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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 15, Issue 7, Pages 3061-3072Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-12-0864
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA R01-83817] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS R01-04252] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [R01-92389] Funding Source: Medline
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Release of cytochrome c from the mitochondrial intermembrane space is critical to apoptosis induced by a variety of death stimuli. Bid is a BH3-only prodeath Bcl-2 family protein that can potently activate this efflux. In the current study, we investigated the mitochondrial localization of Bid and its interactions with mitochondrial phospholipids, focusing on their relationships with Bid-induced cytochrome c release. We found that Bid binding to the mitochondria required only three of its eight helical structures (alpha4-alpha6), but not the BH3 domain, and the binding could not be inhibited by the antideath molecule Bcl-x(L). Membrane fractionations indicated that tBid bound to mitochondrial outer membranes at both contact and noncontact sites. Bid could interact with specific cardiolipin species on intact mitochondria as identified by mass spectrometry. Like the binding to the mitochondria, this interaction could not be blocked by the mutation in the BH3 domain or by Bcl-x(L). However, a cardiolipin-specific dye, 10-N-nonyl acridine orange, could preferentially suppress Bid binding to the mitochondrial contact site and inhibit Bid-induced mitochondrial cristae reorganization and cytochrome c release. These findings thus suggest that interactions of Bid with mitochondrial cardiolipin at the contact site can contribute significantly to its functions.
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