ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2016
Mcl-1 involvement in mitochondrial dynamics is associated with apoptotic cell death.
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- Pitavastatin is a novel Mcl-1 inhibitor that overcomes paclitaxel resistance in triple-negative breast cancer.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2025Article
- Co-Targeting BCL-xL with MCL-1 Induces Lethal Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diffuse Mesothelioma.Molecular cancer therapeutics · 2025Article
- Mitochondrial Gene Regulation and Pain Susceptibility: A Multi-Omics Causal Inference Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Interferon-stimulated gene MCL1 inhibits foot-and-mouth disease virus replication by modulating mitochondrial dynamics and autophagy.Journal of virology · 2025Article
- The role of cardiolipin in mitochondrial dynamics and quality control in neuronal ischemia/reperfusion injury.Cell death & disease · 2025Review
- Tipping the balance of cell death: alternative splicing as a source of MCL-1S in cancer.Cell death & disease · 2024Review
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- The Protective Effects of Mcl-1 on Mitochondrial Damage and Oxidative Stress in Imiquimod-Induced Cancer Cell Death.Cancers · 2024Article
- Structural optimization of siRNA conjugates for albumin binding achieves effective MCL1-directed cancer therapy.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Heparanase inhibitor OGT 2115 induces prostate cancer cell apoptosis via the downregulation of MCL‑1.Oncology letters · 2024Article
- Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024Review
- Mitochondrial proteome research: the road ahead.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024Review
- Mitochondria in health, disease, and aging.Physiological reviews · 2023Review
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Abstract
The B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) family proteins are critical regulators of apoptosis and consist of both proapoptotic and antiapoptotic factors. Within this family, the myeloid cell leukemia factor 1 (Mcl-1) protein exists in two forms as the result of alternative splicing. The long variant (Mcl-1L) acts as an antiapoptotic factor, whereas the short isoform (Mcl-1S) displays proapoptotic activity. In this study, using splice-switching antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), we increased the synthesis of Mcl-1S, which induced a concurrent reduction of Mcl-1L, resulting in increased sensitivity of cancer cells to apoptotic stimuli. The Mcl-1 ASOs also induced mitochondrial hyperpolarization and a consequent increase in mitochondrial calcium (Ca(2+)) accumulation. The high Mcl-1S/L ratio correlated with significant hyperfusion of the entire mitochondrial network, which occurred in a dynamin-related protein (Drp1)-dependent manner. Our data indicate that the balance between the long and short variants of the Mcl-1 gene represents a key aspect of the regulation of mitochondrial physiology. We propose that the Mcl-1L/S balance is a novel regulatory factor controlling the mitochondrial fusion and fission machinery.
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