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CELL REPORTS
Volume 34, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108827
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- NIH [1R01HL131793, F31DK118836]
- Gabrielle's Angel Foundation award
- March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar research award
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BOK plays a crucial role in regulating the contact between the ER and mitochondria, which is essential for apoptosis. Lack of BOK results in decreased proximity between the ER and mitochondria, altered protein composition of MAMs, and ultimately affects calcium transfer and apoptosis.
Calcium transfer from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to mitochondria is a critical contributor to apoptosis. B cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) ovarian killer (BOK) localizes to the ER and binds the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosophate receptor (IP3R). Here, we show that BOK is necessary for baseline mitochondrial calcium levels and stimulus-induced calcium transfer from the ER to the mitochondria. Murine embryonic fibroblasts deficient for BOK have decreased proximity of the ER to the mitochondria and altered protein composition of mitochondria-associated membranes (MAMs), which form essential calcium microdomains. Rescue of the ER-mitochondrial juxtaposition with drug-inducible interorganelle linkers reveals a kinetic disruption, which when overcome in Bok(-/-) cells is still insufficient to rescue thapsigargin-induced calcium transfer and apoptosis. Likewise, a BOK mutant unable to interact with IP3R restores ER-mitochondrial proximity, but not ER-mitochondrial calcium transfer, MAM protein composition, or apoptosis. This work identifies the dynamic coordination of ER-mitochondrial contact by BOK as an important control point for apoptosis.
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