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Marakhova II, Yurinskaya VE, Domnina AP. The Role of Intracellular Potassium in Cell Quiescence, Proliferation, and Death. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:884. [PMID: 38255956 PMCID: PMC10815214 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25020884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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This brief review explores the role of intracellular K+ during the transition of cells from quiescence to proliferation and the induction of apoptosis. We focus on the relationship between intracellular K+ and the growth and proliferation rates of different cells, including transformed cells in culture as well as human quiescent T cells and mesenchymal stem cells, and analyze the concomitant changes in K+ and water content in both proliferating and apoptotic cells. Evidence is discussed indicating that during the initiation of cell proliferation and apoptosis changes in the K+ content in cells occur in parallel with changes in water content and therefore do not lead to significant changes in the intracellular K+ concentration. We conclude that K+, as a dominant intracellular ion, is involved in the regulation of cell volume during the transit from quiescence, and the content of K+ and water in dividing cells is higher than in quiescent or differentiated cells, which can be considered to be a hallmark of cell proliferation and transformation.
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- Irina I. Marakhova
- Department of Intracellular Signalling and Transport, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky Avenue 4, 194064 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky Avenue 4, 194064 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Intracellular Signalling and Transport, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky Avenue 4, 194064 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Reduced Graphene Oxides Modulate the Expression of Cell Receptors and Voltage-Dependent Ion Channel Genes of Glioblastoma Multiforme. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22020515. [PMID: 33419226 PMCID: PMC7825604 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The development of nanotechnology based on graphene and its derivatives has aroused great scientific interest because of their unusual properties. Graphene (GN) and its derivatives, such as reduced graphene oxide (rGO), exhibit antitumor effects on glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cells in vitro. The antitumor activity of rGO with different contents of oxygen-containing functional groups and GN was compared. Using FTIR (fourier transform infrared) analysis, the content of individual functional groups (GN/exfoliation (ExF), rGO/thermal (Term), rGO/ammonium thiosulphate (ATS), and rGO/ thiourea dioxide (TUD)) was determined. Cell membrane damage, as well as changes in the cell membrane potential, was analyzed. Additionally, the gene expression of voltage-dependent ion channels (clcn3, clcn6, cacna1b, cacna1d, nalcn, kcne4, kcnj10, and kcnb1) and extracellular receptors was determined. A reduction in the potential of the U87 glioma cell membrane was observed after treatment with rGO/ATS and rGO/TUD flakes. Moreover, it was also demonstrated that major changes in the expression of voltage-dependent ion channel genes were observed in clcn3, nalcn, and kcne4 after treatment with rGO/ATS and rGO/TUD flakes. Furthermore, the GN/ExF, rGO/ATS, and rGO/TUD flakes significantly reduced the expression of extracellular receptors (uPar, CD105) in U87 glioblastoma cells. In conclusion, the cytotoxic mechanism of rGO flakes may depend on the presence and types of oxygen-containing functional groups, which are more abundant in rGO compared to GN.
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Bortner CD, Cidlowski JA. Ions, the Movement of Water and the Apoptotic Volume Decrease. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:611211. [PMID: 33324655 PMCID: PMC7723978 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.611211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The movement of water across the cell membrane is a natural biological process that occurs during growth, cell division, and cell death. Many cells are known to regulate changes in their cell volume through inherent compensatory regulatory mechanisms. Cells can sense an increase or decrease in their cell volume, and compensate through mechanisms known as a regulatory volume increase (RVI) or decrease (RVD) response, respectively. The transport of sodium, potassium along with other ions and osmolytes allows the movement of water in and out of the cell. These compensatory volume regulatory mechanisms maintain a cell at near constant volume. A hallmark of the physiological cell death process known as apoptosis is the loss of cell volume or cell shrinkage. This loss of cell volume is in stark contrast to what occurs during the accidental cell death process known as necrosis. During necrosis, cells swell or gain water, eventually resulting in cell lysis. Thus, whether a cell gains or loses water after injury is a defining feature of the specific mode of cell death. Cell shrinkage or the loss of cell volume during apoptosis has been termed apoptotic volume decrease or AVD. Over the years, this distinguishing feature of apoptosis has been largely ignored and thought to be a passive occurrence or simply a consequence of the cell death process. However, studies on AVD have defined an underlying movement of ions that result in not only the loss of cell volume, but also the activation and execution of the apoptotic process. This review explores the role ions play in controlling not only the movement of water, but the regulation of apoptosis. We will focus on what is known about specific ion channels and transporters identified to be involved in AVD, and how the movement of ions and water change the intracellular environment leading to stages of cell shrinkage and associated apoptotic characteristics. Finally, we will discuss these concepts as they apply to different cell types such as neurons, cardiomyocytes, and corneal epithelial cells.
