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Yurkova I, Huster D, Arnhold J. Free radical fragmentation of cardiolipin by cytochrome c. Chem Phys Lipids 2008; 158:16-21. [PMID: 18983994 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2008.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 09/26/2008] [Accepted: 09/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The effect of cytochrome c (cyt c) on degradation of cardiolipin in its polar part was investigated in cardiolipin/phosphatidylcholine (CL/PC) liposomes incubated with cyt c/H(2)O(2)/and (or) ascorbate by high-performance thin layer chromatography and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. It has been shown that phosphatidic acid (PA) and phosphatidylhydroxyacetone (PHA) were formed in the system under conditions where hydrogen peroxide favours a release of heme iron from cyt c. The formation of PA and PHA occurs via an OH-induced fragmentation taking place in the polar moiety of cardiolipin. Formation of fragmentation products correlated with the loss of CL in CL/PC liposomes incubated with cyt c/H(2)O(2)/ascorbate or with Cu(2+)/H(2)O(2)/ascorbate.
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- Irina Yurkova
- Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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López-Lázaro M. Anticancer and carcinogenic properties of curcumin: considerations for its clinical development as a cancer chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agent. Mol Nutr Food Res 2008; 52 Suppl 1:S103-27. [PMID: 18496811 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A growing body of research suggests that curcumin, the major active constituent of the dietary spice turmeric, has potential for the prevention and therapy of cancer. Preclinical data have shown that curcumin can both inhibit the formation of tumors in animal models of carcinogenesis and act on a variety of molecular targets involved in cancer development. In vitro studies have demonstrated that curcumin is an efficient inducer of apoptosis and some degree of selectivity for cancer cells has been observed. Clinical trials have revealed that curcumin is well tolerated and may produce antitumor effects in people with precancerous lesions or who are at a high risk for developing cancer. This seems to indicate that curcumin is a pharmacologically safe agent that may be used in cancer chemoprevention and therapy. Both in vitro and in vivo studies have shown, however, that curcumin may produce toxic and carcinogenic effects under specific conditions. Curcumin may also alter the effectiveness of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. This review article analyzes the in vitro and in vivo cancer-related activities of curcumin and discusses that they are linked to its known antioxidant and pro-oxidant properties. Several considerations that may help develop curcumin as an anticancer agent are also discussed.
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- Miguel López-Lázaro
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain.
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Knels L, Worm M, Wendel M, Roehlecke C, Kniep E, Funk RHW. Effects of advanced glycation end products-inductor glyoxal and hydrogen peroxide as oxidative stress factors on rat retinal organ cultures and neuroprotection by UK-14,304. J Neurochem 2008; 106:1876-87. [PMID: 18624919 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05540.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Retinal ganglion cell degeneration is supposed to be mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and advanced glycation end products (AGEs). The alpha2-adrenergic agonist, 5-bromo-N-(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-6-quinoxalinamine (brimonidine; UK-14,304), is said to exert a neuroprotective effect. To investigate these mechanisms in detail, we exposed rat whole mounts to glyoxal or H(2)O(2) and treated them with either UK-14,304 alone or additionally with the phosphatidylinositide 3 kinase (PI3) kinase inhibitor, 2-(4-Morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (Ly 294002). The accumulation of Nepsilon-[carboxymethyl] lysine (CML) was assessed immunohistochemically and changes in intracellular pH (pHi), mitochondrial transmembrane potential (MTMP) and ROS production in cell bodies of multipolar ganglion cell layer were studied by intravital fluorescence microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Ultrastructural changes in mitochondria of multipolar ganglion cell layer cell bodies were determined by transmission electron microscopy. We found that glyoxal and H(2)O(2) increased accumulation of CML-modified proteins and ROS production and decreased pHi and MTMP in cell bodies of multipolar ganglion cell layer. UK-14,304 could prevent production of ROS, accumulation of CML-modified proteins, ameliorate acidification, preserve MTMP and attenuate ultrastructural damages of ganglion cell mitochondria. Ly 294002 reversed the UK-14,304-mediated attenuation of CML and ROS production. We conclude that the protective effects of UK-14,304 seem partly to be mediated by PI3 kinase-dependent pathways.
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- Lilla Knels
- Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universitat, Dresden, Germany.
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Shukla S, Gupta S. Apigenin-induced prostate cancer cell death is initiated by reactive oxygen species and p53 activation. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 44:1833-45. [PMID: 18342637 PMCID: PMC2538676 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2007] [Revised: 01/24/2008] [Accepted: 02/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Apigenin, a plant flavone, potentially activates wild-type p53 and induces apoptosis in cancer cells. We conducted detailed studies to understand its mechanism of action. Exposure of human prostate cancer 22Rv1 cells, harboring wild-type p53, to growth-suppressive concentrations (10-80 microM) of apigenin resulted in the stabilization of p53 by phosphorylation on critical serine sites, p14ARF-mediated downregulation of MDM2 protein, inhibition of NF-kappaB/p65 transcriptional activity, and induction of p21/WAF-1 in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Apigenin at these doses resulted in ROS generation, which was accompanied by rapid glutathione depletion, disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential, cytosolic release of cytochrome c, and apoptosis. Interestingly, we observed accumulation of a p53 fraction to the mitochondria, which was rapid and occurred between 1 and 3 h after apigenin treatment. All these effects were significantly blocked by pretreatment of cells with the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine, p53 inhibitor pifithrin-alpha, and enzyme catalase. Apigenin-mediated p53 activation and apoptosis were further attenuated by p53 antisense oligonucleotide treatment. Exposure of cells to apigenin led to a decrease in the levels of Bcl-XL and Bcl-2 and increase in Bax, triggering caspase activation. Treatment with the caspase inhibitors Z-VAD-FMK and DEVD-CHO partially rescued these cells from apigenin-induced apoptosis. In vivo, apigenin administration demonstrated p53-mediated induction of apoptosis in 22Rv1 tumors. These results indicate that apigenin-induced apoptosis in 22Rv1 cells is initiated by a ROS-dependent disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential through transcriptional-dependent and -independent p53 pathways.
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- Sanjeev Shukla
- Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- *Corresponding author. Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Fax: +1 216 368 0213. E-mail address: (S. Gupta)
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Schelling JR, Abu Jawdeh BG. Regulation of cell survival by Na+/H+ exchanger-1. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2008; 295:F625-32. [PMID: 18480176 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.90212.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Na(+)/H(+) exchanger-1 (NHE1) is a ubiquitous plasma membrane Na(+)/H(+) exchanger typically associated with maintenance of intracellular volume and pH. In addition to the NHE1 role in electroneutral Na(+)/H(+) transport, in renal tubular epithelial cells in vitro the polybasic, juxtamembrane NHE1 cytosolic tail domain acts as a scaffold, by binding with ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) proteins and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, which initiates formation of a signaling complex that culminates in Akt activation and opposition to initial apoptotic stress. With robust apoptotic stimuli renal tubular epithelial cell NHE1 is a caspase substrate, and proteolytic cleavage may permit progression to apoptotic cell death. In vivo, genetic or pharmacological NHE1 loss of function causes renal tubule epithelial cell apoptosis and renal dysfunction following streptozotocin-induced diabetes, ureteral obstruction, and adriamycin-induced podocyte toxicity. Taken together, substantial in vivo and in vitro data demonstrate that NHE1 regulates tubular epithelial cell survival. In contrast to connotations of NHE1 as an unimportant "housekeeping" protein, this review highlights that NHE1 activity is critical for countering tubular atrophy and chronic renal disease progression.
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- Jeffrey R Schelling
- Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109-1998, USA.
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Lee D, Khaja S, Velasquez-Castano JC, Dasari M, Sun C, Petros J, Taylor WR, Murthy N. In vivo imaging of hydrogen peroxide with chemiluminescent nanoparticles. NATURE MATERIALS 2007; 6:765-9. [PMID: 17704780 DOI: 10.1038/nmat1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 377] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 07/17/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The overproduction of hydrogen peroxide is implicated in the development of numerous diseases and there is currently great interest in developing contrast agents that can image hydrogen peroxide in vivo. In this report, we demonstrate that nanoparticles formulated from peroxalate esters and fluorescent dyes can image hydrogen peroxide in vivo with high specificity and sensitivity. The peroxalate nanoparticles image hydrogen peroxide by undergoing a three-component chemiluminescent reaction between hydrogen peroxide, peroxalate esters and fluorescent dyes. The peroxalate nanoparticles have several attractive properties for in vivo imaging, such as tunable wavelength emission (460-630 nm), nanomolar sensitivity for hydrogen peroxide and excellent specificity for hydrogen peroxide over other reactive oxygen species. The peroxalate nanoparticles were capable of imaging hydrogen peroxide in the peritoneal cavity of mice during a lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response. We anticipate numerous applications of peroxalate nanoparticles for in vivo imaging of hydrogen peroxide, given their high specificity and sensitivity and deep-tissue-imaging capability.
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- Dongwon Lee
- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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López-Lázaro M. Digitoxin as an anticancer agent with selectivity for cancer cells: possible mechanisms involved. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2007; 11:1043-53. [PMID: 17665977 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.11.8.1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Accumulating preclinical and clinical data suggest that the cardiac drug digitoxin might be used in cancer therapy. Recent reports have shown that digitoxin can inhibit the growth and induce apoptosis in cancer cells at concentrations commonly found in the plasma of cardiac patients treated with this drug. Several mechanisms have been associated with the anticancer activity of digitoxin, yet at present it is unknown why malignant cells are more susceptible to this cardiac glycoside than non-malignant cells. This report analyses the possible anticancer mechanisms of digitoxin and proposes that the inhibition of glycolysis may be a key mechanism by which this natural product selectively targets cancer cells. Finally, whether or not there is enough evidence to support the clinical evaluation of digitoxin in patients with cancer is discussed.
