Granzyme B-induced mitochondrial ROS are required for apoptosis

Autor: Guillaume Jacquemin, Atsuko Kasahara, Jerome Thiery, Esen Yonca Bassoy, Denis Martinvalet, Judy Lieberman, Michael Walch, D. Margiotta
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Cell Death & Differentiation. 22:862-874
ISSN: 1476-5403
1350-9047
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2014.180
Popis: Caspases and the cytotoxic lymphocyte protease granzyme B (GB) induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, loss of transmembrane potential and mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP). Whether ROS are required for GB-mediated apoptosis and how GB induces ROS is unclear. Here, we found that GB induces cell death in an ROS-dependent manner, independently of caspases and MOMP. GB triggers ROS increase in target cell by directly attacking the mitochondria to cleave NDUFV1, NDUFS1 and NDUFS2 subunits of the NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase complex I inside mitochondria. This leads to mitocentric ROS production, loss of complex I and III activity, disorganization of the respiratory chain, impaired mitochondrial respiration and loss of the mitochondrial cristae junctions. Furthermore, we have also found that GB-induced mitocentric ROS are necessary for optimal apoptogenic factor release, rapid DNA fragmentation and lysosomal rupture. Interestingly, scavenging the ROS delays and reduces many of the features of GB-induced death. Consequently, GB-induced ROS significantly promote apoptosis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE