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Dehghan S, Kheshtchin N, Hassannezhad S, Soleimani M. Cell death classification: A new insight based on molecular mechanisms. Exp Cell Res 2023; 433:113860. [PMID: 38013091 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2023.113860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Cells tend to disintegrate themselves or are forced to undergo such destructive processes in critical circumstances. This complex cellular function necessitates various mechanisms and molecular pathways in order to be executed. The very nature of cell death is essentially important and vital for maintaining homeostasis, thus any type of disturbing occurrence might lead to different sorts of diseases and dysfunctions. Cell death has various modalities and yet, every now and then, a new type of this elegant procedure gets to be discovered. The diversity of cell death compels the need for a universal organizing system in order to facilitate further studies, therapeutic strategies and the invention of new methods of research. Considering all that, we attempted to review most of the known cell death mechanisms and sort them all into one arranging system that operates under a simple but subtle decision-making (If \ Else) order as a sorting algorithm, in which it decides to place and sort an input data (a type of cell death) into its proper set, then a subset and finally a group of cell death. By proposing this algorithm, the authors hope it may solve the problems regarding newer and/or undiscovered types of cell death and facilitate research and therapeutic applications of cell death.
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- Sepehr Dehghan
- Department of Medical Basic Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Basic Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Ex Vivo Herpes Simplex Virus Reactivation Involves a Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase-Dependent Wave of Lytic Gene Expression That Is Independent of Histone Demethylase Activity and Viral Genome Synthesis. J Virol 2022; 96:e0047522. [PMID: 35604215 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00475-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) maintains a lifelong latent infection in neurons and periodically reactivates, resulting in the production of infectious virus. The exact cellular pathways that induce reactivation are not understood. In primary neuronal models of HSV latency, the cellular protein dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) has been found to initiate a wave of viral gene expression known as phase I. Phase I occurs independently of both viral DNA replication and the activities of histone demethylase enzymes required to remove repressive heterochromatin modifications associated with the viral genome. In this study, we investigated whether phase I-like gene expression occurs in ganglia reactivated from infected mice. Using the combined trigger of explant-induced axotomy and inhibition of phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling, we found that HSV lytic gene expression was induced rapidly from both sensory and sympathetic neurons. Ex vivo reactivation involved a wave of viral late gene expression that occurred independently of viral genome synthesis and histone demethylase activity and preceded the detection of infectious virus. Importantly, we found that DLK was required for the initial induction of lytic gene expression. These data confirm the essential role of DLK in inducing HSV-1 gene expression from the heterochromatin-associated genome and further demonstrate that HSV-1 gene expression during reactivation occurs via mechanisms that are distinct from lytic replication. IMPORTANCE Reactivation of herpes simplex virus from a latent infection is associated with clinical disease. To develop new therapeutics that prevent reactivation, it is important to understand how viral gene expression initiates following a reactivation stimulus. Dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) is a cellular protein that has previously been found to be required for HSV reactivation from sympathetic neurons in vitro. Here, we show that DLK is essential for reactivation from sensory ganglia isolated from infected mice. Furthermore, we show that DLK-dependent gene expression ex vivo occurs via mechanisms that are distinct from production replication, namely, lytic gene expression that is independent of viral DNA replication and histone demethylase activity. The identification of a DLK-dependent wave of lytic gene expression from sensory ganglia will ultimately permit the development of novel therapeutics that target lytic gene expression and prevent the earliest stage of reactivation.
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Tau aggregation and its relation to selected forms of neuronal cell death. Essays Biochem 2021; 65:847-857. [PMID: 34897457 PMCID: PMC8709892 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20210030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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How neurons die in neurodegenerative diseases is still unknown. The distinction between apoptosis as a genetically controlled mechanism, and necrosis, which was viewed as an unregulated process, has blurred with the ever-increasing number of necrotic-like death subroutines underpinned by genetically defined pathways. It is therefore pertinent to ask whether any of them apply to neuronal cell death in tauopathies. Although Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent tauopathy, tauopathies comprise an array of over 30 diseases in which the cytoplasmic protein tau aggregates in neurons, and also, in some diseases, in glia. Animal models have sought to distil the contribution of tau aggregation to the cell death process but despite intensive research, no one mechanism of cell death has been unequivocally defined. The process of tau aggregation, and the fibrillar structures that form, touch on so many cellular functions that there is unlikely to be a simple linear pathway of death; as one is blocked another is likely to take the lead. It is timely to ask how far we have advanced into defining whether any of the molecular players in the new death subroutines participate in the death process. Here we briefly review the currently known cell death routines and explore what is known about their participation in tau aggregation-related cell death. We highlight the involvement of cell autonomous and the more recent non-cell autonomous pathways that may enhance tau-aggregate toxicity, and discuss recent findings that implicate microglial phagocytosis of live neurons with tau aggregates as a mechanism of death.