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- Carl D Bortner
- Signal Transduction Laboratory, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Signal Transduction Laboratory, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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Deen SS, Riemer F, McLean MA, Gill AB, Kaggie JD, Grist JT, Crawford R, Latimer J, Baldwin P, Earl HM, Parkinson CA, Smith SA, Hodgkin C, Moore E, Jimenez-Linan M, Brodie CR, Addley HC, Freeman SJ, Moyle PL, Sala E, Graves MJ, Brenton JD, Gallagher FA. Sodium MRI with 3D-cones as a measure of tumour cellularity in high grade serous ovarian cancer. Eur J Radiol Open 2019; 6:156-162. [PMID: 31032385 PMCID: PMC6477161 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejro.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of rapid sodium MRI (23Na-MRI) for the imaging of peritoneal cancer deposits in high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) and to evaluate the relationship of 23Na-MRI with tumour cellularity. 23Na-MRI was performed at 3 T on twelve HGSOC patients using a 3D-cones acquisition technique. Tumour biopsies specimens were collected after imaging and cellularity was measured from histology. Total 23Na-MRI scan time for each patient was approximately 11 min. At an isotropic resolution of 5.6 mm, signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of 82.2 ± 15.3 and 15.1 ± 7.1 (mean ± standard deviation) were achieved for imaging of tumour tissue sodium concentration (TSC) and intracellular weighted sodium concentration (IWS) respectively. Tumour TSC and IWS concentrations were: 56.8 ± 19.1 mM and 30.8 ± 9.2 mM respectively and skeletal muscle TSC and IWS concentrations were 33.2 ± 16.3 mM and 20.5 ± 9.9 mM respectively. There were significant sodium concentration differences between cancer and skeletal muscle, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, P < 0.001 for TSC and P = 0.01 for IWS imaging. Tumour cellularity displayed a strong negative correlation with TSC, Spearman's rho = -0.92, P < 0.001, but did not correlate with IWS. This study demonstrates that 23Na-MRI using 3D-cones can rapidly assess sodium concentration in peritoneal deposits of HGSOC and that TSC may serve as a biomarker of tumour cellularity.
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- Surrin S. Deen
- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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Kondratskyi A, Kondratska K, Skryma R, Prevarskaya N. Ion channels in the regulation of apoptosis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1848:2532-46. [PMID: 25450339 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Revised: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Apoptosis, a type of genetically controlled cell death, is a fundamental cellular mechanism utilized by multicellular organisms for disposal of cells that are no longer needed or potentially detrimental. Given the crucial role of apoptosis in physiology, deregulation of apoptotic machinery is associated with various diseases as well as abnormalities in development. Acquired resistance to apoptosis represents the common feature of most and perhaps all types of cancer. Therefore, repairing and reactivating apoptosis represents a promising strategy to fight cancer. Accumulated evidence identifies ion channels as essential regulators of apoptosis. However, the contribution of specific ion channels to apoptosis varies greatly depending on cell type, ion channel type and intracellular localization, pathology as well as intracellular signaling pathways involved. Here we discuss the involvement of major types of ion channels in apoptosis regulation. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Membrane channels and transporters in cancers.
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- Artem Kondratskyi
- Inserm, U-1003, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm, U-1003, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm, U-1003, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm, U-1003, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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Model MA. Possible causes of apoptotic volume decrease: an attempt at quantitative review. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2014; 306:C417-24. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00328.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cell shrinkage and dehydration are essential characteristics of apoptosis, and loss of as much as half of the initial cell volume is not uncommon. This phenomenon is usually explained by efflux of K+and Cl−. We reexamine this hypothesis on the basis of the available data for ion concentrations and the requirements for osmotic equilibrium and electroneutrality. In addition to ion loss, we discuss the possible impacts of several other processes: efflux of low-molecular-weight osmolytes, acidification of the cytosol, effects of water channels and pumps, heterogeneity of intracellular water, and dissociation of apoptotic bodies. We conclude that most mammalian cells are theoretically capable of reducing their volume by 15–20% through ion loss or a decrease in cytosolic pH, although, in reality, the contribution of these mechanisms to apoptotic shrinkage may be smaller. Transitions between osmotically active and inactive water pools might influence cell volume as well; these mechanisms are poorly understood but are amenable to experimental study. Dissociation of apoptotic bodies is a separate mechanism of volume reduction and should be monitored closely; this can be best achieved by measurement of intracellular water, rather than cell volume.
