title: Activation of calcium-independent phospholipase A (iPLA) in brain mitochondria and release of apoptogenic factors by BAX and truncated BID.
abstract: Cleaved or truncated BID (tBID) is known to oligomerize both BAK and BAX. Previously, BAK and BAX lacing the C-terminal fragment (BAXDeltaC) were shown to induce modest cytochrome c (Cyt c) release from rat brain mitochondria when activated by tBID. We now show that tBID plus monomeric full-length BAX induce extensive release of Cyt c, Smac/DIABLO, and Omi/HtrA2 (but not endonuclease G and the apoptosis inducing factor) comparable to the release induced by alamethicin. This occurs independently of the permeability transition without overt changes in mitochondrial morphology. The mechanism of the release may involve formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and activation of calcium-independent phospholipase A(2) (iPLA(2)). Indeed, increased ROS production and activated iPLA(2) were observed prior to massive Cyt c release. Furthermore, the extent of inhibition of Cyt c release correlated with the degree of suppression of iPLA(2) by the inhibitors propranolol, dibucaine, 4-bromophenacyl bromide, and bromenol lactone. Consistent with a requirement for iPLA(2) in Cyt c release from brain mitochondria, synthetic liposomes composed of lipids mimicking the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM) but lacing iPLA(2) failed to release 10 kDa fluorescent dextran (FD-10) in response to tBID plus BAX. We propose that tBID plus BAX activate ROS generation, which subsequently augments iPLA(2) activity leading to changes in the OMM that allow translocation of certain mitochondrial proteins from the intermembrane space.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brustovetsky
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Antonsson
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jemmerson
authors.forename: Janet M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dubinsky
authors.forename: Nickolay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brustovetsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D051023:BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000378:metabolism; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D054522:Group VI Phospholipases A2; D000074923:High-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 2; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D051023:BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein; C494828:Bax protein, rat; C494816:Bid protein, rat; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C489013:DIABLO protein, rat; D004338:Drug Combinations; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D045304:Cytochromes c; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054522:Group VI Phospholipases A2; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D000074923:High-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 2