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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 277, Issue 52, Pages 50966-50972Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M209356200
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The mutations in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) cause similar to20% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases. A toxic gain of function has been considered to be the cause of the disease, but its molecular mechanism remains uncertain. To determine whether the subcellular localization of mutant SOD1 is crucial to mutant SOD1-mediated cell death, we produced neuronal cell models with accumulation of SOD1 in each subcellular fraction/organelle, such as the cytosol, nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria. We showed that the localization of mutant SOD1 in the mitochondria triggered the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c followed by the activation of caspase cascade and induced neuronal cell death without cytoplasmic mutant SOD1 aggregate formation. Nuclear and endoplasmic reticulum localization of mutant SOD1 did not induce cell death. These results suggest that the localization of mutant SOD1 in the mitochondria is critical in the pathogenesis of mutant SOD1-associated familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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