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Lyamzaev KG, Knorre DA, Chernyak BV. Mitoptosis, Twenty Years After. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2021; 85:1484-1498. [PMID: 33705288 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297920120020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In 1999 V. P. Skulachev proposed the term "mitoptosis" to refer to the programmed elimination of mitochondria in living cells. According to the initial thought, mitoptosis serves to protect cells from malfunctioning of the damaged mitochondria. At the same time, a new mechanism of the complete mitochondria elimination was found under the conditions of massive mitochondrial damage associated with oxidative stress. In this experimental model, mitochondrial cluster formation in the perinuclear region leads to the formation of "mitoptotic body" surrounded by a single-layer membrane and subsequent release of mitochondria from the cell. Later, it was found that mitoptosis plays an important role in various normal and pathological processes that are not necessarily associated with the mitochondrial damage. It was found that mitoptosis takes place during cell differentiation, self-maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells, metabolic remodelling, and elimination of the paternal mitochondria in organisms with the maternal inheritance of the mitochondrial DNA. Moreover, the associated with mitoptosis release of mitochondrial components into the blood may be involved in the transmission of signals between cells, but also leads to the development of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Mitoptosis can be attributed to the asymmetric inheritance of mitochondria in the division of yeast and some animal cells, when the defective mitochondria are transferred to one of the newly formed cells. Finally, a specific form of mitoptosis appears to be selective elimination of mitochondria with deleterious mutations in whole follicular ovarian cells in mammals. During formation of the primary follicle, the mitochondrial DNA copy number is significantly reduced. After division, the cells that receive predominantly mitochondria with deleterious mutations in their mtDNA die, thereby reducing the likelihood of transmission of these mutations to offspring. Further study of the mechanisms of mitoptosis in normal and pathological conditions is important both for understanding the processes of development and aging, and for designing therapeutic approaches for inflammatory, neurodegenerative and other diseases.
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- K G Lyamzaev
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.,Institute of Molecular Medicine, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Artemisinin protects motoneurons against axotomy-induced apoptosis through activation of the PKA-Akt signaling pathway and promotes neural stem/progenitor cells differentiation into NeuN + neurons. Pharmacol Res 2020; 159:105049. [PMID: 32598944 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Brachial plexus axotomy is a common peripheral nerve trauma. Artemisinin, an FDA-approved antimalarial drug, has been described to possess neuroprotective properties. However, the specific mechanisms by which artemisinin protects neurons from axotomy-induced neurotoxicity remain to be elucidated. In this study, we assessed the neuroprotective effects of artemisinin on an experimental animal model of brachial plexus injury and explored the possible mechanisms involved. Artemisinin treatment restored both athletic ability and sensation of the affected upper limb, rescued motoneurons and attenuated the inflammatory response in the ventral horn of the spinal cord. Additionally, artemisinin inhibited the molecular signals of apoptosis, activated signaling pathways related to cell survival and induced NSCPs differentiation into NeuN-positive neurons. Further validation of the involved key signaling molecules, using an in vitro model of hydrogen peroxide-induced neurotoxicity, revealed that both the inhibition of PKA signaling pathway or the silencing of Akt reversed the neuroprotective action of artemisinin on motoneurons. Our results indicate that artemisinin provides neuroprotection against axotomy and hydrogen peroxide-induced neurotoxicity, an effect that might be mediated by the PKA-Akt signaling pathway.
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Tan J, Digicaylioglu M, Wang SX, Dresselhuis J, Dedhar S, Mills J. Insulin attenuates apoptosis in neuronal cells by an integrin-linked kinase-dependent mechanism. Heliyon 2019; 5:e02294. [PMID: 31463398 PMCID: PMC6706370 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Insulin promotes neuronal survival by activating a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase)/AKT-dependent signaling pathway and reducing caspase activation. We investigated a role for integrin-linked kinase (ILK) in insulin-mediated cell survival in cultured neurons and differentiated R28 cells. We used a serum and depolarization withdrawal model to induce apoptosis in cerebellar granule neurons and a serum withdrawal model to induce apoptosis in differentiated R28 cells. ILK knock-out decreased insulin-mediated protection as did the addition of pharmacological inhibitors of ILK, KP-392 or QLT-0267. Prosurvival effects of insulin were rescued by Boc-Asp (O-methyl)-CH2F (BAF), a pancaspase inhibitor, in the presence of KP-392. Insulin and IGF-1 decreased caspase-3 activation, an effect that was inhibited by KP-392 and QLT-0267. Western blot analysis indicates that insulin-induced stimulation of AKT Ser-473 phosphorylation was decreased after the ILK gene was conditionally knocked-out, following overexpression of AKT-DN or in the presence of QLT-0267. Insulin and IGF-1 stimulated ILK kinase activity in primary neurons and this was inhibited following ILK-DN overexpression. Western blot analysis indicates that insulin exposure upregulated the expression of the cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein c-IAP2 in an extracellular matrix-dependent manner, an effect blocked by KP-392. These results indicate that ILK is an important effector in insulin-mediated neuroprotection.
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- Jacqueline Tan
- Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
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- Departments of Neurosurgery and Physiology, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
- Corresponding author.
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Suzich JB, Cliffe AR. Strength in diversity: Understanding the pathways to herpes simplex virus reactivation. Virology 2018; 522:81-91. [PMID: 30014861 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) establishes a latent infection in peripheral neurons and can periodically reactivate to cause disease. Reactivation can be triggered by a variety of stimuli that activate different cellular processes to result in increased HSV lytic gene expression and production of infectious virus. The use of model systems has contributed significantly to our understanding of how reactivation of the virus is triggered by different physiological stimuli that are correlated with recrudescence of human disease. Furthermore, these models have led to the identification of both common and distinct mechanisms of different HSV reactivation pathways. Here, we summarize how the use of these diverse model systems has led to a better understanding of the complexities of HSV reactivation, and we present potential models linking cellular signaling pathways to changes in viral gene expression.
