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The permeability transition pore is involved in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Cyclophilin D, a pore component, has catalytic activity as a peptidyl prolyl cis, trans-isomerase (PPIase), which is essential to the pore opening. It has been reported that cyclophilin D overexpression suppresses apoptosis in cancer cells. To clarify the mechanism of this effect, we generated glioma cells overexpressing wild-type or a PPIase-deficient mutant of cyclophilin D. Interestingly, we found that the PPIase-dependent apoptosis suppression by cyclophilin D correlated with the amounts of mitochondrial-bound hexokinase II, which has anti-apoptotic activity. Inactivation of endogenous cyclophilin D by small interference RNA or a cyclophilin inhibitor was found to release hexokinase II from mitochondria and to enhance Bax-mediated apoptosis. The anti-apoptotic effects of cyclophilin D were canceled out by the detachment of hexokinase II from mitochondria, demonstrating that mitochondrial binding of hexokinase II is essential to the apoptosis suppression by cyclophilin D. Furthermore, cyclophilin D dysfunction appears to abrogate hexokinase II-mediated apoptosis suppression, indicating that cyclophilin D is required for the anti-apoptotic activity of hexokinase II. Based on the above, we propose here that cyclophilin D suppresses apoptotic cell death via a mitochondrial hexokinase II-dependent mechanism in cancer cells. The permeability transition pore is involved in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Cyclophilin D, a pore component, has catalytic activity as a peptidyl prolyl cis, trans-isomerase (PPIase), which is essential to the pore opening. It has been reported that cyclophilin D overexpression suppresses apoptosis in cancer cells. To clarify the mechanism of this effect, we generated glioma cells overexpressing wild-type or a PPIase-deficient mutant of cyclophilin D. Interestingly, we found that the PPIase-dependent apoptosis suppression by cyclophilin D correlated with the amounts of mitochondrial-bound hexokinase II, which has anti-apoptotic activity. Inactivation of endogenous cyclophilin D by small interference RNA or a cyclophilin inhibitor was found to release hexokinase II from mitochondria and to enhance Bax-mediated apoptosis. The anti-apoptotic effects of cyclophilin D were canceled out by the detachment of hexokinase II from mitochondria, demonstrating that mitochondrial binding of hexokinase II is essential to the apoptosis suppression by cyclophilin D. Furthermore, cyclophilin D dysfunction appears to abrogate hexokinase II-mediated apoptosis suppression, indicating that cyclophilin D is required for the anti-apoptotic activity of hexokinase II. Based on the above, we propose here that cyclophilin D suppresses apoptotic cell death via a mitochondrial hexokinase II-dependent mechanism in cancer cells. During apoptosis, the permeability of the mitochondrial outer membrane is up-regulated, inducing a release of pro-apoptotic factors such as cytochrome c from the intermembrane space into the cytosol. Once cytochrome c is released from mitochondria, it binds to Apaf-1 and promotes the assembly of apoptosome multiprotein complex, which induces activation of the caspase-9 cell death protease (1Li P. Nijhawan D. Budihardjo I. Srinivasula S.M. Ahmad M. Alnemri E.S. Wang X. Cell. 1997; 91: 479-489Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (6261) Google Scholar). It has been believed that a mitochondrial protein complex called the permeability transition (PT) 2The abbreviations used are: PT, permeability transition; VDAC, voltage-dependent anion channel; ANT, adenine nucleotide translocase; PPIase, peptidyl prolyl cis, trans-isomerase; CTZ, clotrimazole; CsA, cyclosporin A; siRNA, small interference RNA; HA, hemagglutinin; PIPES, 1,4-piperazinediethanesulfonic acid; CHAPS, 3-(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio-1-propanesulfonic acid. pore, which is composed of the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC), the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT), cyclophilin D, and hexokinase, mediates the permeabilization of the mitochondrial membrane and cytochrome c release (2Beutner G. Rück A. Riede B. Brdiczka D. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1998; 1368: 7-18Crossref PubMed Scopus (303) Google Scholar). Cyclophilin D, which is a peptidyl prolyl-cis, trans-isomerase (PPIase), has been considered to be a promoter of pore opening. 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