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- Miguel López-Lázaro
- University of Seville, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sevilla, Spain.
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Cancer has long been viewed as a heterogeneous population of cells. While the great majority of cells that make up tumors are destined to differentiate, albeit aberrantly, and eventually stop dividing, only a minority population of cells, termed cancer stem cells, possess extensive self-renewal capability and can recapitulate tumor pathophysiology in an immune-compromised animal model. Tumor-initiating cells have been identified and isolated in a variety of cancers of the blood, breast, central nervous system, pancreas, skin, head and neck, colon, and prostate. In this review we present scientific evidence supporting the cancer stem cell model of tumor progression, and discuss the experimental and therapeutic implications. The concept of cancer stem cells may have profound implications for our understanding of tumor biology and for the design of novel treatments targeted toward these cells. Current therapeutic strategies include targeting the cancer stem cell as well as its microenvironmental niche. We present an interesting, novel strategy that takes into account the reactive oxygen species status in cancer stem cells and how it might serve as a method for eradicating these cells in tumor growth.
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- Carol Tang
- National Neuroscience Institute, Dept of Research, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, 308433 Singapore.
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López-Lázaro M. Dual role of hydrogen peroxide in cancer: Possible relevance to cancer chemoprevention and therapy. Cancer Lett 2007; 252:1-8. [PMID: 17150302 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 485] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2006] [Revised: 10/30/2006] [Accepted: 10/31/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Accumulating evidence suggests that hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) plays an important role in cancer development. Experimental data have shown that cancer cells produce high amounts of H(2)O(2). An increase in the cellular levels of H(2)O(2) has been linked to several key alterations in cancer, including DNA alterations, cell proliferation, apoptosis resistance, metastasis, angiogenesis and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) activation. It has also been observed that the malignant phenotype of cancer cells can be reversed just by decreasing the cellular levels of H(2)O(2). On the other hand, there is evidence that H(2)O(2) can induce apoptosis in cancer cells selectively and that the activity of several anticancer drugs commonly used in the clinic is mediated, at least in part, by H(2)O(2). The present report discusses that the high levels of H(2)O(2) commonly observed in cancer cells may be essential for cancer development; these high levels, however, seem almost incompatible with cell survival and may make cancer cells more susceptible to H(2)O(2)-induced cell death than normal cells. An understanding of this dual role of H(2)O(2) in cancer might be exploited for the development of cancer chemopreventive and therapeutic strategies.
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- Miguel López-Lázaro
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Seville, Spain.
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Pervaiz S, Clement MV. Superoxide anion: Oncogenic reactive oxygen species? Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 39:1297-304. [PMID: 17531522 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2007] [Revised: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recent evidence linking intracellular reactive oxygen species to cell survival and/or proliferation signals has resulted in a paradigm shift from the age-old dogma implicating reactive oxygen species exclusively in cell damage and death. It is now accepted that reactive oxygen species play important roles in normal physiological states and that depending on the species involved the effect could be highly varied. In this regard, the effects of the two major reactive oxygen species, superoxide and hydrogen peroxide have been extensively studied. During normal cell growth a tight balance between the two species is kept under check by the cells' anti-oxidant defense systems. Deficiency or defect in this defense armory is invariably associated with neoplasia, thus rendering the intracellular redox status in a state of imbalance and generating a "pro-oxidant" milieu. A variety of model systems have underscored the relationship between a pro-oxidant state and cancer promotion and progression. In this review, we present evidence to support the hypothesis that the effect of intracellular reactive oxygen species on oncogenesis is dependent on the ratio of intracellular superoxide to hydrogen peroxide in that a predominant increase in superoxide supports cell survival and promotes oncogenesis whereas a tilt in favor of hydrogen peroxide prevents carcinogenesis by facilitating cell death signaling.
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- Shazib Pervaiz
- Cancer Biology Program, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
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Poh TW, Huang S, Hirpara JL, Pervaiz S. LY303511 amplifies TRAIL-induced apoptosis in tumor cells by enhancing DR5 oligomerization, DISC assembly, and mitochondrial permeabilization. Cell Death Differ 2007; 14:1813-25. [PMID: 17585340 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Certain classes of tumor cells respond favorably to TRAIL due to the presence of cell surface death receptors DR4 and DR5. Despite this preferential sensitivity, resistance to TRAIL remains a clinical problem and therefore the heightened interest in identifying compounds to revert tumor sensitivity to TRAIL. We recently demonstrated that the phosphatidylinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor, LY294002, and its inactive analog LY303511, sensitized tumor cells to vincristine-induced apoptosis, independent of PI3K/Akt pathway. Intrigued by these findings, we investigated the effect of LY303511 on TRAIL-induced apoptosis in HeLa cells. Preincubation of cells with LY30 significantly amplified TRAIL signaling as evidenced by enhanced DNA fragmentation, caspases 2, 3, 8, and 9 activation, and reduction in the tumor colony formation. This increase in TRAIL sensitivity involved mitochondrial membrane permeabilization resulting in the egress of cytochrome c and second mitochondrial activator of caspase/direct IAP-binding protein with low PI, cleavage of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein, and activation of caspase 9. We link this execution signal to the ability of LY30 to downregulate cFLIP(S) and oligomerize DR5, thus facilitating the signaling of the death initiating signaling complex. The subsequent exposure to TRAIL resulted in processing/activation of caspase 8 and cleavage of its substrate, the BH3 protein Bid. These data provide a novel mechanism of action of this small molecule with the potential for use in TRAIL-resistant tumors.
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- T W Poh
- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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Oberdanner CB, Kiesslich T, Krammer B, Plaetzer K. Glucose is Required to Maintain High ATP-levels for the Energy-utilizing Steps During PDT-induced Apoptosis¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)0760695girtmh2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kobayashi M, Kaido F, Kagawa T, Itagaki S, Hirano T, Iseki K. Preventive effects of bicarbonate on cerivastatin-induced apoptosis. Int J Pharm 2007; 341:181-8. [PMID: 17553641 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2006] [Revised: 02/03/2007] [Accepted: 04/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Although HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors such as statins are the most widely used cholesterol-lowering agents, there is a risk of myopathy or rhabdmyolysis occurring in patients taking these drugs. It has been reported that a number of lipophilic statins cause apoptosis in various cells, but it is still not clear whether intracellular acidification is involved in statin-induced apoptosis. There have been few studies aimed at identifying compounds that suppress statin-induced myotoxicity. In the present study, we examined the relationship between cerivastatin-induced apoptosis and intracellular acidification and the effect of bicarbonate on cerivastatin-induced apoptosis using an RD cell line as a model of in vitro skeletal muscle. Cerivastatin reduced the number of viable cells and caused dramatic morphological changes and DNA fragmentation in a concentration-dependent manner. Moreover, cerivastatin-induced apoptosis was associated with intracellular acidification and caspase-9 and -3/7 activation. On the other hand, bicarbonate suppressed cerivastatin-induced pH alteration, caspase activation, morphological change and reduction of cell viability. Accordingly, bicarbonate suppressed statin-induced apoptosis. The strategy to combine statins with bicarbonate can lead to reduction in the chance of the severe adverse events including myopathy or rhabdmyolysis.
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- Masaki Kobayashi
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics & Therapeutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12-jo, Nishi-6-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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Di Paolo A, Bocci G. Drug distribution in tumors: Mechanisms, role in drug resistance, and methods for modification. Curr Oncol Rep 2007; 9:109-14. [PMID: 17288875 DOI: 10.1007/s11912-007-0006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Distribution of antineoplastic agents within tumors remains one of the major challenges in cancer chemotherapy because distribution is hampered by several factors related to the drug (its physicochemical characteristics) and to the neoplastic tissue (blood and lymphatic vasculature, cell density, extracellular matrix composition, and interstitium). The inhomogeneous distribution and structure of tumor vasculature lead to large avascular and hypoxic areas with low pH and high interstitial oncotic pressure. In these critical conditions, the gradient of drug concentrations from the vessels to the inner parts of the tumor is not sufficient to promote diffusion of pharmacologic agents. Again, cellular sequestration and binding to extracellular matrix represent further factors that limit drug distribution and reduce tumor sensitivity to chemotherapy. Several strategies have been investigated to circumvent drug resistance. The evaluation of liposomal and nanoparticle formulations and the characterization of newer bioreductive agents and drugs that should normalize tumor vasculature are in progress.
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- Antonello Di Paolo
- Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
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Lang F, Huber SM, Szabo I, Gulbins E. Plasma membrane ion channels in suicidal cell death. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 462:189-94. [PMID: 17316548 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2006] [Revised: 12/21/2006] [Accepted: 12/28/2006] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The machinery leading to apoptosis includes altered activity of ion channels. The channels contribute to apoptotic cell shrinkage and modify intracellular ion composition. Cl(-) channels allow the exit of Cl(-), osmolytes and HCO(3)(-) leading to cell shrinkage and cytosolic acidification. K(+) exit through K(+) channels contributes to cell shrinkage and decreases intracellular K(+) concentration, which in turn favours apoptotic cell death. K(+) channel activity further determines the cell membrane potential, a driving force for Ca(2+) entry through Ca(2+) channels. Ca(2+) may enter through unselective cation channels. An increase of cytosolic Ca(2+) may stimulate several enzymes executing apoptosis. Specific ion channel blockers may either promote or counteract suicidal cell death. The present brief review addresses the role of ion channels in the regulation of suicidal cell death with special emphasis on the role of channels in CD95 induced apoptosis of lymphocytes and suicidal death of erythrocytes or eryptosis.
