Gene Review:
Bax - Bcl2-associated X protein
Rattus norvegicus
Synonyms:
Apoptosis regulator BAX
- Spatial distribution of Bax and Bcl-2 in osteocytes after bone fatigue: complementary roles in bone remodeling regulation? Verborgt, O., Tatton, N.A., Majeska, R.J., Schaffler, M.B. J. Bone Miner. Res. (2002)
- A shift in the Bax/Bcl-2 balance may activate caspase-3 and modulate apoptosis in experimental glomerulonephritis. Yang, B., Johnson, T.S., Thomas, G.L., Watson, P.F., Wagner, B., Furness, P.N., El Nahas, A.M. Kidney Int. (2002)
- Molecular pathway of germ cell apoptosis following ischemia/reperfusion of the rat testis. Lysiak, J.J., Turner, S.D., Turner, T.T. Biol. Reprod. (2000)
- Diabetes induced erectile dysfunction and apoptosis in penile crura are recovered by insulin treatment in rats. Yamanaka, M., Shirai, M., Shiina, H., Tanaka, Y., Tsujimura, A., Matsumiya, K., Okuyama, A., Dahiya, R. J. Urol. (2003)
- Bax expression in mammalian neurons undergoing apoptosis, and in Alzheimer's disease hippocampus. MacGibbon, G.A., Lawlor, P.A., Sirimanne, E.S., Walton, M.R., Connor, B., Young, D., Williams, C., Gluckman, P., Faull, R.L., Hughes, P., Dragunow, M. Brain Res. (1997)
- Bcl-2 family proteins regulate the release of apoptogenic cytochrome c by the mitochondrial channel VDAC. Shimizu, S., Narita, M., Tsujimoto, Y. Nature (1999)
- Bcl-2 prolongs cell survival after Bax-induced release of cytochrome c. Rossé, T., Olivier, R., Monney, L., Rager, M., Conus, S., Fellay, I., Jansen, B., Borner, C. Nature (1998)
- The E1B 19K protein blocks apoptosis by interacting with and inhibiting the p53-inducible and death-promoting Bax protein. Han, J., Sabbatini, P., Perez, D., Rao, L., Modha, D., White, E. Genes Dev. (1996)
- The Mitochondrial F0F1-ATPase proton pump is required for function of the proapoptotic protein Bax in yeast and mammalian cells. Matsuyama, S., Xu, Q., Velours, J., Reed, J.C. Mol. Cell (1998)
- Ordering of ceramide formation, caspase activation, and Bax/Bcl-2 expression during etoposide-induced apoptosis in C6 glioma cells. Sawada, M., Nakashima, S., Banno, Y., Yamakawa, H., Hayashi, K., Takenaka, K., Nishimura, Y., Sakai, N., Nozawa, Y. Cell Death Differ. (2000)
- Celecoxib-induced apoptosis in rat cholangiocarcinoma cells mediated by Akt inactivation and Bax translocation. Zhang, Z., Lai, G.H., Sirica, A.E. Hepatology (2004)
- Role of hypoxia-induced Bax translocation and cytochrome c release in reoxygenation injury. Saikumar, P., Dong, Z., Patel, Y., Hall, K., Hopfer, U., Weinberg, J.M., Venkatachalam, M.A. Oncogene (1998)
- Influence of Bax or Bcl-2 overexpression on the ceramide-dependent apoptotic pathway in glioma cells. Sawada, M., Nakashima, S., Banno, Y., Yamakawa, H., Takenaka, K., Shinoda, J., Nishimura, Y., Sakai, N., Nozawa, Y. Oncogene (2000)
- Protein Kinase C-Dependent Mitochondrial Translocation of Proapoptotic Protein Bax on Activation of Inducible Nitric-Oxide Synthase in Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Mediates Cardiovascular Depression during Experimental Endotoxemia. Chan, J.Y., Chang, A.Y., Wang, L.L., Ou, C.C., Chan, S.H. Mol. Pharmacol. (2007)
- Bcl-2 changes conformation to inhibit Bax oligomerization. Dlugosz, P.J., Billen, L.P., Annis, M.G., Zhu, W., Zhang, Z., Lin, J., Leber, B., Andrews, D.W. EMBO J. (2006)
- Bax affects intracellular Ca2+ stores and induces Ca2+ wave propagation. Carvalho, A.C., Sharpe, J., Rosenstock, T.R., Teles, A.F., Youle, R.J., Smaili, S.S. Cell Death Differ. (2004)
- Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) stimulation of pancreatic beta-cell survival is dependent upon phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (PKB) signaling, inactivation of the forkhead transcription factor Foxo1, and down-regulation of bax expression. Kim, S.J., Winter, K., Nian, C., Tsuneoka, M., Koda, Y., McIntosh, C.H. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- Distinct domains control the addressing and the insertion of Bax into mitochondria. Cartron, P.F., Arokium, H., Oliver, L., Meflah, K., Manon, S., Vallette, F.M. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- Bid, but not Bax, regulates VDAC channels. Rostovtseva, T.K., Antonsson, B., Suzuki, M., Youle, R.J., Colombini, M., Bezrukov, S.M. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- Altered signaling and regulatory mechanisms of apoptosis in focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. Wang, W., Tzanidis, A., Divjak, M., Thomson, N.M., Stein-Oakley, A.N. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. (2001)