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- Michael A. Model
- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
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Oliveira AC, Rodríguez IÁ, Garzón I, Martín-Piedra MÁ, Alfonso-Rodríguez CA, García JM, Sánchez-Quevedo MDC, Alaminos M. An early and late cytotoxicity evaluation of lidocaine on human oral mucosa fibroblasts. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2013; 239:71-82. [PMID: 24131541 DOI: 10.1177/1535370213503274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Local anesthetic drugs are extensively used in dentistry. However, the cytotoxic effects of these pharmaceutical compounds remain unclear. In this work, we have evaluated the cell viability and cell function of human oral mucosa fibroblasts exposed to different concentrations of lidocaine for increasing incubation times, using a global screening methods including structural, metabolic and microanalytical analyses. Our results demonstrate that lidocaine is able to alter cell viability and function even at low concentrations and times, although the effect of lidocaine concentration was more important than the incubation time. First, the structural analysis methods revealed that ≥5% concentrations of lidocaine are able to significantly reduce cell viability. Then, the metabolic 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and water-soluble tetrazolium salt (WST-1) assays suggest that concentrations starting from 1% were able to significantly hinder cell physiology. Finally, electron-probe X-ray microanalysis confirmed the deleterious effects of lidocaine and allowed us to demonstrate that these effects are associated to an apoptosis process of cell death. Therefore, care should be taken when lidocaine is clinically used, and the lowest efficient concentrations should always be used. Furthermore, these results suggest that the comprehensive evaluation method used in this work is accurate and efficient for screening of local anesthetics.
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- Ana Celeste Oliveira
- Tissue Engineering Group, Department of Histology, University of Granada, Granada E18012, Spain
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Dezaki K, Maeno E, Sato K, Akita T, Okada Y. Early-phase occurrence of K+ and Cl- efflux in addition to Ca 2+ mobilization is a prerequisite to apoptosis in HeLa cells. Apoptosis 2012; 17:821-31. [PMID: 22460504 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-012-0716-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Sustained rise in cytosolic Ca(2+) and cell shrinkage mainly caused by K(+) and Cl(-) efflux are known to be prerequisites to apoptotic cell death. Here, we investigated how the efflux of K(+) and Cl(-) as well as the rise in cytosolic Ca(2+) occur prior to caspase activation and are coupled to each other in apoptotic human epithelial HeLa cells. Caspase-3 activation and DNA laddering induced by staurosporine were abolished by blockers of K(+) and Cl(-) channels or cytosolic Ca(2+) chelation. Staurosporine induced decreases in the intracellular free K(+) and Cl(-) concentrations ([K(+)](i) and [Cl(-)](i)) in an early stage prior to caspase-3 activation. Staurosporine also induced a long-lasting rise in the cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentration. The early-phase decreases in [K(+)](i) and [Cl(-)](i) were completely prevented by a blocker of K(+) or Cl(-) channel, but were not affected by cytosolic Ca(2+) chelation. By contrast, the Ca(2+) response was abolished by a blocker of K(+) or Cl(-) channel. Strong hypertonic stress promptly induced a cytosolic Ca(2+) increase lasting >50 min together with sustained shrinkage and thereafter caspase-3 activation after 4 h. The hypertonic stress induced slight increases in [K(+)](i) and [Cl(-)](i) in the first 50 min, but these increases were much less than the effect of shrinkage-induced condensation, indicating that K(+) and Cl(-) efflux took place. Hypertonicity induced caspase-3 activation that was prevented not only by cytosolic Ca(2+) chelation but also by K(+) and Cl(-) channel blockers. Thus, it is concluded that not only Ca(2+) mobilization but early-phase efflux of K(+) and Cl(-) are required for caspase activation, and Ca(2+) mobilization is a downstream and resultant event of cell shrinkage in both staurosporine- and hypertonicity-induced apoptosis.
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- Katsuya Dezaki
- Department of Cell Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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Yurinskaya VE, Rubashkin AA, Vereninov AA. Balance of unidirectional monovalent ion fluxes in cells undergoing apoptosis: why does Na+/K+ pump suppression not cause cell swelling? J Physiol 2011; 589:2197-211. [PMID: 21486767 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.207571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cells dying according to the apoptotic program, unlike cells dying via an unprogrammed mode, are able to avoid swelling and osmotic bursting with membrane disruption.There are indications that apoptosis is accompanied by suppression of the Na+/K+ pump and changes in the K+ and Cl− channels. It remains unclear how ion fluxes through individual ion pathways are integrated so as to induce loss of intracellular ions and concomitant apoptotic volume decrease. A decrease in activity of the sodium pump during apoptosis should cause cell swelling rather than shrinkage. We have made the first systemic analysis of the monovalent ion flux balance in apoptotic cells. Experimental data were obtained for human U937 cells treated with staurosporine for 4–5 h, which is known to induce apoptosis. The data include cellular Cl− content and fluxes, K+, Na+, water content and ouabain-sensitive and -resistant Rb+ fluxes.Unidirectional monovalent ion fluxeswere calculated using these data and a cell model comprising the double Donnan system with the Na+/K+ pump, Cl−, K+, Na+ channels, the Na+–K+–2Cl−cotransporter (NKCC), the Na+–Cl− cotransporter (NC), and the equivalent Cl−/Cl− exchange.Apoptotic cell shrinkage was found to be caused, depending on conditions, either by an increase in the integral channel permeability of membrane for K+ or by suppression of the pump coupledwith a decrease in the integral channel permeability of membrane for Na+. The decrease in the channel permeability of membrane for Na+ plays a crucial role in cell dehydration in apoptosis accompanied by suppression of the pump. Supplemental Table S1 is given for easy calculating flux balance under specified conditions.