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- Florian Lang
- Department of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Gmelinstrasse 5, D72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
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López-Lázaro M. Excessive superoxide anion generation plays a key role in carcinogenesis. Int J Cancer 2007; 120:1378-80. [PMID: 17192922 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Koo MK, Oh CH, Holme AL, Pervaiz S. Simultaneous analysis of steady-state intracellular pH and cell morphology by automated laser scanning cytometry. Cytometry A 2007; 71:87-93. [PMID: 17200954 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cytosolic pH (pHi) changes are critical in cellular response to diverse stimuli, including cell survival and death signaling. The potential drawback in flow-based analysis is the inability to simultaneously visualize the cells during pHi measurements. Here, the suitability of laser scanning cytometer (LSC) in pHi measurement was investigated. AIM Using the two extensively reported pH-sensitive fluorescent probes, 2,7-bis(2-Carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester (BCECF-AM) and 5-(and-6)-carboxy SNARF-1 acetoxymethyl ester, we evaluated the potential of automated LSC as a platform for simultaneous determination of pHi and cell morphology. The effect of a variety of buffer systems-commonly employed for pHi measurements-on cell morphology before pH clamping with the ionophore, nigericin, was also assessed. METHODS Measurement of cytosolic pH was performed using pH-sensitive fluorescent probes BCECF-AM and SNARF-1. pH clamping was carried out using nigericin and samples were analyzed on the LSC or CyAn ADP Flow Cytometer. RESULTS The pHi clamping conditions were optimized as 140 mM potassium and 10 microM nigericin. The suitable buffers used for pH clamping: 140 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl2, 2 mM CaCl(2).2H2O, 5 mM glucose, 20 mM MES and 140 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl2, 2 mM CaCl(2).2H2O, 5 mM glucose, and 20 mM Tris. Results obtained with the LSC strongly correlated with those obtained by flow cytometry. CONCLUSION We report here that LSC is an excellent and highly reproducible platform for pHi determination, and provides the added advantage of simultaneous imaging of cells before, during, and after pH measurements.
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- Mei K Koo
- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Medical Institutes, Singapore
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Waibel M, Kramer S, Lauber K, Lupescu A, Manns J, Schulze-Osthoff K, Lang F, Wesselborg S. Mitochondria are not required for death receptor-mediated cytosolic acidification during apoptosis. Apoptosis 2006; 12:623-30. [PMID: 17195091 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-006-0006-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In addition to cell shrinkage, membrane blebbing, DNA fragmentation and phosphatidylserine exposure, intracellular acidification represents a hallmark of apoptosis. Although the mechanisms underlying cytosolic acidification during apoptosis remained largely elusive, a pivotal role of mitochondria has been proposed. In order to investigate the involvement of mitochondria in cytosolic acidification during apoptosis, we blocked the mitochondrial death pathway by overexpression of Bcl-2 and subsequently activated the death receptor pathway by anti-CD95 or TRAIL or the mitochondrial pathway by staurosporine. We show that Bcl-2 but not caspase inhibition prevented staurosporine-induced intracellular acidification. Thus, intracellular acidification in mitochondrial apoptosis is a Bcl-2-inhibitable, but caspase-independent process. In contrast, Bcl-2 only slightly delayed, but did not prevent intracellular acidification upon triggering of death receptors. The Na(+)/H(+) exchanger NHE1 was partially degraded during apoptosis but only to a small extent and and at a delayed time point when cytosolic acidification was almost completed. We therefore conclude that cytosolic acidification is mitochondrially controlled in response to mitochondria-dependent death stimuli, but requires additional caspase-dependent mechanisms during death receptor-mediated apoptosis.
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- Michaela Waibel
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Eberhard-Karls-University, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Shen HM, Pervaiz S. TNF receptor superfamily-induced cell death: redox-dependent execution. FASEB J 2006; 20:1589-98. [PMID: 16873882 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-5603rev] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily is a group of cytokines with important functions in immunity, inflammation, differentiation, control of cell proliferation, and apoptosis. TNFalpha is the founding member of the 19 different proteins that have so far been identified within this family. TNF family members exert their biological effects through the TNF receptor (TNFR) superfamily of cell surface receptors that share a stretch of approximately 80 amino acids within their cytoplasmic region, the death domain (DD), critical for recruiting the death machinery. Work over the last decade has unraveled critical signaling networks involved in TNFR-induced cell death, specifically using the constitutively expressed TNFR1 as a prototype. Of particular interest is the intermediary role of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) in signal transduction after ligation of the TNFR1. With the increasing understanding of the of death receptor signaling pathways, the exact role of ROS in TNFalpha-induced execution is now believed to be far more complicated than originally thought. Recently, some important discoveries have underscored the critical role of ROS in TNFalpha signaling, notably in TNFalpha-mediated activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase, JNK), as well as in cell death (apoptotic and necrotic) pathways. Here we attempt to review the existing knowledge on the involvement of ROS in death receptor signaling using TNFalpha-TNFR1 as the model system, specifically addressing the involvement of intracellular ROS in TNFalpha-induced cell death and in TNFalpha-induced activation of NF-kappaB and JNK and their crosstalk.
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- Han-Ming Shen
- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Bldg. MD9, Level 3, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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Khazanov E, Simberg D, Barenholz Y. Lipoplexes prepared from cationic liposomes and mammalian DNA induce CpG-independent, direct cytotoxic effects in cell cultures and in mice. J Gene Med 2006; 8:998-1007. [PMID: 16741997 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent studies demonstrated the cytotoxic activity of bacterial DNA (pDNA) complexed with cationic lipids. This cytotoxicity is related to the ability of pDNA to induce potently the immune system, which is associated with release of inflammatory cytokines. Both activities seem to be related to the nonmethylated CpG sequences present in the pDNA. Here we study the cytotoxic activity of nonbacterial DNA complexed with cationic lipids against various tumor cell lines. METHODS Various nucleic acids complexed with cationic liposomes were prepared and their cytotoxic activity was studied in cell cultures and in tumor-bearing mice. Cell uptake of lipoplexes was evaluated, and mechanism of DNA cytotoxic activity was studied. RESULTS We found that nonbacterial (vertebrate) genomic DNA when complexed with cationic lipids is highly cytotoxic against C-26 and M-109 tumor cells. Cationic lipids alone were not toxic to these cells. The cytotoxic activity does not result from nonspecific acidification of the intracellular milieu, as substitution of DNA by poly-L-glutamate did not result in cytotoxicity, although the level of uptake of anionic charges per cell was similar to that of the nucleic acids, suggesting that this cytotoxic effect is specific to nucleic acids. By studying the nucleic acid fate using confocal microscopy, we found that cytotoxicity correlated with the release of DNA into the cytoplasm following uptake of lipoplexes. Injection of calf thymus DNA-based lipoplexes to mice with peritoneal C-26 metastases resulted in doubling of median survival time and long-term survival in 20% of the tumor-bearing mice. Judging by low levels of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha and IL-6 in the treated mice, this effect cannot be ascribed to Th-1 inflammation, but rather to a direct cytotoxic effect on the tumor cells. CONCLUSIONS The above data provide a new insight into the mechanisms of lipoplex-mediated antitumor effects in vitro and in vivo and new perspectives in cancer therapy.
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- Elena Khazanov
- Laboratory of Membrane and Liposome Research, Department of Biochemistry, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem, Israel.
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Ahmad KA, Wang G, Ahmed K. Intracellular hydrogen peroxide production is an upstream event in apoptosis induced by down-regulation of casein kinase 2 in prostate cancer cells. Mol Cancer Res 2006; 4:331-8. [PMID: 16687488 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-06-0073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We have shown previously that down-regulation of CK2 activity (protein kinase CK2, formerly casein kinase 2) by employing its inhibitors apigenin or 4,5,6,7-tetrabromobenzotriazole promotes apoptosis in prostatic carcinoma cells. In an effort to define the downstream mediators of this action, we show that cell apoptosis observed on down-regulation of CK2 is preceded by intracellular generation of hydrogen hydroxide (H2O2) in various normal and cancer cells. In this regard, both androgen-dependent ALVA-41 and androgen-independent PC-3 cells treated with 80 micromol/L apigenin or 4,5,6,7-tetrabromobenzotriazole or with antisense CK2alpha oligonucleotide or small interfering RNA respond similarly to down-regulation of CK2. Interestingly, whereas chemical inhibitors of CK2 elicited H2O2 production in both cancer and noncancer cells, the antisense CK2alpha-mediated down-regulation of CK2 showed significant H2O2 production in cancer cells but had minimal effect in noncancer cells. The basis of this key difference is unclear at present, but this observation may have implications for the therapeutic potential of antisense CK2 oligonucleotide in cancer therapy. The H2O2 production induced by antisense CK2alpha was associated with robust caspase-3 activity, nuclear factor-kappaB nuclear translocation, cytochrome c release, and subsequent DNA fragmentation in prostate cancer cells (ALVA-41 and PC-3). These findings describe, for the first time, a relationship between CK2 and reactive oxygen species, such that CK2 inhibition leads to production of intracellular H2O2, which may serve as a downstream mediator of apoptosis in cancer cells.