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- Jon B Suzich
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States.
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Fricker M, Tolkovsky AM, Borutaite V, Coleman M, Brown GC. Neuronal Cell Death. Physiol Rev 2018; 98:813-880. [PMID: 29488822 PMCID: PMC5966715 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00011.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 655] [Impact Index Per Article: 109.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Neuronal cell death occurs extensively during development and pathology, where it is especially important because of the limited capacity of adult neurons to proliferate or be replaced. The concept of cell death used to be simple as there were just two or three types, so we just had to work out which type was involved in our particular pathology and then block it. However, we now know that there are at least a dozen ways for neurons to die, that blocking a particular mechanism of cell death may not prevent the cell from dying, and that non-neuronal cells also contribute to neuronal death. We review here the mechanisms of neuronal death by intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis, oncosis, necroptosis, parthanatos, ferroptosis, sarmoptosis, autophagic cell death, autosis, autolysis, paraptosis, pyroptosis, phagoptosis, and mitochondrial permeability transition. We next explore the mechanisms of neuronal death during development, and those induced by axotomy, aberrant cell-cycle reentry, glutamate (excitoxicity and oxytosis), loss of connected neurons, aggregated proteins and the unfolded protein response, oxidants, inflammation, and microglia. We then reassess which forms of cell death occur in stroke and Alzheimer's disease, two of the most important pathologies involving neuronal cell death. We also discuss why it has been so difficult to pinpoint the type of neuronal death involved, if and why the mechanism of neuronal death matters, the molecular overlap and interplay between death subroutines, and the therapeutic implications of these multiple overlapping forms of neuronal death.
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- Michael Fricker
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales , Australia ; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom ; Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences , Kaunas , Lithuania ; and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales , Australia ; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom ; Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences , Kaunas , Lithuania ; and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales , Australia ; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom ; Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences , Kaunas , Lithuania ; and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales , Australia ; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom ; Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences , Kaunas , Lithuania ; and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales , Australia ; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom ; Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences , Kaunas , Lithuania ; and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom
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Restarting Lytic Gene Transcription at the Onset of Herpes Simplex Virus Reactivation. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.01419-16. [PMID: 27807236 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01419-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) establishes a latent reservoir in neurons of human peripheral nerves. In this quiescent state, the viral genome persists as a circular, histone-associated episome, and transcription of viral lytic cycle genes is largely suppressed through epigenetic processes. Periodically, latent virus undergoes reactivation whereby lytic genes are activated and viral replication occurs. In this Gem, we review recent evidence that mechanisms governing the initial transcription of lytic genes are distinct from those of de novo infection and directly link reactivation to neuronal stress response pathways. We also discuss evidence that lytic cycle gene expression can be uncoupled from the full reactivation program, arguing for a less sharply bimodal definition of latency.
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Kristiansen M, Ham J. Programmed cell death during neuronal development: the sympathetic neuron model. Cell Death Differ 2014; 21:1025-35. [PMID: 24769728 PMCID: PMC4207485 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2014.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Developing sympathetic neurons of the superior cervical ganglion are one of the best studied models of neuronal apoptosis. These cells require nerve growth factor (NGF) for survival at the time that they innervate their final target tissues during late embryonic and early postnatal development. In the absence of NGF, developing sympathetic neurons die by apoptosis in a transcription-dependent manner. Molecular studies of sympathetic neuron apoptosis began in the 1980s. We now know that NGF withdrawal activates the mitochondrial (intrinsic) pathway of apoptosis in sympathetic neurons cultured in vitro, and the roles of caspases, Bcl-2 (B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2) family proteins and XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein) have been extensively studied. Importantly, a considerable amount has also been learned about the intracellular signalling pathways and transcription factors that regulate programmed cell death in sympathetic neurons. In this article, we review the key papers published in the past few years, covering all aspects of apoptosis regulation in sympathetic neurons and focusing, in particular, on how signalling pathways and transcription factors regulate the cell death programme. We make some comparisons with other models of neuronal apoptosis and describe possible future directions for the field.
