2016
Metabolic Control of Cell Death : The Role of Bcl‐xL
Park H, Licznerski P, Niu Y, Mnatsakanyan N, Miranda P, Wu J, Sacchetti S, Polster B, Alavian K, Jonas E. Metabolic Control of Cell Death : The Role of Bcl‐xL. The FASEB Journal 2016, 30 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.1162.2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchΔN-BclMitochondrial permeability transition poreABT-737Glutamate-exposed neuronsBcl-xLGlutamate-induced excitotoxicityGlutamate-induced deathNeuronal energy metabolismMitochondrial potentialCell deathGlutamate challengeBrain ischemiaNeuroprotective propertiesNeuronal survivalFold lower concentrationCyclosporine ASpecific small molecule inhibitorsATP productionSmall molecule inhibitorsMetabolic controlMitochondrial channel activityMalignant cellsPro-apoptotic roleNeuronsDeath
2015
ABT‐737 Inhibits Full Length And Cleaved Pro‐Apoptotic Bcl‐xL, Resulting in Differential Effects on Death And Survival
Park H, Licznerski P, Niu Y, Alavian K, Jonas E. ABT‐737 Inhibits Full Length And Cleaved Pro‐Apoptotic Bcl‐xL, Resulting in Differential Effects on Death And Survival. The FASEB Journal 2015, 29 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.777.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFull-length Bcl-xLBcl-xLABT-737Mitochondrial potentialATP productionΔN-BclAnti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteinsBcl-2 family proteinsCell death stimuliMitochondrial membrane permeabilityATP synthase activityMitochondrial permeability transition porePro-apoptotic BclPro-apoptotic formBcl-xL inhibitorsPermeability transition poreDeath stimuliFamily proteinsBcl-xL.Isolated mitochondriaPharmacological inhibitorsTransition poreCell deathFull lengthSynthase activity
2012
N-terminally cleaved Bcl-xL mediates ischemia-induced neuronal death
Ofengeim D, Chen YB, Miyawaki T, Li H, Sacchetti S, Flannery RJ, Alavian KN, Pontarelli F, Roelofs BA, Hickman JA, Hardwick JM, Zukin RS, Jonas EA. N-terminally cleaved Bcl-xL mediates ischemia-induced neuronal death. Nature Neuroscience 2012, 15: 574-580. PMID: 22366758, PMCID: PMC3862259, DOI: 10.1038/nn.3054.Peer-Reviewed Original Research