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- Kashif A Ahmad
- Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and The Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
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Lee SC, Chan J, Clement MV, Pervaiz S. Functional proteomics of resveratrol-induced colon cancer cell apoptosis: caspase-6-mediated cleavage of lamin A is a major signaling loop. Proteomics 2006; 6:2386-94. [PMID: 16518869 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The study investigated the molecular basis of resveratrol (RSV)-evoked apoptosis in four (Bax+/-, Bax-/-, p53+/+, and p53-/-) HCT116 colon cancer cell lines. RSV induced apoptosis in all the cells in a dose-dependent manner; however, Bax+/- and p53+/+ cells were more susceptible than their knockout counterparts (Bax-/- and p53-/-, respectively). Using Bax+/- cells as a model, proteomic analysis revealed four RSV-responsive events: fragmentation of lamin A/C protein; increase in concentration of a more basic isoelectric variant of the ribosomal protein P0; and decrease in concentration of dUTPase as well as stathmin 1. Lamin A cleavage in response to RSV treatment was confirmed using Western blot analysis. Caspase-6 was activated, which was evidenced by cleavage and accumulation in active form of caspase-6 as well as upregulation of the protease activity. RSV-elicited lamin A cleavage and apoptosis were entirely abrogated by the peptide inhibitors of caspase-6. Likewise, partial knockdown of caspase-6 expression using small interfering RNA resulted in significant inhibition of RSV-elicited lamin A cleavage and apoptosis. Furthermore, the lower apoptosis sensitivity of the knockout cells (Bax-/- and p53-/-) correlated with the relatively reduced processing of caspase-6 and lamin A cleavage. Taken together, these data highlight the critical role of caspase-6 and its cleavage of lamin A in apoptotic signaling triggered by RSV in the colon carcinoma cells, which can be activated in the absence of Bax or p53.
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- Shao Chin Lee
- National University Medical Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Nilsson C, Johansson U, Johansson AC, Kågedal K, Ollinger K. Cytosolic acidification and lysosomal alkalinization during TNF-α induced apoptosis in U937 cells. Apoptosis 2006; 11:1149-59. [PMID: 16699952 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-006-7108-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Apoptosis is often associated with acidification of the cytosol and since loss of lysosomal proton gradient and release of lysosomal content are early events during apoptosis, we investigated if the lysosomal compartment could contribute to cytosolic acidification. After exposure of U937 cells to tumor necrosis factor-alpha, three populations; healthy, pre-apoptotic, and apoptotic cells, were identified by flow cytometry. These populations were investigated regarding intra-cellular pH and apoptosis-associated events. There was a drop in cytosolic pH from 7.2 +/- 0.1 in healthy cells to 6.8 +/- 0.1 in pre-apoptotic, caspase-negative cells. In apoptotic, caspase-positive cells, the pH was further decreased to 5.7 +/- 0.04. The cytosolic acidification was not affected by addition of specific inhibitors towards caspases or the mitochondrial F(0)F(1)-ATPase. In parallel to the cytosolic acidification, a rise in lysosomal pH from 4.3 +/- 0.3, in the healthy population, to 4.8 +/- 0.3 and 5.5 +/- 0.3 in the pre-apoptotic- and apoptotic populations, respectively, was detected. In addition, lysosomal membrane permeability increased as detected as release of cathepsin D from lysosomes to the cytosol in pre-apoptotic and apoptotic cells. We, thus, suggest that lysosomal proton release is the cause of the cytosolic acidification of U937 cells exposed to TNF-alpha.
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- Cathrine Nilsson
- Division of Experimental Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden.
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Alexandre J, Nicco C, Chéreau C, Laurent A, Weill B, Goldwasser F, Batteux F. Improvement of the therapeutic index of anticancer drugs by the superoxide dismutase mimic mangafodipir. J Natl Cancer Inst 2006; 98:236-44. [PMID: 16478742 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Anticancer drugs act by increasing intracellular hydrogen peroxide levels. Mangafodipir, a superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimic with catalase and glutathione reductase activities, protects normal cells from apoptosis induced by H2O2. We investigated its and other oxidative stress modulators' effects on anticancer drug activity in vitro and in vivo. METHODS Cell lysis and intracellular reactive oxygen species levels were assessed in vitro in human leukocytes from healthy subjects and in murine CT26 colon cancer cells. Cells were exposed to the chemotherapeutic agents paclitaxel, oxaliplatin, or 5-fluorouracil, either in the presence or absence of mangafodipir and other oxidative stress modulators. Cell viability was evaluated by the methylthiazoletetrazolium assay. The effects of mangafodipir and other oxidative stress modulators on peripheral blood counts and on tumor growth were studied in BALB/c mice that were implanted with CT26 tumors and treated with 20 mg/kg paclitaxel. Survival of BALB/c mice infected with Staphylococcus aureus was also examined by treatment group. Statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS In vitro lysis of leukocytes exposed to paclitaxel, oxaliplatin, or 5-fluorouracil in combination with mangafodipir was decreased by 46% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 44% to 48%), 30.5% (95% CI = 29% to 32%), and 15% (95% CI = 10% to 20%), compared with lysis of cells treated with anticancer agent alone. Mangafodipir also statistically significantly enhanced in vitro anticancer drug cytotoxicity toward CT26 cancer cells. In vivo, mangafodipir protected mice against paclitaxel-induced leukopenia. Moreover, the survival rate of mice infected with S. aureus and treated with paclitaxel was higher when mangafodipir was also administered (survival: 3 of 17 versus 14 of 17, P < .001). In addition, mangafodipir amplified the inhibitory effect of paclitaxel on CT26 tumor growth in mice. CONCLUSIONS Mangafodipir decreased hematotoxicity and enhanced cytotoxicity of anticancer agents.
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- Jérôme Alexandre
- Université Paris-René Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, EA 1833, Paris, France.
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Ahmad KA, Clement MV, Pervaiz S. Pro-oxidant Activity of Low Doses of Resveratrol Inhibits Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Apoptosis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1010:365-73. [PMID: 15033754 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1299.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We have recently shown that efficient apoptotic signaling is a function of a permissive intracellular milieu created by a decrease in the ratio of superoxide to hydrogen peroxide and cytosolic acidification. Resveratrol, a phytoalexin found in grapes and wines, triggers apoptosis in some systems and inhibits the death signal in others. In this regard, the reported inhibitory effect on hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis has been attributed to its antioxidant property. Here, we provide evidence that exposure of human leukemia cells to low concentrations of resveratrol (4-8 micro M) inhibits caspase activation and DNA fragmentation induced by incubation with hydrogen peroxide or upon triggering apoptosis with a novel compound that kills via intracellular hydrogen peroxide production. At these concentrations, resveratrol elicits pro-oxidant properties as evidenced by an increase in intracellular superoxide concentration. This pro-oxidant effect is further supported by our observations that the drop in intracellular superoxide and cytosolic acidification induced by hydrogen peroxide is completely blocked in cells preincubated with resveratrol. Thus, the inhibitory effect of resveratrol on hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis is not due to its antioxidant activity, but contrarily via a pro-oxidant effect that creates an intracellular environment nonconducive for apoptotic execution.
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- Kashif Adil Ahmad
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597
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Huc L, Rissel M, Solhaug A, Tekpli X, Gorria M, Torriglia A, Holme JA, Dimanche-Boitrel MT, Lagadic-Gossmann D. Multiple apoptotic pathways induced by p53-dependent acidification in benzo[a]pyrene-exposed hepatic F258 cells. J Cell Physiol 2006; 208:527-37. [PMID: 16688778 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), such as benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), are ubiquitous genotoxic environmental pollutants. Their DNA-damaging effects lead to apoptosis induction, through similar pathways to those identified after exposure to other DNA-damaging stimuli with activation of p53-related genes and the involvement of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. However, at a low concentration of B[a]P (50 nM), our previous results pointed to the involvement of intracellular pH (pHi) variations during B[a]P-induced apoptosis in a rat liver epithelial cell line (F258). In the present work, we identified the mitochondrial F0F1-ATPase activity reversal as possibly responsible for pHi decrease. This acidification not only promoted executive caspase activation, but also activated leucocyte elastase inhibitor/leucocyte-derived DNase II (LEI/L-DNase II) pathway. p53 appeared to regulate mitochondria homeostasis, by initiating F0F1-ATPase reversal and endonuclease G (Endo G) release. In conclusion, a low dose of B[a]P induced apoptosis by recruiting a large panel of executioners apparently depending on p53 phosphorylation and, for some of them, on acidification.
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- Laurence Huc
- Inserm U620, Université Rennes 1, IFR 140, Rennes, France
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Tardy C, Codogno P, Autefage H, Levade T, Andrieu-Abadie N. Lysosomes and lysosomal proteins in cancer cell death (new players of an old struggle). Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2005; 1765:101-25. [PMID: 16412578 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2005.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 11/28/2005] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Death of cancer cells influences tumor development and progression, as well as the response to anticancer therapies. This can occur through different cell death programmes which have recently been shown to implicate components of the acidic organelles, lysosomes. The role of lysosomes and lysosomal enzymes, including cathepsins and some lipid hydrolases, in programmed cell death associated with apoptotic or autophagic phenotypes is presented, as evidenced from observations on cultured cells and living animals. The possible molecular mechanisms that underlie the action of lysosomes during cell death are also described. Finally, the contribution of lysosomal proteins and lysosomes to tumor initiation and progression is discussed. Elucidation of this role and the underlying mechanisms will shed a new light on these 'old' organelles and hopefully pave the way for the development of novel anticancer strategies.