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- M Kristiansen
- Molecular Haematology and Cancer Biology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Molecular Haematology and Cancer Biology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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Tolkovsky AM. Mitophagy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1793:1508-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2009] [Revised: 03/01/2009] [Accepted: 03/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Lyamzaev KG, Nepryakhina OK, Saprunova VB, Bakeeva LE, Pletjushkina OY, Chernyak BV, Skulachev VP. Novel mechanism of elimination of malfunctioning mitochondria (mitoptosis): Formation of mitoptotic bodies and extrusion of mitochondrial material from the cell. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2008; 1777:817-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2007] [Revised: 03/04/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Goemans CG, Boya P, Skirrow CJ, Tolkovsky AM. Intra-mitochondrial degradation of Tim23 curtails the survival of cells rescued from apoptosis by caspase inhibitors. Cell Death Differ 2008; 15:545-54. [PMID: 18174902 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Caspase inhibition can extend the survival of cells undergoing apoptosis beyond the point of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilisation (MOMP), but this does not confer long-term protection because caspase-independent death pathways emerge. Here, we describe a novel mechanism of mitochondrial self-destruction in caspase-inhibited cells, whose hallmark is the degradation of Tim23, the essential pore-forming component of the TIM23 inner membrane translocase. We show that Tim23 degradation occurs in cycling and post-mitotic cells, it is caspase-independent but Bax/Bak dependent, and it follows cytochrome c release. The proteolytic degradation of Tim23 is induced by MOMP and is mitochondrion-autonomous, as it also occurs in isolated mitochondria undergoing permeability transition. Degradation of Tim23 is selective, as expression of several other inner membrane proteins that regulate respiratory chain function is unaffected, and is not autophagic, as it occurs similarly in autophagy-proficient and -deficient (Atg-5 knockout) cells. Depleting Tim23 with siRNA is sufficient to inhibit cell proliferation and prevent long-term survival, while expression of degradation-resistant Tim23-GFP in mitochondria delays caspase-independent cell death. Thus, mitochondrial autodigestion of Tim23 joins the array of processes contributing to caspase-independent cell death. Because mitochondrial biogenesis requires a functional protein-import machinery, preventing Tim23 degradation might, therefore, be essential for repairing damaged mitochondria in chronic degenerative diseases.
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- C G Goemans
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Antitumour effect of polyoxomolybdates: induction of apoptotic cell death and autophagy in in vitro and in vivo models. Br J Cancer 2007; 98:399-409. [PMID: 18087283 PMCID: PMC2361451 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Polyoxomolybdates (PMs) as discrete molybdenum-oxide cluster anions have been investigated in the course of study of their medical applications. Here, we show the significant antitumour potency of the polyoxomolybdate [Me(3)NH](6)[H(2)Mo(V)(12)O(28)(OH)(12)(Mo(VI)O(3))(4)].2H(2)O (PM-17), which is a photo-reduced compound of [NH(3)Pr(i)](6)[Mo(7)O(24)].3H(2)O. The effect of PM-17 on the growth of cancer cell lines and xenografts was assessed by a cell viability test and analysis of tumour expansion rate. Morphological analysis was carried out by Hoechst staining, flow-cytometric analysis of Annexin V staining, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated 'nick-end' labelling staining, and electron-microscopic analysis. Activation of autophagy was detected by western blotting and fluorescence-microscopic analysis of the localisation of GFP-LC3 in transfected tumour cells. PM-17 inhibited the growth of human pancreatic cancer (AsPC-1) xenografts in a nude mice model, and induced morphological alterations in tumour cells. Correspondingly, PM-17 repressed the proliferation of AsPC-1 cells and human gastric cancer cells (MKN45) depending on the dose in vitro. We observed apoptotic patterns as the formation of apoptotic small bodies and translocation of phosphatidylserine by Hoechst staining and flow-cytometric analysis following Annexin V staining, and in parallel, autophagic conformation by the formulation of autophagosomes and localisation of GFP-LC3 by electron- and fluorescence-microscopic analysis.
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In this review I summarize interrelations between bioenergetic processes and such programmed death phenomena as cell suicide (apoptosis and necrosis) and mitochondrial suicide (mitoptosis). The following conclusions are made. (I) ATP and rather often mitochondrial hyperpolarization (i.e. an increase in membrane potential, delta psi) are required for certain steps of apoptosis and necrosis. (II) Apoptosis, even if it is accompanied by delta psi and [ATP] increases at its early stage, finally results in a delta psi collapse and ATP decrease. (III) Moderate (about three-fold) lowering of [ATP] for short and long periods of time induces apoptosis and necrosis, respectively. In some types of apoptosis and necrosis, the cell death is mediated by a delta psi-dependent overproduction of ROS by the initial (Complex I) and the middle (Complex III) spans of the respiratory chain. ROS initiate mitoptosis which is postulated to rid the intracellular population of mitochondria from those that are ROS overproducing. Massive mitoptosis can result in cell death due to release to cytosol of the cell death proteins normally hidden in the mitochondrial intermembrane space.
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- V P Skulachev
- Department of Bioenergetics, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology and School of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.
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Wyttenbach A, Tolkovsky AM. The BH3-only protein Puma is both necessary and sufficient for neuronal apoptosis induced by DNA damage in sympathetic neurons. J Neurochem 2006; 96:1213-26. [PMID: 16478523 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03676.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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DNA damage activates apoptosis in several neuronal populations and is an important component of neuropathological conditions. While it is well established that neuronal apoptosis, induced by DNA damage, is dependent on the key cell death regulators p53 and Bax, it is unknown which proteins link the p53 signal to Bax. Using rat sympathetic neurons as an in vitro model of neuronal apoptosis, we show that cytosine arabinoside is a DNA damaging drug that induces the expression of the BH3-only pro-apoptotic genes Noxa, Puma and Bim. Increased expression occurred after p53 activation, measured by its phosphorylation at serine 15, but prior to the conformational change of Bax at the mitochondria, cytochrome c (cyt c) release and apoptosis. Hence Noxa, Puma and Bim could potentially link p53 to Bax. We directly tested this hypothesis by the use of nullizygous mice. We show that Puma, but not Bim or Noxa, is a crucial mediator of DNA damage-induced neuronal apoptosis. Despite the powerful pro-apoptotic effects of overexpressed Puma in Bax-expressing neurons, Bax nullizygous neurons were resistant to Puma-induced death. Therefore, Puma provides the critical link between p53 and Bax, and is both necessary and sufficient to mediate DNA damage-induced apoptosis of sympathetic neurons.