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Jessica Chen M, Sepramaniam S, Armugam A, Shyan Choy M, Manikandan J, Melendez AJ, Jeyaseelan K, Sang Cheung N. Water and ion channels: crucial in the initiation and progression of apoptosis in central nervous system? Curr Neuropharmacol 2008; 6:102-16. [PMID: 19305791 PMCID: PMC2647147 DOI: 10.2174/157015908784533879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2007] [Revised: 09/09/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Programmed cell death (PCD), is a highly regulated and sophisticated cellular mechanism that commits cell to isolated death fate. PCD has been implicated in the pathogenesis of numerous neurodegenerative disorders. Countless molecular events underlie this phenomenon, with each playing a crucial role in death commitment. A precedent event, apoptotic volume decrease (AVD), is ubiquitously observed in various forms of PCD induced by different cellular insults. Under physiological conditions, cells when subjected to osmotic fluctuations will undergo regulatory volume increase/decrease (RVI/RVD) to achieve homeostatic balance with neurons in the brain being additionally protected by the blood-brain-barrier. However, during AVD following apoptotic trigger, cell undergoes anistonic shrinkage that involves the loss of water and ions, particularly monovalent ions e.g. K(+), Na(+) and Cl(-). It is worthwhile to concentrate on the molecular implications underlying the loss of these cellular components which posed to be significant and crucial in the successful propagation of the apoptotic signals. Microarray and real-time PCR analyses demonstrated several ion and water channel genes are regulated upon the onset of lactacystin (a proteosomal inhibitor)-mediated apoptosis. A time course study revealed that gene expressions of water and ion channels are being modulated just prior to apoptosis, some of which are aquaporin 4 and 9, potassium channels and chloride channels. In this review, we shall looked into the molecular protein machineries involved in the execution of AVD in the central nervous system (CNS), and focus on the significance of movements of each cellular component in affecting PCD commitment, thus provide some pharmacological advantages in the global apoptotic cell death.
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- Minghui Jessica Chen
- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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Rodriguez-Morata A, Garzon I, Alaminos M, Garcia-Honduvilla N, Sanchez-Quevedo M, Bujan J, Campos A. Cell Viability and Prostacyclin Release in Cultured Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells. Ann Vasc Surg 2008; 22:440-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2008] [Revised: 03/15/2008] [Accepted: 03/21/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fernandez-Segura E, Warley A. Electron probe X-ray microanalysis for the study of cell physiology. Methods Cell Biol 2008; 88:19-43. [PMID: 18617026 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)00402-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Of the analytical electron microscopy techniques available, electron probe X-ray microanalysis has been most widely used for the study of biological specimens. This technique is able to identify, localize, and quantify elements both at the whole cell and at the intracellular level. The use SEM or TEM to analyze individual whole cells gives a simple and rapid method to study changes in ion transport after stimulation, whereas the analysis of thin sections of cryoprepared cell sections, although technically more difficult, allows details about ionic content in intracellular compartments, such as mitochondria, ER, and lysosomes, to be obtained. In this chapter the principles underlying X-ray emission are briefly outlined, step-by-step methods for specimen preparation of whole cells and cell sections for microanalysis are given, as are the methods used for deriving quantitative information from spectra. Areas where problems might occur have been highlighted. The different areas in which X-ray microanalysis is being used in the study of cell physiology are briefly reviewed.
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- E Fernandez-Segura
- Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, E-10871, Granada, Spain
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Bortner CD, Cidlowski JA. Cell shrinkage and monovalent cation fluxes: role in apoptosis. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 462:176-88. [PMID: 17321483 PMCID: PMC1941616 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2006] [Revised: 01/18/2007] [Accepted: 01/23/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The loss of cell volume or cell shrinkage has been a morphological hallmark of the programmed cell death process known as apoptosis. This isotonic loss of cell volume has recently been term apoptotic volume decrease or AVD to distinguish it from inherent volume regulatory responses that occurs in cells under anisotonic conditions. Recent studies examining the intracellular signaling pathways that result in this unique cellular characteristic have determined that a fundamental movement of ions, particularly monovalent ions, underlie the AVD process and plays an important role on controlling the cell death process. An efflux of intracellular potassium was shown to be a critical aspect of the AVD process, as preventing this ion loss could protect cells from apoptosis. However, potassium plays a complex role as a loss of intracellular potassium has also been shown to be beneficial to the health of the cell. Additionally, the mechanisms that a cell employs to achieve this loss of intracellular potassium vary depending on the cell type and stimulus used to induce apoptosis, suggesting multiple ways exist to accomplish the same goal of AVD. Additionally, sodium and chloride have been shown to play a vital role during cell death in both the signaling and control of AVD in various apoptotic model systems. This review examines the relationship between this morphological change and intracellular monovalent ions during apoptosis.
