Bcl-x Promotes the Open Configuration of the Voltage-dependent Anion Channel and Metabolite Passage through the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane
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The diffusion of metabolites across the outer mitochondrial membrane is essential for coupled cellular respiration. The outer membrane of mitochondria isolated from growth factor-deprived cells is impaired in its ability to exchange metabolic anions. When added to mitochondria, recombinant Bcl-x(L) restores metabolite exchange across the outer membrane without inducing the loss of cytochrome c from the intermembrane space. Restoration of outer membrane permeability to anionic metabolites does not occur directly through Bcl-x(L) ion channels. Instead, recombinant Bcl-x(L) maintains the outer mitochondrial membrane channel, VDAC, in an open configuration. Consistent with these findings, when ADP-induced oxidative phosphorylation is limited by exogenous beta-NADH, recombinant Bcl-x(L) can sustain outer mitochondrial membrane permeability to ADP. beta-NADH limits respiration by promoting the closed configuration of VDAC. Together these results demonstrate that following an apoptotic signal, Bcl-x(L) can maintain metabolite exchange across the outer mitochondrial membrane by inhibiting VDAC closure.
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- Authors
- Vander Heiden, M. G., Li, X. X., Gottleib, E., Hill, R. B., Thompson, C. B., & Colombini, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Abramson Cancer Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Thompson, Craig B.
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- Journal of Biological Chemistry
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- Elsevier BV
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- 2001-06
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- 276
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- 22
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- 19414-19419
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- 9.78
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- 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
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
- Keywords
- Bcl-xL, voltage-dependent anion channel, mitochondrial outer membrane, metabolite exchange, mitochondrial permeability transition, oxidative phosphorylation, apoptosis, cytochrome c, growth factor deprivation
- MeSH terms
- Adenosine Diphosphate, Animals, Cell Line, Cell Membrane, Cell Survival, Cytochrome c Group, Diffusion, Electrophysiology, Humans, Intracellular Membranes, Kinetics, Mitochondria, Liver, NAD, Oxygen, Permeability, Phosphocreatine, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Recombinant Proteins, Time Factors, Apoptosis, Porins, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels, bcl-X Protein, Mice, Rats
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