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- Claudine Tardy
- INSERM U466, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Institut Louis Bugnard, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rangueil, BP 84225, 31432 Toulouse, France
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Akram S, Teong HFC, Fliegel L, Pervaiz S, Clément MV. Reactive oxygen species-mediated regulation of the Na+–H+ exchanger 1 gene expression connects intracellular redox status with cells' sensitivity to death triggers. Cell Death Differ 2005; 13:628-41. [PMID: 16179939 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We have previously demonstrated that a slight increase in intracellular superoxide (O2*-) anion confers resistance to death stimuli. Using pharmacological and molecular approaches to manipulate intracellular O2*-, here we report that an increase in intracellular O2*- anion induces Na+/H+ exchanger 1 (NHE-1) gene promoter activity resulting in increased NHE-1 protein expression, which strongly correlates with the resistance of cells to death stimuli. In contrast, exposure to exogenous hydrogen peroxide suppressed NHE-1 promoter activity and gene expression, and increased cell sensitivity to death triggers. Furthermore, the increase in cell sensitivity to death upon downregulation of NHE-1 gene expression correlates with reduced capacity of cells to recover from an acid load, while survival upon overexpression of NHE-1 appears independent of its pump activity. These findings indicate that NHE-1 is a redox-regulated gene, and provide a novel intracellular target for the redox control of cell death sensitivity.
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- S Akram
- Department of Biochemistry, The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Poh TW, Pervaiz S. LY294002 and LY303511 sensitize tumor cells to drug-induced apoptosis via intracellular hydrogen peroxide production independent of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase-Akt pathway. Cancer Res 2005; 65:6264-74. [PMID: 16024628 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-0152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt pathway is constitutively active in many tumors, and inhibitors of this prosurvival network, such as LY294002, have been shown to sensitize tumor cells to death stimuli. Here, we report a novel, PI3K-independent mechanism of LY-mediated sensitization of LNCaP prostate carcinoma cells to drug-induced apoptosis. Preincubation of tumor cells to LY294002 or its inactive analogue LY303511 resulted in a significant increase in intracellular hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production and enhanced sensitivity to non-apoptotic concentrations of the chemotherapeutic agent vincristine. The critical role of intracellular H2O2 in LY-induced death sensitization is corroborated by transient transfection of cells with a vector containing human catalase gene. Indeed, overexpression of catalase significantly blocked the amplifying effect of LY pretreatment on caspase-2 and caspase-3 activation and cell death triggered by vincristine. Furthermore, the inability of wortmannin, another inhibitor of PI3K, to induce an increase in H2O2 production at doses that effectively blocked Akt phosphorylation provides strong evidence to unlink inhibition of PI3K from intracellular H2O2 production. These data strongly support death-sensitizing effect of LY compounds independent of the PI3K pathway and underscore the critical role of H2O2 in creating a permissive intracellular milieu for efficient drug-induced execution of tumor cells.
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- Tze Wei Poh
- Department of Physiology, National University Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Sipos H, Törocsik B, Tretter L, Adam-Vizi V. Impaired regulation of pH homeostasis by oxidative stress in rat brain capillary endothelial cells. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2005; 25:141-51. [PMID: 15962511 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-004-1379-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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(1) Endothelial cells are permanently challenged by altering pH in the blood, and oxidative damage could also influence the intracellular pH (pH(i)) of the endothelium. Cerebral microvascular endothelial cells form the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and pH(i) regulation of brain capillary endothelial cells is important for the maintenance of BBB integrity. The aim of this study was to address the pH regulatory mechanisms and the effect of an acute exposure to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on the pH regulation in primary rat brain capillary endothelial (RBCE) cells The RBCE monolayers were loaded with the fluorescent pH indicator BCECF and pH(i) was monitored by detecting the fluorescent changes. (2) The steady-state pH(i) of RBCE cells in HEPES-buffer (6.83 +/- 0.1) did not differ significantly from that found in bicarbonate-buffered medium (6.90 +/- 0.08). Cells were exposed to NH4CI to induce intracellular acidification and then the recovery to resting pH was studied. Half-recovery time after NH4Cl prepulse-induced acid load was significantly less in the bicarbonate-buffered medium than in the HEPES-medium, suggesting that in addition to the Na+ / H+ exchanger, HCO3- / Cl- exchange mechanism is also involved in the restoration of pH(i) after an intracellular acid load in primary RBCE cells. We used RT-PCR-reactions to detect the isoforms of Na+ / H+ exchanger gene family (NHE). NHE-1 -2, -3 and -4 were equally present, and there was no significant difference in the relative abundance of the four transcripts in these cells. (3) No pH(i) recovery was detected when the washout after an intracellular acid load occurred in nominally Na+ -free HEPES-buffered medium or in the presence of 10 microM 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride (EIPA), a specific inhibitor of Na+ / H+ exchanger. The new steady-state pH(i) were 6.37 +/- 0.02 and 6.60 +/- 0.02, respectively. (4) No detectable change was observed in the steady-state pH(i) in the presence of 100 microM H2O2; however, recovery from NH4Cl prepulse-induced intracellular acid load was inhibited when H2O2 was present in 50 or 100 microM concentration in the HEPES-buffered medium during NH4Cl washout. These data suggest that H2O2 is without effect on the activity of Na+ / H+ exchanger at rest, but could inhibit the function of the exchanger after an intracellular acid load.
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- Hdikó Sipos
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Cho YL, Lee KS, Lee SJ, Namkoong S, Kim YM, Lee H, Ha KS, Han JA, Kwon YG, Kim YM. Amiloride potentiates TRAIL-induced tumor cell apoptosis by intracellular acidification-dependent Akt inactivation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 326:752-8. [PMID: 15607733 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.11.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2004] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), a member of the tumor necrosis factor gene family, is considered as one of the most promising cancer therapeutic agents due to its ability to selectively induce tumor cell apoptosis. In this study, we investigated whether the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger inhibitor, amiloride, promotes TRAIL-induced apoptotic death both in sensitive and resistant tumor cells, HeLa and LNCaP cells, respectively, and its underlying molecular mechanism. Amiloride enhanced TRAIL-induced apoptosis and activation of caspase-3 and -8 in both cells. This compound increased TRAIL-induced mitochondrial cytochrome c release and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage. Moreover, amiloride-induced intracellular acidification, and inhibited the phosphorylated activation of the serine/threonine kinase Akt, which is known to promote cell survival, in both tumor cells. These data suggest that amiloride sensitizes both tumor cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis by promoting Akt dephosphorylation and caspase-8 activation via the intracellular acidification and that Na(+)/H(+) exchanger inhibitors may play an important role in the anti-cancer activity of TRAIL, especially, in TRAIL-resistant tumors with highly active and expressed Akt.
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- Young-Lai Cho
- Vascular System Research Center, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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Chilin A, Dodoni G, Frezza C, Guiotto A, Barbieri V, Di Lisa F, Canton M. 4-Hydroxymethyl-1,6,8-trimethylfuro[2,3-h]quinolin-2(1H)-one Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Apoptosis upon Its Intracellular Oxidation. J Med Chem 2004; 48:192-9. [PMID: 15634013 DOI: 10.1021/jm0493919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We investigated the mechanism of cell death induced by a furoquinolinone derivative, namely, 4-hydroxymethyl-1,6,8-trimethylfuro[2,3-h]quinolin-2(1H)-one (HOFQ), in the dark. Mitochondrial depolarization was found to be a causative event in HOFQ-induced apoptosis that was blunted either by replacing the 4-hydroxymethyl group with a methyl one, or by 4-methylpyrazole, an inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). In vitro enzymatic assay demonstrated that HOFQ is a substrate of ADH. In isolated mitochondria HOFQ was without effect, whereas in the presence of ADH and NAD(+) it caused the opening of the permeability transition pore, indicating that HOFQ-oxidized products affect mitochondrial function directly. Finally, an analogue bearing the formyl group at the C-4 position mimicked all the effects exerted by HOFQ. In conclusion, these results suggest that the direct action on mitochondria of HOFQ-oxidized products are responsible for their cytotoxicity, which might be exacerbated, but hardly determined, by photodynamic action and/or binding to DNA.
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- Adriana Chilin
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padova, Via F. Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Stoppiglia LF, Rezende LF, Ferreira F, Filiputti E, Carneiro EM, Boschero AC. Characterization of the peroxidase system at low H2O2 concentrations in isolated neonatal rat islets. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2004; 1690:159-68. [PMID: 15469905 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2004.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2004] [Revised: 06/09/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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B cell destruction during the onset of diabetes mellitus is associated with oxidative stress. In this work, we attempted to further trace the fate of H2O2 inside the pancreatic islets and determine whether it is mediated by enzymatic (peroxidase) activity or by chemical reaction with thiols from any protein chain. Our results suggest that the islet cells have a very similar peroxidase activity at the hydrophilic (cytoplasm) and hydrophobic compartments (organelles and nucleus), independent of the catalase content of the samples. This activity is composed of sacrificial thiols and by proteins with Fe3+/Mn3+ ions at non-heme catalytic sites. The capacity of the hydrophobic fraction to scavenge O2- was increased in the presence of high concentrations of NADP* and RS* and was highly dependent on RSH. On the contrary, the hydrophilic fraction exhibited a low RSH-dependent activity where the O2- scavenging is related to metal Cu2+/Fe3+/Mn3+ ions attached to the protein molecules.
