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Endogenous BAX and BAK form mosaic rings of variable size and composition on apoptotic mitochondria

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Schweighofer,  Sarah V.
Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;
Research Group of Mitochondrial Structure and Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Jans,  Daniel C.       
Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;
Research Group of Mitochondrial Structure and Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Keller-Findeisen,  Jan
Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Folmeg,  Anne
Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;
Research Group of Mitochondrial Structure and Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Bates,  Mark
Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Jakobs,  Stefan       
Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;
Research Group of Mitochondrial Structure and Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Schweighofer, S. V., Jans, D. C., Keller-Findeisen, J., Folmeg, A., Ilgen, P., Bates, M., et al. (2024). Endogenous BAX and BAK form mosaic rings of variable size and composition on apoptotic mitochondria. Cell Death & Differentiation, 31, 469-478. doi:10.1038/s41418-024-01273-x.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000F-1B07-C
Abstract
One hallmark of apoptosis is the oligomerization of BAX and BAK to form a pore in the mitochondrial outer membrane, which mediates the release of pro-apoptotic intermembrane space proteins into the cytosol. Cells overexpressing BAX or BAK fusion proteins are a powerful model system to study the dynamics and localization of these proteins in cells. However, it is unclear whether overexpressed BAX and BAK form the same ultrastructural assemblies following the same spatiotemporal hierarchy as endogenously expressed proteins. Combining live- and fixed-cell STED super-resolution microscopy, we show that overexpression of BAK results in novel BAK structures, which are virtually absent in non-overexpressing apoptotic cells. We further demonstrate that in wild type cells, BAK is recruited to apoptotic pores before BAX. Both proteins together form unordered, mosaic rings on apoptotic mitochondria in immortalized cell culture models as well as in human primary cells. In BAX- or BAK- single-knockout cells, the remaining protein is able to form rings independently. The heterogeneous nature of these rings in both wild type as well as single-knockout cells corroborates the toroidal apoptotic pore model.