bcl-xLNeuronal cell deathFission machineryMitofusin 1Puncta formationBioenergetic crisisBax accumulationMitochondrial inhibitorsNeuronal demiseBcl-xLCell deathMitochondrial dysfunctionMitochondriaNeurodegenerative disordersNO donorNeuronsScission siteFission