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- Andreas Wyttenbach
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK
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Zalk R, Israelson A, Garty E, Azoulay-Zohar H, Shoshan-Barmatz V. Oligomeric states of the voltage-dependent anion channel and cytochrome c release from mitochondria. Biochem J 2005; 386:73-83. [PMID: 15456403 PMCID: PMC1134768 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The VDAC (voltage-dependent anion channel) plays a central role in apoptosis, participating in the release of apoptogenic factors including cytochrome c. The mechanisms by which VDAC forms a protein-conducting channel for the passage of cytochrome c are not clear. The present study approaches this problem by addressing the oligomeric status of VDAC and its role in the induction of the permeability transition pore and cytochrome c release. Chemical cross-linking of isolated mitochondria or purified VDAC with five different reagents proved that VDAC exists as dimers, trimers or tetramers. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer between fluorescently labelled VDACs supports the concept of dynamic VDAC oligomerization. Mitochondrial cross-linking prevented both permeability transition pore opening and release of cytochrome c, yet had no effect on electron transport or Ca2+ uptake. Bilayer-reconstituted purified cross-linked VDAC showed decreased conductance and voltage-independent channel activity. In the dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate)-cross-linked VDAC, these channel properties could be reverted to those of the native VDAC by cleavage of the cross-linking. Cross-linking of VDAC reconstituted into liposomes inhibited the release of the proteoliposome-encapsulated cytochrome c. Moreover, encapsulated, but not soluble cytochrome c induced oligomerization of liposome-reconstituted VDAC. Thus the results indicate that VDAC exists in a dynamic equilibrium between dimers and tetramers and suggest that oligomeric VDAC may be involved in mitochondria-mediated apoptosis.
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- Ran Zalk
- Department of Life Sciences and the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences and the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences and the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences and the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences and the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Boya P, González-Polo RA, Casares N, Perfettini JL, Dessen P, Larochette N, Métivier D, Meley D, Souquere S, Yoshimori T, Pierron G, Codogno P, Kroemer G. Inhibition of macroautophagy triggers apoptosis. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:1025-40. [PMID: 15657430 PMCID: PMC543994 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.3.1025-1040.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1297] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2004] [Revised: 06/08/2004] [Accepted: 10/19/2004] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Mammalian cells were observed to die under conditions in which nutrients were depleted and, simultaneously, macroautophagy was inhibited either genetically (by a small interfering RNA targeting Atg5, Atg6/Beclin 1-1, Atg10, or Atg12) or pharmacologically (by 3-methyladenine, hydroxychloroquine, bafilomycin A1, or monensin). Cell death occurred through apoptosis (type 1 cell death), since it was reduced by stabilization of mitochondrial membranes (with Bcl-2 or vMIA, a cytomegalovirus-derived gene) or by caspase inhibition. Under conditions in which the fusion between lysosomes and autophagosomes was inhibited, the formation of autophagic vacuoles was enhanced at a preapoptotic stage, as indicated by accumulation of LC3-II protein, ultrastructural studies, and an increase in the acidic vacuolar compartment. Cells exhibiting a morphology reminiscent of (autophagic) type 2 cell death, however, recovered, and only cells with a disrupted mitochondrial transmembrane potential were beyond the point of no return and inexorably died even under optimal culture conditions. All together, these data indicate that autophagy may be cytoprotective, at least under conditions of nutrient depletion, and point to an important cross talk between type 1 and type 2 cell death pathways.
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- Patricia Boya
- CNRS-UMR 8125, Institut Gustave Roussy, Pavillon de Recherche 1, 39 rue Camille-Desmoulins, F-94805 Villejuif, France.
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The major challenge in treating cancer is that many tumor cells carry mutations in key apoptotic genes such as p53, Bcl family proteins or those affecting caspase signaling. Such defects render treatment with traditional chemotherapeutic agents ineffective. Many studies have demonstrated the importance of caspase-independent cell death pathways in injury, degenerative diseases and tumor tissue. It is now recognized that in addition to their critical role in the production of cellular energy, mitochondria are also the source of key proapoptotic molecules involved in caspase activation. More recently, it has been discovered that in response to apoptotic stimuli, mitochondria can also release caspase-independent cell death effectors such as AIF and Endonuclease G. In this review, we examine the role of Bcl family proteins and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 signaling in the regulation of these apoptotic pathways and address the ongoing controversies in this field. Continued study of the mechanisms of apoptosis including caspase-independent death processes are likely to reveal novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of diverse human pathologies including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and acute injuries such as stroke or myocardial infarction.
