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OPA1 Controls Apoptotic Cristae Remodeling Independently from Mitochondrial Fusion

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Evidence is provided that Optic Atrophy 1 (OPA1), a profusion dynamin-related protein of the inner mitochondrial membrane mutated in dominant optic atrophy, protects from apoptosis by preventing cytochrome c release independently from mitochondrial fusion.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2006-07-14 and is currently open access. It has received 1444 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Optic Atrophy 1 & Inner mitochondrial membrane.

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Mitochondrial Membrane Permeabilization in Cell Death

TL;DR: Once MMP has been induced, it causes the release of catabolic hydrolases and activators of such enzymes (including those of caspases) from mitochondria, meaning that mitochondria coordinate the late stage of cellular demise.
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Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018.

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TL;DR: The Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (NCCD) has formulated guidelines for the definition and interpretation of cell death from morphological, biochemical, and functional perspectives.
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Mitochondria: In Sickness and in Health

TL;DR: This work provides a current view of how mitochondrial functions impinge on health and disease and identifies mitochondrial dysfunction as a key factor in a myriad of diseases, including neurodegenerative and metabolic disorders.
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Mitochondria and cell death: outer membrane permeabilization and beyond

TL;DR: MOMP typically leads to cell death irrespective of caspase activity by causing a progressive decline in mitochondrial function, although cells can survive this under certain circumstances, which may have pathophysiological consequences.
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Mitofusin 2 tethers endoplasmic reticulum to mitochondria

TL;DR: It is shown that mitofusin 2, a mitochondrial dynamin-related protein mutated in the inherited motor neuropathy Charcot–Marie–Tooth type IIa, is enriched at the ER–mitochondria interface, and that it tethers ER to mitochondria, a juxtaposition required for efficient mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake.
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Mutation spectrum and splicing variants in the OPA1 gene.

TL;DR: It is hypothesize that at least two modifications of OPA1 may lead to dominant optic atrophy, that is alteration in GTPase activity and loss of the last seven C-terminal amino acids that putatively interact with other proteins.
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Export of mitochondrial AIF in response to proapoptotic stimuli depends on processing at the intermembrane space

TL;DR: Findings indicate that AIF release from mitochondria occurs by a two‐step process: detachment from the inner membrane by apoptosis‐induced processing in the intermembrane space and translocation into the cytoplasm and suggest the presence of a unique protease that is regulated by proapoptotic stimuli in caspase‐independent cell death.
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Endoplasmic reticulum BIK initiates DRP1-regulated remodelling of mitochondrial cristae during apoptosis.

TL;DR: It is shown that BH3‐only BIK activates this pathway at the ER in intact cells, resulting in mitochondrial fragmentation but little release of cytochrome c to the cytosol, which is distinct from its recognized role in regulating mitochondrial fission.
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Fzo1, a protein involved in mitochondrial fusion, inhibits apoptosis.

TL;DR: It is shown that overexpression of Fzo1A/B proteins involved in mitochondrial fusion, or silencing of Dnm1 (rat)/Drp1 (human) (a mitochondrial fission protein), increased elongated mitochondria in healthy cells and inhibited mitochondrial fragmentation and cell death after apoptotic stimulation.
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DRP-1-mediated mitochondrial fragmentation during EGL-1-induced cell death in C. elegans

TL;DR: It is shown that mitochondria fragment in cells that normally undergo programmed cell death during C. elegans development and DRP-1/dynamin-related protein, a key component of the mitochondrial fission machinery, is required and sufficient to induce mitochondrial fragmentation and programmed cellDeath during COULD development.
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