BCL-2 improves oxidative phosphorylation and modulates adenine nucleotide translocation in mitochondria of cells harboring mutant mtDNA. 2003

Giovanni Manfredi, and Jennifer Q Kwong, and José A Oca-Cossio, and Markus Woischnik, and Carl D Gajewski, and Katherine Martushova, and Marilena D'Aurelio, and Avi L Friedlich, and Carlos T Moraes
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA. gim2004@mail.med.cornell.edu

Members of the BCL-2-related antiapoptotic family of proteins have been shown previously to regulate ATP/ADP exchange across the mitochondrial membranes and to prevent the loss of coupled mitochondrial respiration during apoptosis. We have found that BCL-2/BCL-x(L) can also improve mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in cells harboring pathogenic mutations in mitochondrial tRNA genes. The effect of BCL-2 overexpression in mutated cells was independent from apoptosis and was presumably associated with a modulation of adenine nucleotide exchange between mitochondria and cytosol. These results suggest that BCL-2 can regulate respiratory functions in response to mitochondrial distress by regulating the levels of adenine nucleotides.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007425 Intracellular Membranes Thin structures that encapsulate subcellular structures or ORGANELLES in EUKARYOTIC CELLS. They include a variety of membranes associated with the CELL NUCLEUS; the MITOCHONDRIA; the GOLGI APPARATUS; the ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LYSOSOMES; PLASTIDS; and VACUOLES. Membranes, Intracellular,Intracellular Membrane,Membrane, Intracellular
D008928 Mitochondria Semiautonomous, self-reproducing organelles that occur in the cytoplasm of all cells of most, but not all, eukaryotes. Each mitochondrion is surrounded by a double limiting membrane. The inner membrane is highly invaginated, and its projections are called cristae. Mitochondria are the sites of the reactions of oxidative phosphorylation, which result in the formation of ATP. They contain distinctive RIBOSOMES, transfer RNAs (RNA, TRANSFER); AMINO ACYL T RNA SYNTHETASES; and elongation and termination factors. Mitochondria depend upon genes within the nucleus of the cells in which they reside for many essential messenger RNAs (RNA, MESSENGER). Mitochondria are believed to have arisen from aerobic bacteria that established a symbiotic relationship with primitive protoeukaryotes. (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Mitochondrial Contraction,Mitochondrion,Contraction, Mitochondrial,Contractions, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial Contractions
D010085 Oxidative Phosphorylation Electron transfer through the cytochrome system liberating free energy which is transformed into high-energy phosphate bonds. Phosphorylation, Oxidative,Oxidative Phosphorylations,Phosphorylations, Oxidative
D001859 Bone Neoplasms Tumors or cancer located in bone tissue or specific BONES. Bone Cancer,Cancer of Bone,Cancer of the Bone,Neoplasms, Bone,Bone Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Bone
D003600 Cytosol Intracellular fluid from the cytoplasm after removal of ORGANELLES and other insoluble cytoplasmic components. Cytosols
D004272 DNA, Mitochondrial Double-stranded DNA of MITOCHONDRIA. In eukaryotes, the mitochondrial GENOME is circular and codes for ribosomal RNAs, transfer RNAs, and about 10 proteins. Mitochondrial DNA,mtDNA
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000226 Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases A class of nucleotide translocases found abundantly in mitochondria that function as integral components of the inner mitochondrial membrane. They facilitate the exchange of ADP and ATP between the cytosol and the mitochondria, thereby linking the subcellular compartments of ATP production to those of ATP utilization. ADP,ATP Carrier,ADP,ATP Translocator Protein,Adenine Nucleotide Translocase,ADP Translocase,ATP Translocase,ATP,ADP-Carrier,ATP-ADP Translocase,Adenine Nucleotide Carrier (Mitochondrial),Mitochondrial ADP-ATP Carriers,ADP-ATP Carriers, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial ADP ATP Carriers
D000227 Adenine Nucleotides Adenine Nucleotide,Adenosine Phosphate,Adenosine Phosphates,Nucleotide, Adenine,Nucleotides, Adenine,Phosphate, Adenosine,Phosphates, Adenosine
D012516 Osteosarcoma A sarcoma originating in bone-forming cells, affecting the ends of long bones. It is the most common and most malignant of sarcomas of the bones, and occurs chiefly among 10- to 25-year-old youths. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Sarcoma, Osteogenic,Osteogenic Sarcoma,Osteosarcoma Tumor,Osteogenic Sarcomas,Osteosarcoma Tumors,Osteosarcomas,Sarcomas, Osteogenic,Tumor, Osteosarcoma,Tumors, Osteosarcoma

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