A mitochondrial pool of sphingomyelin is involved in TNFα-induced Bax translocation to mitochondria

Author:

BIRBES Helene1,LUBERTO Chiara2,HSU Yi-Te2,EL BAWAB Samer2,HANNUN Yusuf A.2,OBEID Lina M.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medicine and Ralph H. Johnson Veteran Administration, Medical University of South Carolina, SC 29425, U.S.A.

2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, SC 29425, U.S.A.

Abstract

We recently showed that targeting bSMase (bacterial sphingomyelinase) specifically to mitochondria caused accumulation of ceramide in mitochondria, and induced cytochrome c release and cell death [Birbes, El Bawab, Hannun and Obeid (2001) FASEB J., 15, 2669–2679]. In the present study, we investigated the role of this mitochondrial pool of ceramide in response to a receptor-mediated event, namely TNFα (tumour necrosis factor α), and the involvement of this mitochondrial pool of ceramide in Bax translocation to mitochondria, an event that precedes cytochrome c release. Treatment of MCF7 cells with TNFα caused an increase in ceramide levels in the mitochondrial fraction which accompanied Bax translocation to mitochondria. Targeting bSMase to mitochondria specifically resulted in Bax translocation to mitochondria, suggesting that the mitochondrial ceramide pool is involved in Bax translocation. Moreover, in a reconstituted cell-free system, treatment of isolated mitochondria with bSMase enhanced Bax association with mitochondrial membranes. Collectively, these results suggest that the generation of ceramide in mitochondria in response to TNFα is sufficient to induce Bax translocation to mitochondria and subsequent cytochrome c release and cell death.

Publisher

Portland Press Ltd.

Subject

Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry

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