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EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
Volume 314, Issue 3, Pages 651-667Publisher
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.10.033
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apoptosis; Ca2+; HABP1/p32/ gC1qR; mitochondria; mitochondrial membrane potential; oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species
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Constitutively expressed HABP1 in normal murine fibroblast cell line induces growth perturbation, morphological abnormalities alongwith initiation of apoptosis. Here, we demonstrate that though HABP1 accumulation started in mitochondria from 48 hr of growth, induction of apoptosis with the release of cytochrome c and apoptosome complex formation occurred only after 60 hr. This mitochondrial dysfunction was due to gradual increase in ROS generation in HABP1 overexpressing cells. Along with ROS generation, increased Ca2+ influx in mitochondria leading to drop in membrane potential was evident. Interestingly, upon expression of HABP1, the respiratory chain complex I was shown to be significantly inhibited. Electronmicrograph confirmed defective mitochondrial ultrastructure. The reduction in oxidant generation and drop in apoptotic cell population accomplished by disruption of HABP1 expression, corroborating the fact that excess ROS generation in HABP1 overexpressing cells leading to apoptosis was due to mitochondrial HABP1 accumulation. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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