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- Luiz F Stoppiglia
- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6109, 13083-970, SP, Brazil
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Ahmad KA, Iskandar KB, Hirpara JL, Clement MV, Pervaiz S. Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated Cytosolic Acidification Is a Signal for Mitochondrial Translocation of Bax during Drug-Induced Apoptosis of Tumor Cells. Cancer Res 2004; 64:7867-78. [PMID: 15520193 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-0648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Absence of the proapoptotic protein Bax renders tumor cells resistant to drug-induced apoptosis. We have shown that hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-mediated cytosolic acidification is an effector mechanism during drug-induced apoptosis of tumor cells. Here, we report that Bax is critical in determining the sensitivity of tumor cells to H(2)O(2)-induced apoptosis. More importantly, exposure of colorectal carcinoma (HCT116) and leukemia cells (HL60 and CEM) to H(2)O(2) or its intracellular production during drug-induced apoptosis is a signal for mitochondrial translocation of Bax. Furthermore, we provide evidence that drug-induced H(2)O(2)-mediated Bax translocation in tumor cells is caspase independent but involves cytosolic acidification. Inhibiting cytosolic acidification prevents Bax translocation, and contrarily enforced acidification of the intracellular milieu results in mitochondrial recruitment of Bax, even in the absence of a trigger. These findings provide a novel mechanism for mitochondrial translocation of Bax and directly implicate H(2)O(2)-mediated cytosolic acidification in the recruitment of the mitochondrial pathway during drug-induced apoptosis of tumor cells.
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- Kashif A Ahmad
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Zheng M, Reynolds C, Jo SH, Wersto R, Han Q, Xiao RP. Intracellular acidosis‐activated p38 MAPK signaling and its essential role in cardiomyocyte hypoxic injury. FASEB J 2004; 19:109-11. [PMID: 15489248 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-2607fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) plays a central role in cellular responses to a multitude of stress signals. In the heart, enhanced p38 MAPK signaling has been implicated in cardiac hypoxic and ischemic injury. However, the mechanism underlying hypoxia-induced p38 MAPK activation remains elusive. We investigated p38 MAPK activation during hypoxia in adult rat cardiomyocytes. Here, we reported that hypoxia leads to concurrent intracellular acidosis and activation of p38 MAPK and that the hypoxia-induced p38 MAPK signaling can be fully abolished by neutralizing intracellular pH, whereas intracellular acidosis (intracellular pH<7.0) per se overtly augments activation of p38 MAPK but not ERK1/2 and JNK. Furthermore, inhibition of p38 MAPK protects myocytes against hypoxic cell death, suggesting that acidosis-evoked p38 MAPK signaling plays an important role in hypoxic cell injury and cell death. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that intracellular acidosis constitutes a necessary and sufficient link responsible for hypoxia-activated p38 MAPK signaling and the subsequent hypoxic cardiomyocyte injury and death.
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- Ming Zheng
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Beem E, Holliday LS, Segal MS. The 1.4-MDa apoptosome is a critical intermediate in apoptosome maturation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2004; 287:C664-72. [PMID: 15128503 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00232.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previously, we demonstrated that both 150 mM KCl and alkaline pH inhibit cytochrome c-mediated activation of procaspase-3 in a unique manner. To determine the mechanism of inhibition, we analyzed the effect of KCl and alkaline pH on the formation of apoptosomes (a large complex consisting of cytochrome c, Apaf-1, and procaspase-9/caspase-9) in vitro. Our results suggest that an initial ∼700-kDa apoptosome matures through a 1.4-MDa intermediate before a ∼700-kDa apoptosome is reformed and procaspase-3 is activated. We further demonstrate that 150 mM KCl interferes with the conversion of the initial ∼700-kDa apoptosome to the 1.4-MDa intermediate, while alkaline pH “traps” the apoptosome in the 1.4-MDa intermediate. Analysis of the cleaved state of procaspase-9 and procaspase-3 suggests that the 1.4-MDa intermediate may be required for cleavage of procaspase-9. Consistent with these results, in vivo data suggest that blocking acidification during the induction of apoptosis inhibits activation of procaspase-3. On the basis of these results, we propose a model of apoptosome maturation.
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- Elaine Beem
- Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100224, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Lagadic-Gossmann D, Huc L, Lecureur V. Alterations of intracellular pH homeostasis in apoptosis: origins and roles. Cell Death Differ 2004; 11:953-61. [PMID: 15195071 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 365] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Intracellular pH (pHi) has an important role in the maintenance of normal cell function, and hence this parameter has to be tightly controlled within a narrow range, largely through the activity of transporters located at the plasma membrane. These transporters can be modulated by endogenous or exogenous molecules as well as, in some pathological situations, leading to pHi changes that have been implicated in both cell proliferation and cell death. Whereas intracellular alkalinization seems to be a common feature of proliferative processes, the precise role of pHi in apoptosis is still unclear. The present review gathers the most recent advances along with previous data on both the origin and the role of pHi alterations in apoptosis and highlights the major concerns that merit further research in the future. Special attention is given to the possible role played by pHi-regulating transporters.
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- D Lagadic-Gossmann
- INSERM UMR 620, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Rennes I, 2 av Pr Léon Bernard, 35 043 Rennes cedex, France.
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Montiel-Duarte C, Ansorena E, López-Zabalza MJ, Cenarruzabeitia E, Iraburu MJ. Role of reactive oxygen species, glutathione and NF-kappaB in apoptosis induced by 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") on hepatic stellate cells. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 67:1025-33. [PMID: 15006539 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2003.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2003] [Accepted: 10/20/2003] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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"Ecstasy" (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA), is a derivative of amphetamine with hepatotoxic effects that has been shown to induce apoptosis of cultured liver cells. In the present work, we studied the role played by oxidative stress in the apoptotic response caused by MDMA on a cell line of hepatic stellate cells (HSC). MDMA-treatment provoked oxidative stress determined as reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and decrease of intracellular reduced glutathione levels. Pre-treatment with the antioxidant pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate blocked ROS production but did not prevent MDMA-induced apoptosis of HSC. The pro-oxidant menadione induced in HSC ROS production and apoptosis that were prevented by pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, showing HSC to be susceptible to oxidative stress-induced apoptosis. Addition of exogenous GSH or its precursor NAC potentiated the apoptotic action of MDMA but blocked apoptosis induced by menadione. Pre-treatment of HSC with the cytochrome P450 inhibitor quinine diminished the extent of apoptosis caused by MDMA, suggesting the involvement of a metabolic derivative of MDMA on its apoptotic effect. Nuclear factor NF-kappaB was activated by MDMA in a oxidative stress independent fashion and played a protective role in the apoptotic response, since inhibition of NF-kappaB by treatment with parthenolide or by viral infection with a dominant-negative form of NIK (Ad5dnNIK) resulted in an increase of MDMA-induced cell death. In summary, MDMA-induced apoptosis of HSC is accompanied, but not caused by oxidative stress; a metabolic derivative of the drug is responsible for the apoptotic effect of MDMA, which is partially blocked by NF-kappaB activation.
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- Cristina Montiel-Duarte
- Department of Biochemistry, Universidad de Navarra, C/Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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Ahmad KA, Clement MV, Hanif IM, Pervaiz S. Resveratrol inhibits drug-induced apoptosis in human leukemia cells by creating an intracellular milieu nonpermissive for death execution. Cancer Res 2004; 64:1452-9. [PMID: 14973069 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-03-2414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Efficient apoptotic signaling is a function of a permissive intracellular milieu created by a decrease in the ratio of superoxide to hydrogen peroxide and cytosolic acidification. Resveratrol (RSV) triggers apoptosis in some systems and inhibits the death signal in others. In this regard, the inhibitory effect on hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis is attributed to its antioxidant property. We provide evidence that exposure of human leukemia cells to low concentrations of RSV (4-8 micro M) inhibits caspase activation, DNA fragmentation, and translocation of cytochrome c induced by hydrogen peroxide or anticancer drugs C2, vincristine, and daunorubicin. Interestingly, at these concentrations, RSV induces an increase in intracellular superoxide and inhibits drug-induced acidification. Blocking the activation of NADPH oxidase complex neutralized RSV-induced inhibition of apoptosis. Furthermore, our results implicate intracellular hydrogen peroxide as a common effector mechanism in drug-induced apoptosis that is inhibited by preincubation with RSV. Interestingly, decreasing intracellular superoxide with the NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenyliodonium reversed the inhibitory effect of RSV on drug-induced hydrogen peroxide production. These data show that low concentrations of RSV inhibit death signaling in human leukemia cells via NADPH oxidase-dependent elevation of intracellular superoxide that blocks mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production, thereby resulting in an intracellular environment nonconducive for death execution.
