title: Connected to death: the (unexpurgated) mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis.
abstract: The mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis in vertebrates is dependent on the process of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP), which leads to the release of proteins from the mitochondrial intermembrane space into the cytosol. "Upstairs" of this event are the Bcl-2 family proteins that regulate and mediate MOMP; "downstairs" is the activation of caspases that orchestrate the dismantling of the cell. In the Connections Map database at Science's Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment (STKE), the pathways that define the mitochondrial pathway of apotosis are illustrated, with the bulk of control occurring "upstairs" of MOMP.
authors.affiliation: La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spierings
authors.forename: Gavin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McStay
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chipuk
authors.forename: Uli
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D053477:Apoptotic Protease-Activating Factor 1; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010539:Permeability; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D053477:Apoptotic Protease-Activating Factor 1; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D045304:Cytochromes c; D020169:Caspases