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- Sean P Cregan
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, Canada K1H 8M5
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Potts PR, Singh S, Knezek M, Thompson CB, Deshmukh M. Critical function of endogenous XIAP in regulating caspase activation during sympathetic neuronal apoptosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 163:789-99. [PMID: 14623868 PMCID: PMC2173693 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200307130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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In sympathetic neurons, unlike most nonneuronal cells, growth factor withdrawal–induced apoptosis requires the development of competence in addition to cytochrome c release to activate caspases. Thus, although most nonneuronal cells die rapidly with cytosolic cytochrome c alone, sympathetic neurons are remarkably resistant unless they develop competence. We have identified endogenous X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) as the essential postcytochrome c regulator of caspase activation in these neurons. In contrast to wild-type neurons that are resistant to injection of cytochrome c, XIAP-deficient neurons died rapidly with cytosolic cytochrome c alone. Surprisingly, the release of endogenous Smac was not sufficient to overcome the XIAP resistance in sympathetic neurons. In contrast, the neuronal competence pathway permitted cytochrome c to activate caspases by inducing a marked reduction in XIAP levels in these neurons. Thus, the removal of XIAP inhibition appears both necessary and sufficient for cytochrome c to activate caspases in sympathetic neurons. These data identify a critical function of endogenous XIAP in regulating apoptosis in mammalian cells.
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- Patrick Ryan Potts
- Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Chang LK, Schmidt RE, Johnson EM. Alternating metabolic pathways in NGF-deprived sympathetic neurons affect caspase-independent death. J Cell Biol 2003; 162:245-56. [PMID: 12876275 PMCID: PMC2172806 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200302109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial release of cytochrome c in apoptotic cells activates caspases, which execute apoptotic cell death. However, the events themselves that culminate in caspase activation can have deleterious effects because caspase inhibitor-saved cells ultimately die in a caspase-independent manner. To determine what events may underlie this form of cell death, we examined bioenergetic changes in sympathetic neurons deprived of NGF in the presence of a broad-spectrum caspase inhibitor, boc-aspartyl-(OMe)-fluoromethylketone. Here, we report that NGF-deprived, boc-aspartyl-(OMe)-fluoromethylketone-saved neurons rely heavily on glycolysis for ATP generation and for survival. Second, the activity of F0F1 contributes to caspase-independent death, but has only a minor role in the maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential, which is maintained primarily by electron transport. Third, permeability transition pore inhibition by cyclosporin A attenuates NGF deprivation-induced loss of mitochondrial proteins, suggesting that permeability transition pore opening may have a function in regulating the degradation of mitochondria after cytochrome c release. Identification of changes in caspase inhibitor-saved cells may provide the basis for rational strategies to augment the effectiveness of the therapeutic use of postmitochondrial interventions.
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- Louis K Chang
- Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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It has been proposed that apoptotic death of some sensory neurons and Schwann cells occurs in, and may be causal for, diabetic neuropathy (DN). Some tantalizing but incomplete evidence for this has emerged from studies of rat models of diabetes and in vitro studies of sensory and sympathetic neurons and Schwann cells exposed to very high concentrations of glucose. This article reviews the evidence and suggests that most studies to date are far from being conclusive. Hence there is room for proper studies of apoptosis in DN, as such studies may reveal hitherto unexplored drug targets that may improve management of the disease.
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- Aviva Tolkovsky
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, United Kingdom
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Kirkland RA, Adibhatla RM, Hatcher JF, Franklin JL. Loss of cardiolipin and mitochondria during programmed neuronal death: evidence of a role for lipid peroxidation and autophagy. Neuroscience 2003; 115:587-602. [PMID: 12421624 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00512-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cardiolipin, a lipid of the mitochondrial inner membrane, is lost from many types of cells during apoptotic death. Here we show that the cardiolipin content of nerve growth factor (NGF)-deprived rat sympathetic neurons undergoing apoptotic death in cell culture decreased before extensive loss of mitochondria from the cells. By 18-24 h after NGF deprivation, many neurons did not stain with the cardiolipin-specific dye, Nonyl Acridine Orange, suggesting complete loss of cardiolipin. Gas chromatography confirmed the decline of cardiolipin content in NGF-deprived neurons. Electron microscopy and immunoblots for the mitochondrial-specific protein, heat shock protein 60 (HSP60), revealed that there was only a slight decrease in mitochondrial mass at this time. Cardiolipin loss after NGF deprivation was concurrent with increased production of mitochondrial-derived reactive oxygen species [Kirkland, R.A., Franklin, J.L., 2001. J. Neurosci. 21, 1949-1963] and increased lipid peroxidation. Compounds having antioxidant effects blocked peroxidation, loss of cardiolipin, and the decrease of mitochondrial mass in NGF-deprived neurons. These compounds also blocked an increase in the number of lysosomes and autophagosomes in NGF-deprived cells. The findings reported here show that the important mitochondrial inner membrane lipid, cardiolipin, is lost from mitochondria during neuronal apoptosis and that this loss occurs before significant loss of mitochondria from cells. They suggest that the loss of cardiolipin is mediated by free radical oxygen.