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- Kashif Adil Ahmad
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597
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Mulkey DK, Henderson RA, Ritucci NA, Putnam RW, Dean JB. Oxidative stress decreases pHi and Na+/H+ exchange and increases excitability of solitary complex neurons from rat brain slices. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2004; 286:C940-51. [PMID: 14668260 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00323.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Putative chemoreceptors in the solitary complex (SC) are sensitive to hypercapnia and oxidative stress. We tested the hypothesis that oxidative stress stimulates SC neurons by a mechanism independent of intracellular pH (pHi). pHi was measured by using ratiometric fluorescence imaging microscopy, utilizing either the pH-sensitive fluorescent dye BCECF or, during whole cell recordings, pyranine in SC neurons in brain stem slices from rat pups. Oxidative stress decreased pHi in 270 of 436 (62%) SC neurons tested. Chloramine-T (CT), N-chlorosuccinimide (NCS), dihydroxyfumaric acid, and H2O2 decreased pHi by 0.19 ± 0.007, 0.20 ± 0.015, 0.15 ± 0.013, and 0.08 ± 0.002 pH unit, respectively. Hypercapnia decreased pHi by 0.26 ± 0.006 pH unit ( n = 95). The combination of hypercapnia and CT or NCS had an additive effect on pHi, causing a 0.42 ± 0.03 ( n = 21) pH unit acidification. CT slowed pHi recovery mediated by Na+/H+ exchange (NHE) from NH4Cl-induced acidification by 53% ( n = 20) in [Formula: see text]-buffered medium and by 58% ( n = 10) in HEPES-buffered medium. CT increased firing rate in 14 of 16 SC neurons, and there was no difference in the firing rate response to CT with or without a corresponding change in pHi. These results indicate that oxidative stress 1) decreases pHi in some SC neurons, 2) together with hypercapnia has an additive effect on pHi, 3) partially inhibits NHE, and 4) directly affects excitability of CO2/H+-chemosensitive SC neurons independently of pHi changes. These findings suggest that oxidative stress acidifies SC neurons in part by inhibiting NHE, and this acidification may contribute ultimately to respiratory control dysfunction.
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- Daniel K Mulkey
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, , Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA
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Chen YR, Chen CL, Chen W, Zweier JL, Augusto O, Radi R, Mason RP. Formation of protein tyrosine ortho-semiquinone radical and nitrotyrosine from cytochrome c-derived tyrosyl radical. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:18054-62. [PMID: 14761966 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307706200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Oxidative alteration of mitochondrial cytochrome c (cyt c) has been linked to disease pathophysiology and is one of the causative factors for pro-apoptotic events. Hydrogen peroxide induces a short-lived cyt c-derived tyrosyl radical as detected by the electron spin resonance (ESR) spin-trapping technique. This investigation was undertaken to characterize the fate and consequences of the cyt c-derived tyrosyl radical. The direct ESR spectrum from the reaction of cyt c with H(2)O(2) revealed a single-line signal with a line width of approximately 10 G. The detected ESR signal could be prevented by pretreatment of cyt c with iodination, implying that the tyrosine residue of cyt c was involved. The ESR signal can be enhanced and stabilized by a divalent metal ion such as Zn(2+), indicating the formation of the protein tyrosine ortho-semiquinone radical (ToQ.). The production of cyt c-derived ToQ. is inhibited by the spin trap, 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane (MNP), suggesting the participation of tyrosyl radical in the formation of the ortho-semiquinone radical. The endothelium relaxant factor nitric oxide is well known to mediate mitochondrial respiration and apoptosis. The consumption of NO by cyt c was enhanced by addition of H(2)O(2) as verified by inhibition electrochemical detection using an NO electrode. The rate of NO consumption in the system containing cyt c/NO/H(2)O(2) was decreased by the spin traps 5,5-dimethyl pyrroline N-oxide and MNP, suggesting NO trapping of the cyt c-derived tyrosyl radical. The above result was further confirmed by NO quenching of the ESR signal of the MNP adduct of cyt c tyrosyl radical. Immunoblotting analysis of cyt c after exposure to NO in the presence of H(2)O(2) revealed the formation of 3-nitrotyrosine. The addition of superoxide dismutase did not change the cyt c nitration, indicating that it is peroxynitrite-independent. The results of this study may provide useful information in understanding the interconnection among cyt c, H(2)O(2), NO, and apoptosis.
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- Yeong-Renn Chen
- Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Kugawa F, Nakamura M, Ueno A, Aoki M. Over-Expressed Bcl-2 Cannot Suppress Apoptosis via the Mitochondria in Buprenorphine Hydrochloride-Treated NG108-15 Cells. Biol Pharm Bull 2004; 27:1340-7. [PMID: 15340216 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.27.1340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We previously reported that the morphine alkaloid derivative buprenorphine hydrochloride (Bph) induces rapid apoptosis in NG108-15 nerve cells accompanied by the activation of caspase-3. Here, we found this kind of apoptosis was also accompanied by rapid loss of the mitochondrial membrane potential, followed by the efflux of cytochrome c from the mitochondria to the cytosol and the activation of caspases-9 and -3. Together, these results strongly suggested the Bph death signal was routed through the mitochondrial pathway in NG108-15 cells. In these cells, serum-starvation induces a different apoptosis, which we exploited to investigate Bcl-2's role as an apoptosis inhibitor. We made an NG108-15 transfectant, Bcl-2(P2), that stably expressed human Bcl-2, and used it to test Bcl-2's effect on the serum-starvation-induced apoptosis in NG108-15 cells. Cell viability, DNA-ladder formation, and efflux of cytochrome c from the mitochondria were all detected, showing that the human Bcl-2 functioned normally in the Bcl-2(P2) cells. Although the apoptotic events tested were identical in the parental cells and transformants, Bcl-2 expression completely failed to inhibit Bph-induced apoptosis in the Bcl-2(P2) cells.
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- Fumihiko Kugawa
- Department of Biological Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Nihon University, 7-7-1 Narashino-dai, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8555, Japan.
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Huc L, Sparfel L, Rissel M, Dimanche-Boitrel MT, Guillouzo A, Fardel O, Lagadic-Gossmann D. Identification of Na+/H+exchange as a new target for toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in liver cells. FASEB J 2003; 18:344-6. [PMID: 14656999 DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-0316fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The ubiquitous environmental pollutants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are responsible for important carcinogenic and apoptotic effects, whose mechanisms are still poorly understood, owing to the multiplicity of possible cellular targets. Among these mechanisms, alterations of ionic homeostasis have been suggested. In this work, the effects of benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P] on pHi were tested in the rat liver F258 epithelial cell line, using the fluoroprobe carboxy-SNARF-1. After a 48-h treatment, B(a)P (50 nM) induced an alkalinization, followed by an acidification after 72 h and the development of apoptosis. Determinations of pH(i) recovery following an acid load showed an increased acid efflux at 48 h. Cariporide inhibited both the early alkalinization and the increased acid efflux, thus suggesting the involvement of Na+/H+ exchanger 1 (NHE1). Besides, alpha-naphtoflavone (alpha-NF), an inhibitor of CYP1A1-mediated B(a)P metabolism, prevented all pH(i) changes, and NHE1 activation was blocked by the antioxidant thiourea, which inhibited CYP1A1 metabolism-dependent H2O2 production. Regarding B(a)P-induced apoptosis, this was prevented by alpha-NF and bongkrekic acid, an inhibitor of mitochondria-dependent apoptosis. Interestingly, apoptosis was significantly reduced by cariporide. Taken together, our results indicate that B(a)P, via H2O2 produced by CYP1A1-dependent metabolism, induces an early activation of NHE1, resulting in alkalinization; this appears to play a significant role in mitochondria-dependent B(a)P-induced apoptosis.
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- Laurence Huc
- INSERM U456, Détoxication et Réparation Tissulaire, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Rennes 1, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
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Clément MV, Hirpara JL, Pervaiz S. Decrease in intracellular superoxide sensitizes Bcl-2-overexpressing tumor cells to receptor and drug-induced apoptosis independent of the mitochondria. Cell Death Differ 2003; 10:1273-85. [PMID: 12894215 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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At least two mechanisms of early cytosolic acidification during apoptotic signaling have been described, one that involves caspase 8 activation downstream of receptor ligation and another dependent on mitochondria-derived hydrogen peroxide during merocil-induced apoptosis. Here, we show that Bcl-2 inhibits both mechanisms of acidification. Moreover, Bcl-2 overexpression resulted in a slightly elevated constitutive level of superoxide anion and pH in CEM leukemia cells. Interestingly, decreasing intracellular superoxide concentration with an inhibitor of the beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase or by transient transfection with a dominant-negative form of the guanosine triphosphate-binding protein Rac1 resulted in a significant increase in the sensitivity of CEM/Bcl-2 cells to CD95- or merocil-induced apoptosis. This increase in sensitivity was a direct result of a significant increase in caspase 8 activation and caspase 8-dependent acidification in the absence of caspase 9 activity or cytochrome c release. These findings suggest a mechanism of switching from mitochondria-dependent to mitochondria-independent death signaling in the same cell, provided the intracellular milieu is permissive for upstream caspase 8 activation, and could have implications for favorably tailoring tumor cells for drug treatment even when the mitochondrial pathway is compromised by Bcl-2.
