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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are potent inducers of oxidative damage and have been implicated in the regulation of specific cellular functions, including apoptosis. Mitochondrial ROS increase markedly after proapoptotic signals, though the biological significance and the underlying molecular mechanisms remain undetermined. P66Shc is a genetic determinant of life span in mammals, which regulates ROS metabolism and apoptosis. We report here that p66Shc is a redox enzyme that generates mitochondrial ROS (hydrogen peroxide) as signaling molecules for apoptosis. For this function, p66Shc utilizes reducing equivalents of the mitochondrial electron transfer chain through the oxidation of cytochrome c. Redox-defective mutants of p66Shc are unable to induce mitochondrial ROS generation and swelling in vitro or to mediate mitochondrial apoptosis in vivo. These data demonstrate the existence of alternative redox reactions of the mitochondrial electron transfer chain, which evolved to generate proapoptotic ROS in response to specific stress signals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Cytochromes c, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Electron Transport, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Intracellular Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Mitochondria, Liver, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16051147-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Electron transfer between cytochrome c and p66Shc generates reactive oxygen species that trigger mitochondrial apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Experimental Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. marco.giorgio@ifom-ieo-campus.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't