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- R A Kirkland
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 4640 MSC, 1300 University Avenue, Madison 53706, USA
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A Risky Job: In Search of Noncanonical Pathways. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0069-8032(03)42011-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Programmed death phenomena appear to be inherent not only in living cells (apoptosis), but also in subcellular organelles (e.g., self-elimination of mitochondria, called mitoptosis), organs (organoptosis), and even whole organisms (phenoptosis). In all these cases, the "Samurai law of biology"--it is better to die than to be wrong--seems to be operative. The operation of this law helps complicated living systems avoid the risk of ruin when a system of lower hierarchic position makes a significant mistake. Thus, mitoptosis purifies a cell from damaged and hence unwanted mitochondria; apoptosis purifies a tissue from unwanted cells; and phenoptosis purifies a community from unwanted individuals. Defense against reactive oxygen species (ROS) is probably one of the primary evolutionary functions of programmed death mechanisms. So far, it seems that ROS play a key role in the mito-, apo-, organo-, and phenoptoses, which is consistent with Harman's theory of aging. Here a concept is described that tries to unite Weismann's hypothesis of aging as an adaptive programmed death mechanism and the generally accepted alternative point of view that considers aging as an inevitable result of accumulation in an organism of occasional injuries. It is suggested that injury accumulation is monitored by a system(s) actuating a phenoptotic death program when the number of injuries reaches some critical level. The system(s) in question are organized in such a way that the lethal case appears to be a result of phenoptosis long before the occasional injuries make impossible the functioning of the organism. It is stressed that for humans these cruel regulations look like an atavism that, if overcome, might dramatically prolong the human life span.
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- Vladimir P Skulachev
- Department of Bioenergetics, A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia.
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Tolkovsky AM, Xue L, Fletcher GC, Borutaite V. Mitochondrial disappearance from cells: a clue to the role of autophagy in programmed cell death and disease? Biochimie 2002; 84:233-40. [PMID: 12022954 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(02)01371-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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When cells are induced to undergo apoptosis in the presence of general caspase inhibitors and then returned to their normal growth environment, there follows an extended period of life during which the entire cohort of mitochondria (including mitochondrial DNA) disappears from the cells. This phenomenon is widespread; it occurs in NGF-deprived sympathetic neurons, in NGF-maintained neurons treated with cytosine arabinoside, and in diverse cell lines treated with staurosporine, including HeLa, CHO, 3T3 and Rat 1 cells. Mitochondrial removal is highly selective since the structure of all other organelles remains unperturbed. Since Bcl2 overexpression blocks the removal of mitochondria without preventing death-inducing signals, it appears that the mitochondria are responsible for initiating their own demise. Degradation of mitochondria is not in itself a rare event. It occurs in large part by autophagy during normal cell house-keeping, during ecdysis in insects, as well as after induction of apoptosis. However, the complete and selective removal of an entire cohort of mitochondria in otherwise living mammalian cells has not been described previously. These findings raise several questions. What are the mechanisms which remove mitochondria in such a 'clean' fashion? What are the signals that target mitochondria for such selective degradation? How are cells that have lost their mitochondria different from rho0 cells (which retain mitochondria but lack mitochondrial DNA, and cannot carry out oxidative phosphorylation)? Are the cells which have lost mitochondria absolutely committed to die or might they be repaired by mitochondrial therapy? The answers will be especially relevant when considering treatment of diseases affecting long-lived and non-renewable organs such as the nervous system.
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- Aviva M Tolkovsky
- Department of Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK.
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Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death important in the development and tissue homeostasis of multicellular organisms. Abnormalities in cell death control can lead to a variety of diseases, including cancer and degenerative disorders. Hence, the process of apoptosis is tightly regulated through multiple independent signalling pathways that are initiated either from triggering events within the cell or at the cell surface. In recent years, mitochondria have emerged as the central components of such apoptotic signalling pathways and are now known to control apoptosis through the release of apoptogenic proteins. In this review we aim to give an overview of the role of the mitochondria during apoptosis and the molecular mechanisms involved.
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- P A Parone
- Departement de Biologie Cellulaire, University of Geneva, 30, quai E.-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Costantini P, Bruey JM, Castedo M, Métivier D, Loeffler M, Susin SA, Ravagnan L, Zamzami N, Garrido C, Kroemer G. Pre-processed caspase-9 contained in mitochondria participates in apoptosis. Cell Death Differ 2002; 9:82-8. [PMID: 11803376 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2001] [Revised: 06/11/2001] [Accepted: 07/12/2001] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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As shown here, mitochondria purified from different organs (liver, brain, kidney, spleen and heart) contain both pro-caspase-9 and the processed, mature form of caspase-9. Purified liver mitochondria release mature caspase-9 upon induction of permeability transition in vitro. This is accompanied by a discrete increase in the enzymatic cleavage of pro-caspase-9 substrates. We found that SHEP neuroblastoma cells constitutively contain pre-processed caspase-9 in their mitochondria, using a combination of subcellular fractionation and immunofluorescence with an antibody specific for the processed caspase. This is a cell type-specific phenomenon since HeLa cells mitochondria mainly contain pro-caspase-9 and comparatively little processed caspase-9. Upon introduction of apoptosis, mitochondrial pro-caspase-9 translocates to the cytosol and to the nucleus. This phenomenon is inhibited by transfection with Bcl-2. In synthesis, we report the unexpected finding that mitochondria can contain a pre-processed caspase isoform in non-apoptotic cells. Bcl-2-mediated regulation of mitochondrial membrane permeabilization may contribute to apoptosis control by preventing mitochondrial, pre-processed caspase-9 from interacting with its cytosolic activators.
