Journal
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS
Volume 179, Issue -, Pages 64-69Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2013.11.010
Keywords
Cardiolipin; Cardiolipin asymmetry; Cardiolipin oxidation mitochondria; Mitophagy; Apoptosis
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- NIH [ES020693, ES021068, U19AIO68021, NS076511, N5061817]
- NIOSH [OH008282, AG026389, NS065789]
- Fulbright US/Canada Scholar Program
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Cardiolipins (CLs) are ancient and unusual dimeric phospholipids localized in the plasma membrane of bacteria and in the inner mitochondrial membrane of eukaryotes. In mitochondria, two types of asymmetries - trans-membrane and molecular - are essential determinants of CL functions. In this review, we describe CL-based signaling mitochondrial pathways realized via modulation of trans-membrane asymmetry and leading to externalization and peroxidation of CLs in mitophagy and apoptosis, respectively. We discuss possible mechanisms of CL translocations from the inner leaflet of the inner to the outer leaflet of the outer mitochondrial membranes. We present redox reaction mechanisms of cytochrome c-catalyzed CL peroxidation as a required stage in the execution of apoptosis. We also emphasize the significance of CL-related metabolic pathways as new targets for drug discovery. Finally, a remarkable diversity of polyunsaturated CL species and their oxidation products have evolved in eukaryotes vs. prokaryotes. This diversity - associated with CL molecular asymmetry - is presented as the basis for mitochondrial communications language. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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