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- Carl D Bortner
- The Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Alaminos M, Sanchez-Quevedo MC, Muñoz-Avila JI, García JM, Crespo PV, González-Andrades M, Campos A. Evaluation of the viability of cultured corneal endothelial cells by quantitative electron probe X-ray microanalysis. J Cell Physiol 2007; 211:692-8. [PMID: 17226780 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Construction of artificial organs and tissues by tissue engineering is strongly dependent on the availability of viable cells. For that reason, the viability and the physiological status of cells kept in culture must be evaluated before the cells can be used for clinical purposes. In this work, we determined the viability of isolated rabbit corneal endothelial cells by trypan blue staining and quantitative electron probe X-ray microanalysis. Our results showed that the ionic content of potassium in cultured corneal endothelial cells tended to rise initially, but significantly decreased in cells in the fifth (and final) subculture, especially in comparison to cells in the fourth subculture (P < 0.001). However, the concentration of sulfur was higher in the fifth subculture than in the fourth subculture (P < 0.001), with a nonsignificant increase in sodium in the fifth subculture (P = 0.031). These data imply a remarkable decrease in the K/Na ratio from the fourth to the fifth subculture. Our microanalytical results, along with the morphological differences between cells in the last two subcultures, are compatible with an early phase of the preapoptotic process in the fifth subculture, and suggest that cells of the first four subcultures would be better candidates for tissue engineering.
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- M Alaminos
- Department of Histology, University of Granada, Spain.
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Nukui M, Shimizu T, Okada Y. Normotonic cell shrinkage induced by Na+ deprivation results in apoptotic cell death in human epithelial HeLa cells. J Physiol Sci 2006; 56:335-9. [PMID: 16962015 DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.rp009606] [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: 08/17/2006] [Accepted: 09/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Apoptosis is a major form of cell death that occurs in response to a variety of signals in both physiological and pathological situations. A hallmark of apoptosis is normotonic cell shrinkage, called apoptotic volume decrease (AVD), the process of which involves fluxes of K(+), Cl(-), and Na(+). Na(+) influx was suggested to be required in Fas-induced apoptosis in human Jurkat T cells, whereas Na(+) efflux was found to be associated with AVD and apoptosis in human HL-60 cells. Here we examined the effects of extracellular Na(+) deprivation on cell volume and viability in human epithelial HeLa cells. The incubation of HeLa cells in normotonic Na(+)-free Ringer solution resulted in persistent cell shrinkage after > or = 30 min and reduction in cell viability after > or = 1 h. After exposure to Na(+)-free solution for 5 h, a marked reduction in cell viability was found to be associated with an activation of caspase-3 without showing significant LDH release, indicating that the cells underwent apoptosis but not necrosis. Na(+) deprivation-induced cell shrinkage and apoptotic cell death were significantly inhibited by a blocker of Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) cotransporter (NKCC) or of the reverse-mode operation of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX), but not by a blocker of Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE). Therefore it is concluded that Na(+) deprivation causes persistent cell shrinkage resulting from Na(+) efflux mainly via NKCC and NCX and thereafter leads to apoptotic death of HeLa cells. It is also suggested that normotonic cell shrinkage per se, if persistent, provides a sufficient condition for apoptosis induction.
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- Miho Nukui
- Department of Cell Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, 445-8585 Japan
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Panayiotidis MI, Bortner CD, Cidlowski JA. On the mechanism of ionic regulation of apoptosis: would the Na+/K+-ATPase please stand up? Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2006; 187:205-15. [PMID: 16734757 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01562.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Apoptosis is an active process with distinct features including loss of cell volume, chromatin condensation, internucleosomal DNA fragmentation, and apoptotic body formation. Among the classical characteristics that define apoptosis, the loss of cell volume has become a very important component of the programmed cell death process. Changes in cell volume result from alterations in the homeostasis of ions and in particular the movement of Na+ and K+ ions. Most living cells have a high concentration of intracellular K+ and a low concentration of intracellular Na+. This is in contrast to the outside of the cell, where there is a high concentration of extracellular Na+ and a low concentration of extracellular K+. Thus a concentration gradient exists for the loss and gain of intracellular K+ and Na+, respectively. This gradient is maintained through the activity of various ionic channels and transporters, but predominantly the activity of the Na+/K+-ATPase. During apoptosis, there is compelling evidence indicating an early increase in intracellular Na+ followed by a decrease in both intracellular K+ and Na+ suggesting a regulatory role for these cations during both the initial signalling, and the execution phase of apoptosis. Recent studies have shown that the Na+/K+-ATPase is involved in controlling perturbations of Na+ and K+ homeostasis during apoptosis, and that anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL molecules influence these ionic fluxes. Finally, understanding the regulation or deregulation of ionic homeostasis during apoptosis is critical to facilitate the treatment of cardiovascular, neurological, and renal diseases where apoptosis is known to play a major role.
