Cited by 740Cell death mechanisms and regulationMitochondrial Function and PathologyCardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion

p53 Opens the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore to Trigger Necrosis

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Vaseva, Angelina V., Marchenko, Natalie D., Ji, Kyungmin, Tsirka, Stella E., Holzmann, Sonja, Moll, Ute M.·2012·Cell

Abstract

Ischemia-associated oxidative damage leading to necrosis is a major cause of catastrophic tissue loss, and elucidating its signaling mechanism is therefore of paramount importance. p53 is a central stress sensor responding to multiple insults, including oxidative stress to orchestrate apoptotic and autophagic cell death. Whether p53 can also activate oxidative stress-induced necrosis is, however, unknown. Here, we uncover a role for p53 in activating necrosis. In response to oxidative stress, p53 accumulates in the mitochondrial matrix and triggers mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) opening and necrosis by physical interaction with the PTP regulator cyclophilin D (CypD). Intriguingly, a robust p53-CypD complex forms during brain ischemia/reperfusion injury. In contrast, reduction of p53 levels or cyclosporine A pretreatment of mice prevents this complex and is associated with effective stroke protection. Our study identifies the mitochondrial p53-CypD axis as an important contributor to oxidative stress-induced necrosis and implicates this axis in stroke pathology.

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Authors
Vaseva, A. V., Marchenko, N. D., Ji, K., Tsirka, S. E., Holzmann, S., & Moll, U. M.
Affiliations
  • Stony Brook University (US)
  • University of Göttingen (DE)
Corresponding author
Moll, Ute M.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-06
Volume
149
Issue
7
Pages
1536-1548
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2110048031
Cited by
740
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43
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FWCI
28.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • GRO (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA060664, CA060664)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS042168)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
Keywords
p53, mitochondrial permeability transition pore, cyclophilin D, necrosis, oxidative stress, cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury, stroke, cyclosporine, mitochondrial matrix
MeSH terms
Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase F, Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore, Animals, Brain Ischemia, Embryo, Mammalian, Fibroblasts, Humans, Male, Necrosis, Reperfusion Injury, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Oxidative Stress, Cyclophilins, Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Mice, 129 Strain

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