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- M-V Clément
- 1Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore
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Leong MLL, Maiyar AC, Kim B, O'Keeffe BA, Firestone GL. Expression of the serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible protein kinase, Sgk, is a cell survival response to multiple types of environmental stress stimuli in mammary epithelial cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5871-82. [PMID: 12488318 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211649200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The effects of multiple stress stimuli on the cellular utilization of the serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible protein kinase (Sgk) were examined in NMuMg mammary epithelial cells exposed to hyperosmotic stress induced by the organic osmolyte sorbitol, heat shock, ultraviolet irradiation, oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide, or to dexamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticoid that represents a general class of physiological stress hormones. Each of the stress stimuli induced Sgk protein expression with differences in the kinetics and duration of induction and in subcellular localization. The environmental stresses, but not dexamethasone, stimulated Sgk expression through a p38/MAPK-dependent pathway. In each case, a hyperphosphorylated active Sgk protein was produced under conditions in which Akt, the close homolog of Sgk, remained in its non-phosphorylated state. Ectopic expression of wild type Sgk or of the T256D/S422D mutant Sgk that mimics phosphorylation conferred protection against stress-induced cell death in NMuMg cells. In contrast, expression of the T256A/S422A Sgk phosphorylation site mutant has no effect on cell survival. Sgk is known to phosphorylate and negatively regulate pro-apoptotic forkhead transcription factor FKHRL1. The environmental stress stimuli that induce Sgk, but not dexamethasone, strongly inhibited the nuclear transcriptional activity and increased the cytoplasmic retention of FKHRL1. Also, the conditional IPTG inducible expression of wild type Sgk, but not of the kinase dead T256A mutant Sgk, protected Con8 mammary epithelial tumor cells from serum starvation-induced apoptosis. Taken together, our study establishes that induction of enzymatically active Sgk functions as a key cell survival component in response to different environmental stress stimuli.
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- Meredith L L Leong
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and The Cancer Research Laboratory, The University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA
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Oberdanner CB, Kiesslich T, Krammer B, Plaetzer K. Glucose is required to maintain high ATP-levels for the energy-utilizing steps during PDT-induced apoptosis. Photochem Photobiol 2002; 76:695-703. [PMID: 12511053 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)076<0695:girtmh>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) may trigger apoptosis or necrosis in cancer cells. Several steps in the induction and execution of apoptosis require high amounts of adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP). Because the mitochondrial membrane potential (delta psi) decreases early in apoptosis, we raised the question about the mechanisms of maintaining a sufficiently high ATP level. We therefore monitored delta psi and the intracellular ATP level of apoptotic human epidermoid carcinoma cells (A431) after photodynamic treatment with aluminum (III) phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate. A maximum of caspase-3-like activity and nuclear fragmentation was found at fluences of about 4 J cm(-2). Under these conditions apoptotic cells reduced delta psi rapidly, while the ATP level remained high for 4-6 h after treatment for cells supplied with glucose. To analyze the contribution of glycolysis to the energy supply during apoptosis, experiments were carried out with cells deprived of glucose. These cells showed a rapid drop of ATP content and neither caspase activation nor nuclear fragmentation could be detected. We conclude that the use of glucose as a source of ATP is obligatory for the execution of PDT-induced apoptosis.
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Coakley RJ, Taggart C, McElvaney NG, O'Neill SJ. Cytosolic pH and the inflammatory microenvironment modulate cell death in human neutrophils after phagocytosis. Blood 2002; 100:3383-91. [PMID: 12384441 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v100.9.3383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Following phagocytosis in vivo, acidification of extracellular pH (pH(o)) and intracellular metabolic acid generation contribute to cytosolic proton loading in neutrophils. Cytosolic pH (pH(i)) affects neutrophil function, although its regulation is incompletely understood. Its effect on mechanisms of neutrophil death is also uncertain. Thus, we investigated pH(i) regulation in Escherichia coli-exposed neutrophils, at various pathogen-to-phagocyte ratios (0:1-50:1), under conditions simulating the inflammatory milieu in vivo and correlated pH(i) changes with mechanisms of neutrophil death. Following phagocytosis, proton extrusion was dominated early by passive proton conductance channels, and later by Na(+)/H(+) exchange (NHE). H(+)-translocating adenosine triphosphatase (V-ATPase) pH(i) regulation was evident primarily at lower bacterial densities. At physiologic pH(o), lower pathogen-to-phagocyte ratios alkalinized pH(i) and inhibited apoptosis, whereas higher ratios acidified pH(i) (despite proton extrusive mechanisms) and promoted apoptosis. Necrosis was induced by high-density bacterial exposure at reduced pH(o). Following phagocytosis, targeted inhibition of NHEs, proton conductance channels, or V-ATPases (amiloride, ZnCl(2), or bafilomycin, respectively) moderately hyperacidified pH(i) and accelerated apoptosis. However, in combination they profoundly acidified pH(i) and induced necrosis. Proinflammatory mediators in vivo might affect both pH(i) regulation and cell death, so we tested the effects of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and healthy subjects. Only CF BAL fluid alkalinized pH(i) and suppressed apoptosis at physiologic pH(o), but failed to prevent necrosis following phagocytosis at low pH(o). Thus, a precarious balance between cytosolic proton loading and extrusion after phagocytosis dictates the mode of neutrophil cell death. pH(i)/pH(o) might be therapeutically targeted to limit neutrophil necrosis and protect host tissues during necrotizing infections.
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- Raymond J Coakley
- Division of Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, Education and Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
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Yao N, Imai S, Tada Y, Nakayashiki H, Tosa Y, Park P, Mayama S. Apoptotic cell death is a common response to pathogen attack in oats. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2002; 15:1000-7. [PMID: 12437297 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2002.15.10.1000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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We have examined the characteristics of cell death induced by pathogen infection in oats with respect to following hallmark apoptotic features: DNA laddering, chromatin condensation, and electron microscopic-terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated UTP end labeling positive response. A wide range of plant pathogens representing different levels of parasitism in susceptible and resistant interactions were used for the inocula, which include (i) an obligate parasite, Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae (the crown rust fungus); (ii) a facultative biotroph parasite, Magnaporthe grisea (the blast fungus); (iii) pathogenic bacteria, Pseudomonas syringae pv. atropurpurea and P. syringae pv. coronafaciens (the halo or stripe blights of oats); and (iv) Ryegrass mottle virus. Surprisingly, any of the pathogens used induced most of the apoptotic features in oat cells at and around the infection sites, indicating that apoptotic cell death is a common phenomenon in oats during pathogen attack. The localization and the timing of apoptotic cell death during a course of infection were, however, quite different depending on the interactions (compatible or incompatible) and the pathogens (fungi, bacteria, or viruses). Possible roles of apoptotic cell death in the susceptible and resistant interactions are discussed.
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Japan
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Barbouti A, Doulias PT, Nousis L, Tenopoulou M, Galaris D. DNA damage and apoptosis in hydrogen peroxide-exposed Jurkat cells: bolus addition versus continuous generation of H(2)O(2). Free Radic Biol Med 2002; 33:691-702. [PMID: 12208356 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(02)00967-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Aspects of the molecular mechanism(s) of hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA damage and cell death were studied in the present investigation. Jurkat T-cells in culture were exposed either to low rates of continuously generated H(2)O(2) by the action of glucose oxidase or to a bolus addition of the same agent. In the first case, steady state conditions were prevailing, while in the latter, H(2)O(2) was removed by the cellular defense systems following first order kinetics. By using single-cell gel electrophoresis (also called comet assay), an initial increase in the formation of DNA single-strand breaks was observed in cells exposed to a bolus of 150 microM H(2)O(2). As the H(2)O(2) was exhausted, a gradual decrease in DNA damage was apparent, indicating the existence of an effective repair of single-strand breaks. Addition of 10 ng glucose oxidase in 100 microl growth medium (containing 1.5 x 10(5) cells) generated 2.0 +/- 0.2 microM H(2)O(2) per min. This treatment induced an increase in the level of single-strand breaks reaching the upper limit of detection by the methodology used and continued to be high for the following 6 h. However, when a variety of markers for apoptotic cell death (DNA cell content, DNA laddering, activation of caspases, PARP cleavage) were examined, only bolus additions of H(2)O(2) were able to induce apoptosis, while the continuous presence of this agent inhibited the execution of the apoptotic process no matter whether the inducer was H(2)O(2) itself or an anti-Fas antibody. These observations stress that, apart from the apparent genotoxic and proapoptotic effects of H(2)O(2), it can also exert antiapoptotic actions when present, even at low concentrations, during the execution of apoptosis.
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- Alexandra Barbouti
- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece
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Kim DY, Won SJ, Gwag BJ. Analysis of mitochondrial free radical generation in animal models of neuronal disease. Free Radic Biol Med 2002; 33:715-23. [PMID: 12208358 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(02)00968-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mitochondria, the power plant of all eukaryotic cells, produce cellular energy in the form of ATP via electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation. However, the mitochondria leak electrons that can act as major sources of oxidative stress, and their dysfunction, have been proposed as causative events underlying neurodegeneration in stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. We examined whether MitoTracker Red CM-H(2)XRos, a rosamine derivative used to detect mitochondrial free radicals in vitro, would be applied to analyze the mitochondrial free radicals in various models of neurological diseases in vivo. The injections of MitoTracker Red CM-H(2)XRos revealed generation of mitochondrial free radicals primarily in vulnerable neurons following focal cerebral ischemia as well as administration of Fe(2+) or 3-nitropropionic acid. MitoTracker Red CM-H(2)XRos was retained after fixation, compatible with immunocytochemistry or nuclear staining, and can be applied to study roles of mitochondrial free radicals in the process of neurodegeneration in vivo.
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- Doo Yeon Kim
- Center for the Interventional Therapy of Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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