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- M I Panayiotidis
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Arrebola F, Fernández-Segura E, Campos A, Crespo PV, Skepper JN, Warley A. Changes in intracellular electrolyte concentrations during apoptosis induced by UV irradiation of human myeloblastic cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2006; 290:C638-49. [PMID: 16162654 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00364.2005] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Decreases in the intracellular concentrations of both K+and Cl−have been implicated in playing a major role in the progression of apoptosis, but little is known about the temporal relationship between decreases in electrolyte concentration and the key events in apoptosis, and there is no information about how such decreases affect different intracellular compartments. Electron probe X-ray microanalysis was used to determine changes in element concentrations (Na, P, Cl, and K) in nucleus, cytoplasm, and mitochondria in U937 cells undergoing UV-induced apoptosis. In all compartments, the initial stages of apoptosis were characterized by decreases in [K] and [Cl]. The largest decreases in these elements were in the mitochondria and occurred before the release of cytochrome c. Initial decreases in [K] and [Cl] also preceded apoptotic changes in the nucleus. In the later stages of apoptosis, the [K] continued to decrease, whereas that of Cl began to increase toward control levels and was accompanied by an increase in [Na]. In the nucleus, these increases coincided with poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage, chromatin condensation, and DNA laddering. The cytoplasm was the compartment least affected and the pattern of change of Cl was similar to those in other compartments, but the decrease in [K] was not significant until after active caspase-3 was detected. Our results support the concept that normotonic cell shrinkage occurs early in apoptosis, and demonstrate that changes in the intracellular concentrations of K and Cl precede apoptotic changes in the cell compartments studied.
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- F Arrebola
- Electron Microscopy Unit, King's College London, Department of Ophthalmology, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, UK
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Yurinskaya VE, Moshkov AV, Rozanov YM, Shirokova AV, Vassilieva IO, Shumilina EV, Lang F, Volgareva EV, Vereninov AA. Thymocyte K +, Na + and Water Balance During Dexamethasone- and Etoposide-Induced Apoptosis. Cell Physiol Biochem 2005; 16:15-22. [PMID: 16121029 DOI: 10.1159/000087727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The mechanism of apoptotic cell volume decrease was studied in rat thymocytes treated with dexamethasone (Dex) or etoposide (Eto). Cell shrinkage, i.e. dehydration, was quantified by using buoyant density of the thymocytes in a continuous Percoll gradient. The K+ and Na+ content of cells from different density fractions were assayed by flame emission analysis. Apoptosis was tested by microscopy and flow cytometry of acridine orange stained cells as well as by flow DNA cytometry. Treatment of the thymocytes with 1 microM Dex for 4-5.5 h or 50 microM Eto for 5 h resulted in the appearance of a new distinct high-density cell subpopulation. The cells from this heavy subpopulation but not those with normal buoyant density had typical features of apoptosis. Apoptotic increase of cell density was accompanied by a decrease in cellular K+ content, which exceeded the simultaneous increase in cellular Na+ content. Cellular loss of K+ contributed to most of the estimated loss of cellular osmolytes, but owing to the parallel loss of cell water, the decrease in cytosolic K+ concentration was less than one third. Due to gain of Na+ and loss of cell water the cytosolic Na+ concentration in thymocytes rose following treatment with Dex (5.5 h) or Eto (5 h) by a factor of about 3.6 and 3.1, respectively.
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Yurinskaya V, Goryachaya T, Guzhova I, Moshkov A, Rozanov Y, Sakuta G, Shirokova A, Shumilina E, Vassilieva I, Lang F, Vereninov A. Potassium and Sodium Balance in U937 Cells During Apoptosis With and Without Cell Shrinkage. Cell Physiol Biochem 2005; 16:155-62. [PMID: 16301816 DOI: 10.1159/000089841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Staurosporine (STS) and etoposide (Eto) induced apoptosis of the human histiocytic lymphoma cells U937 were studied to determine the role of monovalent ions in apoptotic cell shrinkage. Cell shrinkage, defined as cell dehydration, was assayed by measurement of buoyant density of cells in continuous Percoll gradient. The K+ and Na+ content in cells of different density fractions was estimated by flame emission analysis. Apoptosis was evaluated by confocal microscopy and flow cytometry of acridine orange stained cells, by flow DNA cytometry and by effector caspase activity. Apoptosis of U937 cells induced by 1 muM STS for 4 h was found to be paralleled by an increase in buoyant density indicating cell shrinkage. An increase in density was accompanied by a decrease in K+ content (from 1.1 to 0.78 mmol/g protein), which exceeded the increase in Na+ content (from 0.30 to 0.34 mmol/g) and resulted in a significant decrease of the total K+ and Na+ content (from 1.4 to 1.1 mmol/g). In contrast to STS, 50 microM Eto for 4 h or 0.8-8 microM Eto for 18-24 h induced apoptosis without triggering cell shrinkage. During apoptosis of U937 cells induced by Eto the intracellular K(+)/Na+ ratio decreased like in the cells treated with STS, but the total K+ and Na+ content remained virtually the same due to a decrease in K+ content being nearly the same as an increase in Na+ content. Apoptotic cell dehydration correlated with the shift of the total cellular K+ and Na+ content. There was no statistically significant decrease in K+ concentration per cell water during apoptosis induced by either Eto (by 13.5%) or STS (by 8%), whereas increase in Na+ concentration per cell water was statistically significant (by 27% and 47%, respectively). The data show that apoptosis can occur without cell shrinkage-dehydration, that apoptosis with shrinkage is mostly due to a decrease in cellular K+ content, and that this decrease is not accompanied by a significant decrease of K+ concentration in cell water.
