Authors: YouHua Huang XiaoHong Huang JianFang Gui QiYa Zhang
Publish Date: 2007/06/06
Volume: 12, Issue: 9, Pages: 1569-1577
Abstract
A fish cell line fathead minnow FHM cell was used to investigate the alteration of mitochondrial dynamics and the mechanism of apoptosis under Rana grylio virus RGV infection Microscopy observations flowcytometry analysis and molecular marker detection revealed the apoptotic fate of the RGVinfected cells Some typical apoptotic characteristics such as chromatin condensation DNA fragmentation and mitochondrial fragmentation were observed and significantly morphological changes of mitochondria including size shape internal structure and distribution were revealed The mitochondria in RGVinfected cells were aggregated around the viromatrix and the aggregation could be blocked by colchicine Moreover the Δψm collapse was induced and caspase9 and caspase3 were activated in the RGVinfected cells In addition NFκB activation and intracellular Ca2+ increase were also detected at different times after infection The data revealed the detailed dynamics of mitochondrionmediated apoptosis induced by an iridovirus and provided the first report on mitochondrial fragmentation during virusinduced apoptosis in fish cellsGrateful thanks for Ms ZhengQiu Li and XiuPing Yuan who provide great help This study was supported by grants from the National Major Basic Research Program 2004CB117403 the National 863 High Technology Research Foundation of China 2006AA09Z445 and 2006AA100309 the National Natural Science Foundation of China 30671616 and U0631008 and the Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences KSCX2YWN021
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