Cytochrome c, released from cerebellar granule cells undergoing apoptosis or excytotoxic death, can generate protonmotive force and drive ATP synthesis in isolated mitochondria

Abstract
In rat cerebellar granule cells, cytochrome c release takes place during glutamate toxicity and apoptosis due to deprivation of depolarising levels of potassium. We show that, as in necrosis, the rel...