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The Combined Functions of Proapoptotic Bcl-2 Family Members Bak and Bax Are Essential for Normal Development of Multiple Tissues

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Lindsten, Tullia, Ross, Andrea J, King, Ayala, Zong, Wei-Xing, Rathmell, Jeffrey C, Shiels, Helena A, Ulrich, Eugen, Waymire, Katrina G +13 more·2000·Molecular Cell

Abstract

Proapoptotic Bcl-2 family members have been proposed to play a central role in regulating apoptosis. However, mice lacking bax display limited phenotypic abnormalities. As presented here, bak(-/-) mice were found to be developmentally normal and reproductively fit and failed to develop any age-related disorders. However, when Bak-deficient mice were mated to Bax-deficient mice to create mice lacking both genes, the majority of bax(-/-)bak(-/-) animals died perinatally with fewer than 10% surviving into adulthood. bax(-/-)bak(-/-) mice displayed multiple developmental defects, including persistence of interdigital webs, an imperforate vaginal canal, and accumulation of excess cells within both the central nervous and hematopoietic systems. Thus, Bax and Bak have overlapping roles in the regulation of apoptosis during mammalian development and tissue homeostasis.

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  • Co-deletion of Bax and Bak1 causes perinatal lethality in mice as a consequence of severe developmental defects.

    “but also causes perinatal lethality in mice as a consequence of severe developmental defects [124].”
  • Preventing programmed cell death in pyramidal cells by ablating Bax and Bak is sufficient to abolish programmed cell death of cortical interneurons.

    “Moreover, preventing programmed cell death in pyramidal cells by genetically ablating the proapoptotic Bcl-2 family members Bax and Bak (Lindsten et al., 2000) from these cells is sufficient to abolish the programmed cell death of cortical interneurons (Wong et al., 2018).”

    From Development and Functional Diversification of Cortical Interneurons (2018) · cites this paper as Lindsten et al., 2000

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Lindsten, T., Ross, A. J., King, A., Zong, W.-X., Rathmell, J. C., Shiels, H. A., Ulrich, E., Waymire, K. G., Mahar, P., Frauwirth, K., Chen, Y., Wei, M., Eng, V. M., Adelman, D. M., Simon, M. C., Ma, A., Golden, J. A., Evan, G., Korsmeyer, S. J., MacGregor, G. R., & Thompson, C. B.
Affiliations
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Emory University (US)
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Thompson, Craig B
Venue
Molecular Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2000-12
Volume
6
Issue
6
Pages
1389-1399
ISSN
1097-2765 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2026873116
Cited by
1,489
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 49 · 2017: 53 · 2016: 61 · 2015: 60 · 2014: 60 · 2013: 70 · 2012: 58
FWCI
23.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Molecular Cell (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD036437)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Keywords
Bak, Bax, Bcl-2 family proteins, pro-apoptotic proteins, apoptosis regulation, developmental defects, central nervous system, hematopoietic system, tissue homeostasis, perinatal lethality, double knockout mice
MeSH terms
Abnormalities, Multiple, Animals, Brain, Cells, Cultured, Crosses, Genetic, Etoposide, Female, Embryonic and Fetal Development, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Histocytochemistry, Kidney, Lymphoid Tissue, Male, Membrane Proteins, Phenotype, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Spleen, Thymus Gland, Apoptosis, Gene Deletion, Mice, Knockout, Gene Targeting, fas Receptor, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, Genes, Essential, bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein, bcl-2-Associated X Protein, Mice

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