mortality/aging
• conditional mutants (males) die by E17
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cellular
• mitochondria in cultured neurites are short and fragmented
• while morphology is restored by expression of anchored Pdcd8, mitochondrial length is increased compared to controls; cristae in mutant neurons are dilated and disorganized vs wild-type; cross-sectional distance of mitochondrial cristae is ~2.5-fold wider than wild-type; expression of anchored Pdcd8 reduces intercristae distance from 20 to 17 microns
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• cultured neurons transfected with a mitochondrially-anchored Pdcd8 show similar survival to wild-type neurons expressing GFP
• after camptothecin treatment, neurons show increased survival vs wild-type over the first 12 hours (~45% loss vs ~55% in wild-type)
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• there is a marked increase in cell death in postmitotic cell regions
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• membrane potential is hyperpolarized relative to wild-type cells
• membrane potential hyperpolarization is restored to normal by expression of anchored Pdcd8
• ATP production and oxygen consumption in cultured mutant neurons is restored by mitochondrially anchored Pdcd8
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• mutant neurites have few mitochondria vs wild-type
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homeostasis/metabolism
• expression of complex I respiratory chain complex is abrogated in mutants
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nervous system
• cultured neurons transfected with a mitochondrially-anchored Pdcd8 show similar survival to wild-type neurons expressing GFP
• after camptothecin treatment, neurons show increased survival vs wild-type over the first 12 hours (~45% loss vs ~55% in wild-type)
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• there is a marked increase in cell death in postmitotic cell regions
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• cortical thickness is reduced, mostly at the cortical plate (CP) and intermediate zone (IZ) and to lesser extent the subventricular zone (SVZ)
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