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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2016

Mcl-1 involvement in mitochondrial dynamics is associated with apoptotic cell death.

Giampaolo Morciano, Carlotta Giorgi, Dario Balestra, Saverio Marchi, Daniela Perrone, Mirko Pinotti, Paolo Pinton

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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80citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Giampaolo MorcianoDepartment of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies.
Carlotta GiorgiDepartment of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies.
Dario BalestraDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, FE 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Saverio MarchiDepartment of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies.
Daniela PerroneDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, FE 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Mirko PinottiDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, FE 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Paolo PintonDepartment of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies paolo.pinton@unife.it.
Morpho (United States) · USUniversity of Ferrara · IT

Funding

Telethon GGP11139
6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingApoptosisCalciumDeath-Associated Protein KinasesHeLa CellsHumansMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMitochondriaMitochondrial DynamicsMyeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 ProteinOligonucleotides, AntisenseProtein IsoformsRNA, MessengerCalciumDeath-Associated Protein KinasesMCL1 protein, humanMyeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 ProteinOligonucleotides, AntisenseProtein IsoformsRNA, Messenger

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PMID26538029
PMCPMC4694758
OpenAlexW2172708546

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