title: Morphology of mitochondria during apoptosis: worms-to-beetles in worms.
abstract: Although mitochondria are crucial for most pathways of mammalian cell apoptosis, evidence for their role in classic invertebrate models of programmed cell death has been frustratingly scant. New work showing that inhibition of mitochondrial fragmentation during C. elegans development inhibits programmed cell death bridges this gap and should advance a more detailed understanding of the role of mitochondria in caspase activation.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20815, USA.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Youle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000378:metabolism*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D064550:Death-Associated Protein Kinases; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; C087233:Ced-9 protein, C elegans; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D064550:Death-Associated Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases