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Published online November 10, 2008
doi:10.1083/jcb.200810125
The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 183, No. 4, 579-581
The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525 $30.00
© 2008 Scorrano
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Caspase-8 goes cardiolipin: a new platform to provide mitochondria with microdomains of apoptotic signals?



Luca Scorrano

Deptartment of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Dulbecco-Telethon Institute, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, 35129 Padova, Italy

Correspondence to Luca Scorrano: luca.scorrano{at}unige.ch

In certain cell types, apoptosis in response to extracellular stimuli like Fas depends on a mitochondrial amplificatory loop: the apical caspase-8 cleaves and activates the BH3-only member of the Bcl-2 family BID. In turn, BID induces the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to the cytoplasm, where it is required to fully activate effector caspases. In this issue of The Journal of Cell Biology, Gonzalvez et al. (see p. 681) show that when caspase-8 activation and production of functional BID is required, it is performed on mitochondrial platforms provided by the mitochondrion-specific lipid cardiolipin. Cardiolipin anchors caspase-8 at contact sites between inner and outer mitochondrial membranes, facilitating its self activation. These findings suggests that like other second messengers such as Ca2+ and cAMP, production of apoptotic messengers can be compartmentalized in close proximity to their intracellular target.

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