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Arrebola F, Cañizares J, Cubero MA, Crespo PV, Warley A, Fernández-Segura E. Biphasic behavior of changes in elemental composition during staurosporine-induced apoptosis. Apoptosis 2005; 10:1317-31. [PMID: 16215671 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-005-2718-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Although the identification of events that occur during apoptosis is a fundamental goal of apoptotic cell death research, little is know about the precise sequence of changes in total elemental composition during apoptosis. We evaluated total elemental composition (Na, Mg, P, Cl, S, and K) in relation to molecular and morphological features in human U937 cells induced to undergo apoptosis with staurosporine, an intrinsic pathway activator. To evaluate total elemental content we used electron probe X-ray microanalysis to measure simultaneously all elements from single, individual cells. We observed two phases in the changes in elemental composition (mainly Na, Cl and K). The early phase was characterized by a decrease in intracellular K (P<0.001) and Cl (P<0.001) content concomitant with cell shrinkage, and preceded the increase in proteolytic activity associated with the activation of caspase-3. The later phase started with caspase-3 activation, and was characterized by a decrease in the K/Na ratio (P<0.001) as a consequence of a significant decrease in K and increase in Na content. The inversion of intracellular K and Na content was related with the inhibition of Na+/K+ ATPase. This later phase was also characterized by a significant increase (P<0.001) in intracellular Cl with respect to the early phase. In addition, we found a decrease in S content and an increase in the P/S ratio. These distinctive changes coincided with chromatin condensation and DNA fragmentation. Together, these findings support the concept that changes in total elemental composition take place in two phases related with molecular and morphological features during staurosporine-induced apoptosis.
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- F Arrebola
- Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
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Arrebola F, Zabiti S, Cañizares FJ, Cubero MA, Crespo PV, Fernández-Segura E. Changes in intracellular sodium, chlorine, and potassium concentrations in staurosporine-induced apoptosis. J Cell Physiol 2005; 204:500-7. [PMID: 15717314 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20306] [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] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ion gradients across the plasma membrane, fundamentally K(+), play a pivotal role in the execution phase of apoptosis. However, little is known about other monovalent anions (Cl(-)) or cations (Na(+)) in apoptosis. In addition, the relationship between changes in total ion composition and morphological and biochemical events are poorly understood. We investigated simultaneous changes in sodium (Na), chlorine (Cl), and potassium (K) concentrations in stauroporine-induced apoptosis by quantitative electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPXMA) in single cells. Apoptotic cells identified unequivocally from the presence of chromatin condensation in backscattered electron images were characterized by an increase in intracellular Na, a decrease in intracellular Cl and K concentrations, and a decrease in K/Na ratio. The ouabain-sensitive Rb-uptake assay demonstrated a net decrease in Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity, suggesting that increases in Na and decreases in K and the K/Na ratio in apoptotic cells were related with inhibition of the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase pump. These changes in diffusible elements were associated with externalization of phosphatidyl serine and oligonucleosomal fragmentation of DNA. This alteration in ion homeostasis and morphological hallmarks of apoptosis occur in cells that have lost their inner mitochondrial transmembrane potential and before the plasma membrane becomes permeable.
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- Francisco Arrebola
- Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Mitra AK, Dhume AS, Agrawal DK. "Vulnerable plaques" — ticking of the time bomb. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2004; 82:860-71. [PMID: 15573146 DOI: 10.1139/y04-095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Atherosclerosis and its sequelae are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, especially in the developed nations. Over the years, treatment protocols have changed with the changing understanding of the disease process. Inflammatory mechanisms have emerged as key players in the formation of the atherosclerotic plaque. For the majority of its life span, the plaque develops silently and only some exhibit overt clinical manifestations. The purpose of this review is to examine the inherent properties of some of these "vulnerable" or symptomatic plaques. Rupture of the plaque is related to the thickness of the fibrous cap overlying the necrotic lipid core. A thin cap is more likely to lead to rupture. Multiple factors broadly grouped as the "determinants of vulnerability" are responsible for directly or indirectly influencing the plaque dynamics. Apoptosis is considered an important underlying mechanism that contributes to plaque instability. Inflammatory reactions within the plaque trigger apoptosis by cell–cell contact and intra cellular death signaling. Once started, the apoptotic process affects all of the components that make up the plaque, including vascular smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, and macrophages. Extensive research has identified many of the key cellular and molecular regulators that play a part in apoptosis within the atherosclerotic lesion. This information will help us to gain a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level and enable us to formulate better therapeutic strategies to combat this disease.Key words: apoptosis, atherosclerosis, inflammation, plaque stability, vulnerable plaques.
