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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-18
pubmed:abstractText
A dynamic balance of organelle fusion and fission regulates mitochondrial morphology. During apoptosis this balance is altered, leading to an extensive fragmentation of the mitochondria. Here, we describe a novel assay of mitochondrial dynamics based on confocal imaging of cells expressing a mitochondrial matrix-targeted photoactivable green fluorescent protein that enables detection and quantification of organelle fusion in living cells. Using this assay, we visualize and quantitate mitochondrial fusion rates in healthy and apoptotic cells. During apoptosis, mitochondrial fusion is blocked independently of caspase activation. The block in mitochondrial fusion occurs within the same time range as Bax coalescence on the mitochondria and outer mitochondrial membrane permeabilization, and it may be a consequence of Bax/Bak activation during apoptosis.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BAX protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bax protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bax protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Green Fluorescent Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luminescent Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitochondrial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bcl-2-Associated X Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/benzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspart...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9525
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright The Rockefeller University Press
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
164
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
493-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Biological Assay, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Membrane Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Mitochondrial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14769861-bcl-2-Associated X Protein
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitation of mitochondrial dynamics by photolabeling of individual organelles shows that mitochondrial fusion is blocked during the Bax activation phase of apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Biochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article