细胞凋亡的线粒体途径蒋舜媛董霞程在全2002-12-17细胞死亡损伤性死亡Necrosis程序化死亡、细胞凋亡ProgrammedCellDeathApoptosis细胞凋亡的特征形态学特征:染色质的凝集,嗜碱性染色增强,细胞核崩解此时线粒体保持形态正常.细胞体积缩小,一部分细胞质和核碎片进入由膜包被的程序死亡小体,他们从细胞表面出芽脱落,并被巨噬细胞.上皮细胞吞噬.生化特征:染色质降解,核小体间连接DNA部位被降解,产生寡聚核小体DNA片段,即180-200DP整数倍的不同长度的DNA片断.Fig.1.Schematicsummaryofbiochemicalmechanismsofapoptosis.MitochondriaandCommitmenttoCellDeath线粒体是真核细胞的重要细胞器,是动物细胞生成ATP的主要地点。线粒体基质的三羧酸循环酶系通过底物脱氢氧化生成NADH。NADH通过线粒体内膜呼吸链氧化。与此同时,导致跨膜质子移位形成跨膜质子梯度和/或跨膜电位。线粒体内膜上的ATP合成酶利用跨膜质子梯度能量合成ATP。合成的ATP通过线粒体内膜ADP/ATP载体与细胞质中ADP交换进入细胞质,参与细胞的各种需能过程。MitochondrialPathwaysinphysiologicalcelldeaththereleaseofcaspaseactivators(suchascytochromec),changesinelectrontransport,lossofmitochondrialtransmembranepotential,alteredcellularoxidation-reduction,participationofpro-andantiapoptoticBcl-2familyproteins.MitochondrialPathwaysinphysiologicalcelldeathIfmitochondriaarepivotalincontrollingcelllifeanddeath,thenhowdotheseorganelleskill?Atleastthreegeneralmechanismsareknown,andtheireffectsmaybeinterrelated,including(i)disruptionofelectrontransport,oxidativephosphorylation,andadenosinetriphosphate(ATP)production;(ii)releaseofproteinsthattriggeractivationofcaspasefamilyproteases;and(iii)alterationofcellularreduction-oxidation(redox)potentialDisruptionofelectrontransportandenergymetabolismdisruptionofelectrontransporthasbeenrecognizedasanearlyfeatureofcelldeath.γ-Irradiationinducesapoptosisinthymocytesandadisruptionintheelectrontransportchain,probablyatthecytochromeb-c1/cytochromec(cytoc)step.Ceramide(asecondmessengerimplicatedinapoptosissignaling)disruptselectrontransportatthesamestepincellsaswellasinisolatedmitochondria.LigationofFasalsoleadstoadisruptionincytocfunctioninelectrontransport.DisruptionofelectrontransportandenergymetabolismOneconsequenceofthelossofelectrontransportshouldbeadropinATPproduction.Althoughsuchadrophasbeenobservedduringapoptosis,itoftenoccursrelativelylateintheprocess(14).Indeed,ATPappearstoberequiredfordownstreameventsinapoptosis(15).Thus,althoughlossofmitochondrialATPproductioncankillacell,itisunlikelythatthisisamechanismforinductionofapoptosis.Disruptionofelectrontransportandenergymetabolism线粒体跨膜电位的耗散与细胞凋亡有密切关系近年来陆续有报道说明线粒体跨膜电位的耗散早于核酸酶的激活,也早于磷酯酰丝氨酸暴露于细胞表面。而一旦线粒体跨膜电位耗散,细胞就会进入不可逆的凋亡过程。线粒体解联的呼吸链会产生大量活性氧,氧化线粒体内膜上的心磷脂。实验证明,用解偶联剂mClCCP会导致淋巴细胞凋亡。而如果能稳定线粒体跨膜电位就能防止细胞凋亡。Releaseofcaspase-activatingproteinsTheimportanceofmitochondriainapoptosiswassuggestedbystudieswithacell-freesysteminwhichspontaneous,Bcl-2-inhibitablenuclearcondensationandDNAfragmentationwerefoundtobedependentonthepresenceofmitochondria(16).Subsequently,studiesinanothercell-freesystemshowedthatinductionofcaspaseactivationbyadditionofdeoxyadenosinetriphosphatedependedonthepresenceofcytocreleasedfrommitochondriaduringextractpreparation(17).Duringapoptosis(invitroandinvivo)cytocisreleasedfrommitochondriaandthisisinhibitedbythepresenceofBcl-2ontheseorganelles(18,19).Cytosoliccytocformsanessentialpartofthevertebrateapoptosome,whichiscomposedofcytoc,Apaf-1,andprocaspase-9(20).Theresultisactivationofcaspase-9,whichthenprocessesandactivatesothercaspasestoorchestratethebiochemicalexecutionofcells.Releaseofcaspase-activatingproteinsSignificantly,caspaseinhibitorsdonotpreventcytocreleaseinducedbyseveralapoptogenicagents,includingUVirradiation,staurosporine,andoverexpressionofBax(14,21,22).AnexceptioniscytocreleasefrommitochondriainducedbythetumornecrosisfactorreceptorfamilymemberFas,inwhichcytocreleaseispreventedbyinhibitionofcaspases(primarilycaspase-8)recruitedtothecytosolicdomainofligatedFas(21).Nevertheless,cytocreleasecansometimescontributetoFas-mediatedapoptosisbyamplifyingtheeffectsofcaspase-8onactivationofdownstreamcaspases(23).Theemergentviewisthatoncecytocisreleased,thiscommitsthecelltodiebyeitherarapidapoptoticmechanisminvolvingApaf-1-mediatedcaspaseactivationoraslowernecroticprocessduetocollapseofelectrontransport,whichoccurswhencytocisdepletedfrommitochondria,resultinginavarietyofdeleterioussequelaeincludinggenerationofoxygenfreeradicalsanddecreasedproductionofATPReactiveoxygenspeciesandcellularredox.Mitochondriaarethemajorsourceofsuperoxideanionproductionincells.Duringtransferofelectronstomolecularoxygen,anestimated1to5%ofelectronsintherespiratorychainlosetheirway,mostparticipatinginformationofO2.Anythingthatdecreasesthecouplingefficiencyofelectronchaintransportcanthereforeincreaseproductionofsuperoxides.Reactiveoxygenspeciesandcellularredox.Superoxidesandlipidperoxidationareincreasedduringapoptosisinducedbymyriadstimuli(28).However,generationofROSmaybearelativelylateevent,occurringaftercellshaveembarkedonaprocessofcaspaseactivation.Inthisregard,attemptstostudyapoptosisunderconditionsofanoxiahavedemonstratedthatatleastsomeproapoptoticstimulifunctionintheabsenceornearabsenceofoxygen,whichimpliesthatROSsarenotthesinequanonofapoptosis(29,30).However,ROSscanbegeneratedunderconditionsofvirtualanaerobiosis(31),andthustheirroleinapoptosiscannotbeexcludedsolelyonthisbasis.Figure2.Modelforcaspaseactivationbymitochondria.osmoticdisequilibriumlead