Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 111, Issue 3, Pages 882-889Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06379.x
Keywords
cytochrome c; glutathione; lipoxygenase; mitochondria; reactive oxygen species
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- NIH [R01NS049430, R01NS53560, P01NS555104]
- American Heart Association
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12/15-Lipoxygenase (12/15-LOX) is an important mediator of brain injury following experimental stroke in rodents. It contributes to neuronal death, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We demonstrate here that in neuronal HT22 cells subjected to glutamate-induced oxidative stress, 12/15-LOX damages mitochondria, and this represents the committed step that condemns the cell to die. Importantly these events, including breakdown of the mitochondrial membrane potential, the production of reactive oxygen species, and cytochrome c release, can all be replicated by incubation of 12/15-LOX with mitochondria in vitro, without the need to add other cytosolic factors. Proteasome activity is required downstream of mitochondrial damage to complete the cell death cascade, but proteasome inhibition is only partially protective. These findings position 12/15-LOX as the central executioner in an oxidative stress-related neuronal death program.
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