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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2010

Bax regulates production of superoxide in both apoptotic and nonapoptotic neurons: role of caspases.

Rebecca A Kirkland, Geraldine M Saavedra, Brian S Cummings, James L Franklin

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rebecca A KirklandDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
Geraldine M Saavedra
Brian S Cummings
James L Franklin
Georgia College & State University · USUniversity of Georgia · US

Funding

Free Radicals and Mitochondria in Neuronal ApoptosisR01NS037110 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI FRANKLIN, JAMES LEE · 2004 to 2007
$1.1M
FREE RADICALS AND MITOCHONDRIA IN NEURONAL APOPTOSISR29NS037110 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI FRANKLIN, JAMES LEE · 1999 to 2003
$410k
NINDS NIH HHS NS37110NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS037110NINDS NIH HHS R29 NS037110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A Bax- and, apparently, mitochondria-dependent increase in superoxide (O(2)(·-)) and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) occurs in apoptotic superior cervical ganglion (SCG) and cerebellar granule (CG) neurons. Here we show that Bax also lies upstream of ROS produced in nonapoptotic neurons and present evidence that caspases partially mediate the pro-oxidant effect of Bax. We used the O(2)(·-)-sensitive dye MitoSOX to monitor O(2)(·-) in neurons expressing different levels of Bax and mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (SOD2). Basal and apoptotic O(2)(·-) levels in both SCG and CG neurons were reduced in SOD2 wild-type (WT) cells having lower Bax concentrations. Apoptotic and nonapoptotic neurons from Bax-WT/SOD2-null but not Bax-null/SOD2-null mice had increased O(2)(·-) levels. A caspase inhibitor inhibited O(2)(·-) in both apoptotic and nonapoptotic SCG neurons. O(2)(·-) production increased when WT, but not Bax-null, SCG neurons were permeabilized and treated with active caspase 3. There was no apoptosis and little increase in O(2)(·-) in SCG neurons from caspase 3-null mice exposed to an apoptotic stimulus. O(2)(·-) levels in nonapoptotic caspase 3-null SCG neurons were lower than in WT cells but not as low as in caspase inhibitor-treated cells. These data indicate that Bax lies upstream of most O(2)(·-) produced in neurons, that caspase 3 is required for increased O(2)(·-) production during neuronal apoptosis, that caspase 3 is partially involved in O(2)(·-) production in nonapoptotic neurons, and that other caspases may also be involved in Bax-dependent O(2)(·-) production in nonapoptotic cells.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisbcl-2-Associated X ProteinCaspase 3Cells, CulturedFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMitochondrial ProteinsNeuronsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxidesBax protein, mousebcl-2-Associated X ProteinCaspase 3Mitochondrial ProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxides

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PMID21123558
PMCPMC3004742
OpenAlexW2013550947

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