- Cytochrome c release from mitochondria proceeds by a two-step process. Ott, M., Robertson, J.D., Gogvadze, V., Zhivotovsky, B., Orrenius, S. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2002)
- Cancer cell sensitization to fas-mediated apoptosis by sodium butyrate. Bonnotte, B., Favre, N., Reveneau, S., Micheau, O., Droin, N., Garrido, C., Fontana, A., Chauffert, B., Solary, E., Martin, F. Cell Death Differ. (1998)
- Specific cleavage of Mcl-1 by caspase-3 in tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-induced apoptosis in Jurkat leukemia T cells. Weng, C., Li, Y., Xu, D., Shi, Y., Tang, H. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- Selective activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway fails to elicit Bax activation or apoptosis unless the phosphoinositide 3'-kinase (PI3K) pathway is inhibited. Molton, S.A., Todd, D.E., Cook, S.J. Oncogene (2003)
- Bax interacts with the voltage-dependent anion channel and mediates ethanol-induced apoptosis in rat hepatocytes. Adachi, M., Higuchi, H., Miura, S., Azuma, T., Inokuchi, S., Saito, H., Kato, S., Ishii, H. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. (2004)
- Bid-induced conformational change of Bax is responsible for mitochondrial cytochrome c release during apoptosis. Desagher, S., Osen-Sand, A., Nichols, A., Eskes, R., Montessuit, S., Lauper, S., Maundrell, K., Antonsson, B., Martinou, J.C. J. Cell Biol. (1999)
- Activated JNK brings about accelerated apoptosis of Bcl-2-overexpressing C6 glioma cells on treatment with tamoxifen. Moodbidri, M.S., Shirsat, N.V. J. Neurochem. (2005)
- Suppression of mitochondria-dependent neutrophil apoptosis with thermal injury. Hu, Z., Sayeed, M.M. Am. J. Physiol., Cell Physiol. (2004)
- Regulation of the mitochondrial checkpoint in p53-mediated apoptosis confers resistance to cell death. Henry, H., Thomas, A., Shen, Y., White, E. Oncogene (2002)
- The c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase signaling pathway mediates Bax activation and subsequent neuronal apoptosis through interaction with Bim after transient focal cerebral ischemia. Okuno, S., Saito, A., Hayashi, T., Chan, P.H. J. Neurosci. (2004)
- Rho-kinase inhibition reduces neointima formation after vascular injury by enhancing Bax expression and apoptosis. Shibata, R., Kai, H., Seki, Y., Kusaba, K., Takemiya, K., Koga, M., Jalalidin, A., Tokuda, K., Tahara, N., Niiyama, H., Nagata, T., Kuwahara, F., Imaizumi, T. J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol. (2003)
- Myc potentiates apoptosis by stimulating Bax activity at the mitochondria. Soucie, E.L., Annis, M.G., Sedivy, J., Filmus, J., Leber, B., Andrews, D.W., Penn, L.Z. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2001)
- RhoA/Rho kinase up-regulate Bax to activate a mitochondrial death pathway and induce cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Del Re, D.P., Miyamoto, S., Brown, J.H. J. Biol. Chem. (2007)
- Nitric oxide and superoxide induced p53 and Bax accumulation during mesangial cell apoptosis. Sandau, K., Pfeilschifter, J., Brüne, B. Kidney Int. (1997)
- Dynamic changes of the anti- and pro-apoptotic proteins Bcl-w, Bcl-2, and Bax with Smac/Diablo mitochondrial release after photothrombotic ring stroke in rats. Hu, X.L., Olsson, T., Johansson, I.M., Brännström, T., Wester, P. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2004)
- Hsp10 and Hsp60 modulate Bcl-2 family and mitochondria apoptosis signaling induced by doxorubicin in cardiac muscle cells. Shan, Y.X., Liu, T.J., Su, H.F., Samsamshariat, A., Mestril, R., Wang, P.H. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. (2003)
- Thrombin induces nigral dopaminergic neurodegeneration in vivo by altering expression of death-related proteins. Choi, S.H., Lee, d.a. .Y., Ryu, J.K., Kim, J., Joe, E.H., Jin, B.K. Neurobiol. Dis. (2003)
- Glucose enhances mesangial cell apoptosis. Khera, T., Martin, J., Riley, S., Steadman, R., Phillips, A.O. Lab. Invest. (2006)
- Vasectomy impairs spermatogenesis through germ cell apoptosis mediated by the p53-Bax pathway in rats. Shiraishi, K., Naito, K., Yoshida, K. J. Urol. (2001)