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Silvia Campello1, Umberto De Marchi, Ildikò Szabò, Francesco Tombola, Jean-Claude Martinou, Mario Zoratti.
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This paper explores the relationship between Bax and the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP). Isolated human colon tumor (HCT116) Bax- mitochondria exposed to recombinant Bax exhibited a slow, cyclosporin A-sensitive swelling, but only at [Bax]>200 nM. The amount of Bax incorporated was much higher than that found in organelles isolated from HCT116 Bax+ staurosporine- or etoposide-treated apoptotic cells, casting doubts on the significance of the putative PT induction for apoptosis. Bax did not influence the electrophysiological properties of an approximately 1 nS channel ascribed to the Ca2+-dependent mitochondrial permeability transition pore. These observations indicate that the PTP is independent of Bax.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15963994 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.05.055
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124