Deficiency in apoptosis-inducing factor recapitulates chronic kidney disease via aberrant mitochondrial homeostasis

MT Coughlan, GC Higgins, TV Nguyen, SA Penfold… - Diabetes, 2016 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) is a mitochondrial flavoprotein with dual roles in redox
signaling and programmed cell death. Deficiency in AIF is known to result in defective …

AIFM1 beyond cell death: An overview of this OXPHOS-inducing factor in mitochondrial diseases

L Wischhof, E Scifo, D Ehninger, D Bano - EBioMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) is a mitochondrial intermembrane space flavoprotein with
diverse functions in cellular physiology. In this regard, a large number of studies have …

Mitochondrial AIF loss causes metabolic reprogramming, caspase-independent cell death blockade, embryonic lethality, and perinatal hydrocephalus

L Delavallée, N Mathiah, L Cabon, A Mazeraud… - Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Apoptosis-Inducing Factor (AIF) is a protein involved in mitochondrial
electron transport chain assembly/stability and programmed cell death. The relevant role of …

Apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) in physiology and disease: the tale of a repented natural born killer

D Bano, JHM Prehn - EBioMedicine, 2018 - thelancet.com
Apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) is a mitochondrial oxidoreductase that contributes to cell
death programmes and participates in the assembly of the respiratory chain. Importantly, AIF …

Deletion of the mitochondrial flavoprotein apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) induces β-cell apoptosis and impairs β-cell mass

FT Schulthess, S Katz, A Ardestani, H Kawahira… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Apoptosis is a hallmark of β-cell death in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes
mellitus. Understanding how apoptosis contributes to β-cell turnover may lead to strategies …

AIF deficiency compromises oxidative phosphorylation

N Vahsen, C Candé, JJ Brière, P Bénit, N Joza… - The EMBO …, 2004 - embopress.org
Apoptosis‐inducing factor (AIF) is a mitochondrial flavoprotein that, after apoptosis induction,
translocates to the nucleus where it participates in apoptotic chromatinolysis. Here, we show …

Apoptosis-inducing factor: a matter of neuron life and death

S Krantic, N Mechawar, S Reix, R Quirion - Progress in neurobiology, 2007 - Elsevier
The mitochondrial flavoprotein apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) is the main mediator of
caspase-independent apoptosis-like programmed cell death. Upon pathological …

Apoptosis-inducing factor: structure, function, and redox regulation

IF Sevrioukova - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) is a flavin adenine dinucleotide-containing, NADH-
dependent oxidoreductase residing in the mitochondrial intermembrane space whose …

A brain-specific isoform of mitochondrial apoptosis-inducing factor: AIF2

E Hangen, D De Zio, M Bordi, C Zhu… - Cell Death & …, 2010 - nature.com
Apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) has important supportive as well as potentially lethal roles in
neurons. Under normal physiological conditions, AIF is a vital redox-active mitochondrial …

Structure/function relations in AIFM1 variants associated with neurodegenerative disorders

IF Sevrioukova - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2016 - Elsevier
The X-linked AIFM1 gene encodes mitochondrial apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF), an FAD-
containing and NADH-specific oxidoreductase critically important for energy metabolism and …