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Eur J Cell Biol ; 87(5): 325-34, 2008 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18375015

ABSTRACT

Presenilin 1-associated protein/mitochondrial carrier homolog 1 (PSAP/Mtch1) is a proapoptotic outer mitochondrial membrane protein first identified as a presenilin 1-associated protein. The mechanism by which it induces apoptosis upon overexpression in cultured cells is so far unknown. We had previously reported that deletion of two independent regions of PSAP/Mtch1 is required to prevent apoptosis. We now report that mitochondrial targeting of the region containing both proapoptotic domains, or any of them independently, to the outer membrane is sufficient to induce apoptosis. On the other hand, targeting of that region to the surface of the endoplasmic reticulum does not induce apoptosis, indicating that attachment of those domains to the outer mitochondrial membrane, and not just cytosolic exposure, is a requisite for apoptosis. Overexpression of PSAP/Mtch1 in cultured cells causes mitochondrial depolarization and apoptosis that does not depend on Bax or Bak, since apoptosis is induced in mouse embryonic fibroblasts lacking these two proteins. Our results suggest that apoptosis induced by PSAP/Mtch1 likely involves the permeability transition pore.


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Apoptosis , Mitochondria/metabolism , Mitochondrial Membranes/metabolism , Mitochondrial Proteins/metabolism , Animals , Cell Line , Humans , Mice , Mitochondrial Proteins/chemistry , Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics , Protein Structure, Tertiary , bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein/metabolism , bcl-2-Associated X Protein/metabolism
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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol ; 293(4): C1347-61, 2007 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17670888

ABSTRACT

Presenilin 1-associated protein (PSAP) was first identified as a protein that interacts with presenilin 1. It was later reported that PSAP is a mitochondrial protein that induces apoptosis when overexpressed in cultured cells. PSAP is also known as mitochondrial carrier homolog 1 (Mtch1). In this study, we show that there are two proapoptotic PSAP isoforms generated by alternative splicing that differ in the length of a hydrophilic loop located between two predicted transmembrane domains. Using RT-PCR and Western blot assays, we determined that both isoforms are expressed in human and rat tissues as well as in culture cells. Our results indicate that PSAP is an integral mitochondrial outer membrane protein, although it contains a mitochondrial carrier domain conserved in several inner membrane carriers, which partially overlaps one of the predicted transmembrane segments. Deletion of this transmembrane segment impairs mitochondrial import of PSAP. Replacement of this segment with each of two transmembrane domains, with opposite membrane orientations, from an unrelated protein indicated that one of them allowed mitochondrial localization of the PSAP mutant, whereas the other one did not. Our interpretation of these results is that PSAP contains multiple mitochondrial targeting motifs dispersed along the protein but that a transmembrane domain in the correct position and orientation is necessary for membrane insertion. The amino acid sequence within this transmembrane domain may also be important. Furthermore, two independent regions in the amino terminal side of the protein are responsible for its proapoptotic activity. Possible implications of these findings in PSAP function are discussed.


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Apoptosis/physiology , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Mitochondrial Membranes/metabolism , Mitochondrial Proteins/metabolism , Protein Sorting Signals/physiology , Alternative Splicing , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Cell Line , Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics , Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism , HeLa Cells , Humans , Membrane Proteins/chemistry , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Mitochondria/metabolism , Mitochondrial Proteins/chemistry , Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , Mutation , Protein Isoforms/chemistry , Protein Isoforms/genetics , Protein Isoforms/metabolism , Protein Sorting Signals/genetics , Protein Structure, Tertiary , Protein Transport/physiology , Rats , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid , Transfection
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