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- P Costantini
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR1599, Institut Gustave Roussy, 39 rue Camille-Desmoulins, F-94805 Villejuif, France
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Pena C, Zhou Y, Lust D, Pilar G. Restoration of mitochondrial function reverses developmental neuronal death in vitro. J Comp Neurol 2001; 440:156-76. [PMID: 11745615 DOI: 10.1002/cne.1377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In a previous study characterizing morphological and functional features of cell death in trophically deprived chick ciliary ganglion neurons (Pena and Pilar [2000] J. Comp. Neurol. 424:377-396), we hypothesized that early cell death events might be targets for reversal, allowing for rescue of dying neurons. To test this hypothesis, ciliary ganglion (CG) neurons were cultured with or without trophic support (choroid, iris, and pigment epithelium soluble extract [CIPE]), or without trophic support for 11 or 18 hours and then exposed to trophic support. Prior to and at the onset of cell death commitment (11 hours) CIPE-deprived neurons exhibited increased membrane permeability, blebbing, cytoplasmic vacuolization, swollen mitochondria, low adenosine triphosphate levels, and release of cytochrome c from mitochondria. CIPE readdition at 11 hours reversed these changes. Between 11 and 18 hours, irreversible DNA fragmentation increased in CIPE-deprived neurons. Cyclosporin A and bongkrekic acid (inhibitors of mitochondrial transition permeability pores) prevented membrane permeability increases and delayed the progression to death in trophically deprived neurons by 12 hours; however, by 48 hours all neurons had died. BOC-Asp-CH2F (BAF), a pan-caspase inhibitor, did not prevent early events of cell death including increased membrane permeability and Cyto c release, but it inhibited DNA fragmentation and prolonged neuronal survival to 48 hours. We conclude that mitochondria changes occur early, prior to commitment and that the suppression of these changes can prevent all the downstream events of death, whereas caspase inhibitors have no effect on the early mitochondria/plasma membrane changes. Mitochondria thus play a critical role in the transition from reversible to irreversible commitment to developmental neuronal death. Furthermore, neuronal death is brought about by activation of one of two distinct pathways, one localized in mitochondria and the other dependent on activation of caspases.
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- C Pena
- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4975, USA
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Xue L, Fletcher GC, Tolkovsky AM. Mitochondria are selectively eliminated from eukaryotic cells after blockade of caspases during apoptosis. Curr Biol 2001; 11:361-5. [PMID: 11267874 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00100-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pan caspase inhibitors are potentially powerful cell-protective agents that block apoptosis in response to a wide variety of insults that cause tissue degeneration. In many conditions, however, the blockade of apoptosis by caspase inhibitors does not permit long-term cell survival, but the reasons are not entirely clear. Here we show that the blockade of apoptosis by Boc.Aspartyl(O-methyl)CH2F can result in the highly selective elimination of the entire cohort of mitochondria, including mitochondrial DNA, from both neurons and HeLa cells, irrespective of the stimulus used to trigger apoptosis. In cells that lose their mitochondria, the nuclear DNA, Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum, centrioles, and plasma membrane remain undamaged. The capacity to remove mitochondria is both specific and regulated since mitochondrial loss in neurons is completely prevented by the expression of the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 and partially suppressed by the autolysosomal inhibitor bafilomycin. Cells without mitochondria are more tolerant to an anaerobic environment but are essentially irreversibly committed to death. Prevention of mitochondrial loss may be crucial for the long-term regeneration of tissues emerging from an apoptotic episode in which death was prevented by caspase blockade.
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- L Xue
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, United Kingdom
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Harding TC, Xue L, Bienemann A, Haywood D, Dickens M, Tolkovsky AM, Uney JB. Inhibition of JNK by overexpression of the JNL binding domain of JIP-1 prevents apoptosis in sympathetic neurons. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:4531-4. [PMID: 11121395 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c000815200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Studies in non-neuronal cells show that c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) play a key role in apoptotic cell death. In some neurons JNK is also thought to initiate cell death by the activation of c-Jun. JNK inhibition has been achieved pharmacologically by inhibiting upstream kinases, but there has been no direct demonstration that inhibition of JNK can prevent neuronal death. We have therefore examined whether the JNK binding domain (JBD) of JNK-interacting protein-1 (JIP-1, a scaffold protein and specific inhibitor of JNK) can inhibit c-Jun phosphorylation and support the survival of sympathetic neurons deprived of NGF. We show that expression of the JBD in >80% of neurons was sufficient to prevent the phosphorylation of c-Jun and its nuclear accumulation as well as abrogate neuronal cell death induced by NGF deprivation. JBD expression also preserved the capacity of mitochondria to reduce MTT. Interestingly, although the PTB domain of JIP was reported to interact with rhoGEF, expression of the JBD domain was sufficient to localize the protein to the membrane cortex and growth cones. Hence, JNK activation is a key event in apoptotic death induced by NGF withdrawal, where its point of action lies upstream of mitochondrial dysfunction.
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- T C Harding
- University Research Centre for Neuroendocrinology and MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, University of Bristol, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK
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