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. 2000 May 12;101(4):389-99.
doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80849-1.

Cytochrome c deficiency causes embryonic lethality and attenuates stress-induced apoptosis

K Li  1 , Y Li, J M Shelton, J A Richardson, E Spencer, Z J Chen, X Wang, R S Williams
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Cytochrome c deficiency causes embryonic lethality and attenuates stress-induced apoptosis

K Li et al. Cell. .
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Abstract

Cytochrome c released from mitochondria has been proposed to be an essential component of an apoptotic pathway responsive to DNA damage and other forms of cell stress. Murine embryos devoid of cytochrome c die in utero by midgestation, but cell lines established from early cytochrome c null embryos are viable under conditions that compensate for defective oxidative phosphorylation. As compared to cell lines established from wild-type embryos, cells lacking cytochrome c show reduced caspase-3 activation and are resistant to the proapoptotic effects of UV irradiation, serum withdrawal, or staurosporine. In contrast, cells lacking cytochrome c demonstrate increased sensitivity to cell death signals triggered by TNFalpha. These results define the role of cytochrome c in different apoptotic signaling cascades.

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