Abstract
During apoptosis, an important pathway leading to caspase activation involves the release of cytochrome c from the intermembrane space of mitochondria. Using a cell-free system based on Xenopus egg extracts, we examined changes in the outer mitochondrial membrane accompanying cytochrome c efflux. The pro-apoptotic proteins, Bid and Bax, as well as factors present in Xenopus egg cytosol, each induced cytochrome c release when incubated with isolated mitochondria. These factors caused a permeabilization of the outer membrane that allowed the corelease of multiple intermembrane space proteins: cytochrome c, adenylate kinase and sulfite oxidase. The efflux process is thus nonspecific. None of the cytochrome c-releasing factors caused detectable mitochondrial swelling, arguing that matrix swelling is not required for outer membrane permeability in this system. Bid and Bax caused complete release of cytochrome c but only a limited permeabilization of the outer membrane, as measured by the accessibility of inner membrane-associated respiratory complexes III and IV to exogenously added cytochrome c. However, outer membrane permeability was strikingly increased by a macromolecular cytosolic factor, termed PEF (permeability enhancing factor). We hypothesize that PEF activity could help determine whether cells can recover from mitochondrial cytochrome c release.
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Kluck, R. M., Esposti, M. D., Perkins, G., Renken, C., Kuwana, T., Bossy-Wetzel, E., Goldberg, M., Allen, T., Barber, M. J., Green, D. R., & Newmeyer, D. D. (1999). The Pro-Apoptotic Proteins, Bid and Bax, Cause a Limited Permeabilization of the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane That Is Enhanced by Cytosol. The Journal of Cell Biology, 147(4), 809â822.
Authors
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- Ruth M. Kluck (first)
- Mauro Degli Esposti (additional)
- Guy Perkins (additional)
- Christian Renken (additional)
- Tomomi Kuwana (additional)
- Ella Bossy-Wetzel (additional)
- Martin Goldberg (additional)
- Terry Allen (additional)
- Michael J. Barber (additional)
- Douglas R. Green (additional)
- Donald D. Newmeyer (additional)
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@article{Kluck_1999, title={The Pro-Apoptotic Proteins, Bid and Bax, Cause a Limited Permeabilization of the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane That Is Enhanced by Cytosol}, volume={147}, ISSN={1540-8140}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.147.4.809}, DOI={10.1083/jcb.147.4.809}, number={4}, journal={The Journal of Cell Biology}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Kluck, Ruth M. and Esposti, Mauro Degli and Perkins, Guy and Renken, Christian and Kuwana, Tomomi and Bossy-Wetzel, Ella and Goldberg, Martin and Allen, Terry and Barber, Michael J. and Green, Douglas R. and Newmeyer, Donald D.}, year={1999}, month=nov, pages={809–822} }