Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10872555 | FEBS Letters | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Plasma membrane lipid rafts have been considered as a sort of “chamber”, where several subcellular activities, including CD95/Fas-mediated pro-apoptotic signaling, can take place. Recently, we demonstrated that, after CD95/Fas triggering, raft-like microdomains could be detected in mitochondrial membranes. The mitochondrion appears as a dynamic and subcompartmentalized organelle in which microdomains might act as controllers of apoptosis-associated fission that results in the release of apoptogenic factors. Here, we hypothesize that some “small” mitochondria, possibly derived from their fission process, can reach the nuclear envelope and strictly interact with this. Mitochondria could act as a signaling “device” contributing to molecular trafficking of molecules, including raft-like components, during apoptosis.
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Authors
Tina Garofalo, Antonella Tinari, Paola Matarrese, Anna Maria Giammarioli, Valeria Manganelli, Laura Ciarlo, Roberta Misasi, Maurizio Sorice, Walter Malorni,