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- Amit K Mitra
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, CRISS, Creighton, University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178, USA
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Bortner CD, Cidlowski JA. Uncoupling cell shrinkage from apoptosis reveals that Na+ influx is required for volume loss during programmed cell death. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:39176-84. [PMID: 12821680 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m303516200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Cell shrinkage, or the loss of cell volume, is a ubiquitous characteristic of programmed cell death that is observed in all examples of apoptosis, independent of the death stimulus. This decrease in cell volume occurs in synchrony with other classical features of apoptosis. The molecular basis for cell shrinkage during apoptosis involves fluxes of intracellular ions including K+, Na+, and Cl-. Here we show for the first time that these ion fluxes, but not cell shrinkage, are necessary for apoptosis. Using sodium-substituted medium during anti-Fas treatment of Jurkat cells, we observed cellular swelling, a property normally associated with necrosis, in contrast to the typical cell shrinkage. Surprisingly, these swollen cells displayed all of the other classical features of apoptosis, including chromatin condensation, externalization of phosphatidylserine, caspase activity, poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase cleavage, and internucleosomal DNA degradation. These swollen cells had a marked decrease in intracellular potassium, and subsequent inhibition of this potassium loss completely blocked apoptosis. Reintroduction of sodium ions in cell cultures reversed this cellular swelling, resulting in a dramatic loss of cell volume and the characteristic apoptotic morphology. Additionally, inhibition of sodium influx using a sodium channel blocker saxitoxin completely prevented the onset of anti-Fas-induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells. These findings suggest that sodium influx can control not only changes in cell size but also the activation of apoptosis, whereas potassium ion loss controls the progression of the cell death process. Therefore cell shrinkage can be separated from other features of apoptosis.
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- Carl D Bortner
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, NIEHS, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Dhume AS, Soundararajan K, Hunter WJ, Agrawal DK. Comparison of vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis and fibrous cap morphology in symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery disease. Ann Vasc Surg 2003; 17:1-8. [PMID: 12522697 DOI: 10.1007/s10016-001-0331-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The biological cascades that lead to carotid plaque disruptions and symptoms are largely unknown. Certain cellular events within the plaque might be responsible for destabilizing the plaque, though the popular belief is that the plaque size is directly related to symptoms. The aim of our study was to assess the morphology of the fibrous cap and apoptosis in the plaque and compare these two pathological features in symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery disease. Our work was carried out in plaques obtained following carotid endarterectomy performed for symptomatic disease (including hemispheric transient ischemic attacks, amaurosis fugax, or stroke) or asymptomatic high-grade severe stenosis. Scion images of Gomori's stained sections were used to measure fibrous cap thickness and area. TUNEL assay was performed to assess the extent of apoptosis. The results indicated that the area of the fibrous cap did not significantly correlate with the presence of symptoms. There was a higher percentage of apoptotic nuclei and the thinner fibrous cap in symptomatic plaques than in asymptomatic plaques. This finding suggests that these factors might be involved in destabilizing plaque, causing rupture and leading to symptomatic carotid disease.
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- Ashwini S Dhume
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178, USA
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Salido M, Vilches J, López A, Roomans GM. Neuropeptides bombesin and calcitonin inhibit apoptosis-related elemental changes in prostate carcinoma cell lines. Cancer 2002; 94:368-77. [PMID: 11900223 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Etoposide-induced apoptosis in prostate carcinoma cells is associated with changes in the elemental content of the cells. The authors previously reported that calcitonin and bombesin inhibited etoposide-induced apoptosis in these cells. In the current study, the authors investigated whether these neuropeptides block the etoposide-induced changes in elemental content. METHODS Cells from the PC-3 and Du 145 prostate carcinoma cell lines were grown either on solid substrates or on thin plastic films on titanium electron microscopy grids, and they were exposed to etoposide for 48 hours in the absence or presence of calcitonin and bombesin. After the exposure, the cells were frozen and freeze dried, and their elemental content was analyzed by energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis in both in the scanning electron microscope and the scanning transmission electron microscope. RESULTS Etoposide treatment consistently induced an increase in the cellular Na concentration and a decrease in the cellular K concentration, resulting in a marked increase of the Na/K ratio and also an increase in the phosphorus:sulphur (P/S) ratio. Both bombesin and calcitonin inhibited the etoposide-induced changes in the cellular Na/K ratio, and calcitonin, but not bombesin, inhibited the changes in the P/S ratio. No significant elemental changes were found with bombesin or calcitonin alone. CONCLUSIONS The neuropeptides bombesin and calcitonin, which inhibited etoposide-induced apoptosis, also inhibited the etoposide-induced elemental changes in prostate carcinoma cells. This important fact strengthens the link between apoptosis and changes in the intracellular elemental content. This correlation provides an objective basis for the study of neuropeptide target points and may be helpful for alternative therapeutic protocols using neuropeptide inhibitors in the treatment of patients with advanced prostatic carcinoma.
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- Mercedes Salido
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
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