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Ghorai A, Sarma A, Bhattacharyya NP, Ghosh U. Carbon ion beam triggers both caspase-dependent and caspase-independent pathway of apoptosis in HeLa and status of PARP-1 controls intensity of apoptosis. Apoptosis 2016; 20:562-80. [PMID: 25670618 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-015-1107-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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High linear energy transfer (LET) carbon ion beam (CIB) is becoming very promising tool for various cancer treatments and is more efficient than conventional low LET gamma or X-rays to kill malignant or radio-resistant cells, although detailed mechanism of cell death is still unknown. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is a key player in DNA repair and its inhibitors are well-known as radio-sensitizer for low LET radiation. The objective of our study was to find mechanism(s) of induction of apoptosis by CIB and role of PARP-1 in CIB-induced apoptosis. We observed overall higher apoptosis in PARP-1 knocked down HeLa cells (HsiI) compared with negative control H-vector cells after irradiation with CIB (0-4 Gy). CIB activated both intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of apoptosis via caspase-9 and caspase-8 activation respectively, followed by caspase-3 activation, apoptotic body, nucleosomal ladder formation and sub-G1 accumulation. Apoptosis inducing factor translocation into nucleus in H-vector but not in HsiI cells after CIB irradiation contributed caspase-independent apoptosis. Higher p53 expression was observed in HsiI cells compared with H-vector after exposure with CIB. Notably, we observed about 37 % fall of mitochondrial membrane potential, activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3 and mild activation of caspase-8 without any detectable apoptotic body formation in un-irradiated HsiI cells. We conclude that reduction of PARP-1 expression activates apoptotic signals via intrinsic and extrinsic pathways in un-irradiated cells. CIB irradiation further intensified both intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of apoptosis synergistically along with up-regulation of p53 in HsiI cells resulting overall higher apoptosis in HsiI than H-vector.
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- Atanu Ghorai
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, 741235, India
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Ghorai A, Bhattacharyya NP, Sarma A, Ghosh U. Radiosensitivity and Induction of Apoptosis by High LET Carbon Ion Beam and Low LET Gamma Radiation: A Comparative Study. SCIENTIFICA 2014; 2014:438030. [PMID: 25018892 PMCID: PMC4083825 DOI: 10.1155/2014/438030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Cancer treatment with high LET heavy ion beam, especially, carbon ion beam ((12)C), is becoming very popular over conventional radiotherapy like low LET gamma or X-ray. Combination of Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor with xenotoxic drugs or conventional radiation (gamma or X-ray) is the newer approach for cancer therapy. The aim of our study was to compare the radiosensitivity and induction of apoptosis by high LET (12)C and low LET gamma radiation in HeLa and PARP-1 knocked down cells. We did comet assay to detect DNA breaks, clonogenic survival assay, and cell cycle analysis to measure recovery after DNA damage. We measured apoptotic parameters like nuclear fragmentation and caspase-3 activation. DNA damage, cell killing, and induction of apoptosis were significantly higher for (12)C than gamma radiation in HeLa. Cell killing and apoptosis were further elevated upon knocking down of PARP-1. Both (12)C and gamma induced G2/M arrest although the (12)C had greater effect. Unlike the gamma, (12)C irradiation affects DNA replication as detected by S-phase delay in cell cycle analysis. So, we conclude that high LET (12)C has greater potential over low LET gamma radiation in killing cells and radiosensitization upon PARP-1 inhibition was several folds greater for (12)C than gamma.
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- Atanu Ghorai
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064, India
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- Inter-University Accelerator Center (IUAC), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, India
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Zhu H, Feng Y, Tang P, Cui G, Evans DG, Li D, Duan X. Synthesis and UV Absorption Properties of Aurintricarboxylic Acid Intercalated Zn–Al Layered Double Hydroxides. Ind Eng Chem Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ie2016366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Haifeng Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Box 98, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Box 98, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Box 98, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Box 98, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Box 98, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Box 98, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Box 98, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100029, China
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Ghosh U, Giri K, Bhattacharyya NP. Interaction of aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) with four nucleic acid binding proteins DNase I, RNase A, reverse transcriptase and Taq polymerase. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2009; 74:1145-1151. [PMID: 19836295 PMCID: PMC7108291 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2009.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2009] [Revised: 08/17/2009] [Accepted: 09/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In the investigation of interaction of aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) with four biologically important proteins we observed inhibition of enzymatic activity of DNase I, RNase A, M-MLV reverse transcriptase and Taq polymerase by ATA in vitro assay. As the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is the main catalytic subunit of telomerase holoenzyme, we also monitored effect of ATA on telomerase activity in vivo and observed dose-dependent inhibition of telomerase activity in Chinese hamster V79 cells treated with ATA. Direct association of ATA with DNase I (K(d)=9.019 microM)), RNase A (K(d)=2.33 microM) reverse transcriptase (K(d)=0.255 microM) and Taq polymerase (K(d)=81.97 microM) was further shown by tryptophan fluorescence quenching studies. Such association altered the three-dimensional conformation of DNase I, RNase A and Taq polymerase as detected by circular dichroism. We propose ATA inhibits enzymatic activity of the four proteins through interfering with DNA or RNA binding to the respective proteins either competitively or allosterically, i.e. by perturbing three-dimensional structure of enzymes.
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- Utpal Ghosh
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, India.
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Ghosh U, Bhattacharyya NP. Induction of apoptosis by the inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase in HeLa cells. Mol Cell Biochem 2008; 320:15-23. [PMID: 18695944 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-008-9894-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/24/2008] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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To investigate the role of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) in the physiological condition of cell growth, we studied the ability of PARP inhibitors to induce apoptosis. Benzamide (BA) and 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide (NAP), two well-known inhibitors of PARP, treatment increased nuclear fragmentation and caspase-3 activity in HeLa (Human cervical cancer cell line) cells. The increase of cellular NAD(+) level was observed in HeLa cells treated with BA in comparison with untreated control cells. For unrevealing the specific PARP family member responsible for such induction of apoptosis we knocked down and over-expressed PARP-1 gene in HeLa cells. PARP-1 knock down cells were sensitive to BA induced nuclear fragmentation and caspase-3 activation while exogenous expression of PARP-1 rendered cells resistant to BA induced apoptosis. This result indicated that inhibition of PARP-1 resulted in induction of apoptosis.
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- Utpal Ghosh
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, India.
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Mukherjee Nee Chakraborty S, Ghosh U, Bhattacharyya NP, Bhattacharya RK, Dey S, Roy M. Curcumin-induced apoptosis in human leukemia cell HL-60 is associated with inhibition of telomerase activity. Mol Cell Biochem 2006; 297:31-9. [PMID: 17096185 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-9319-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2006] [Accepted: 08/25/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a natural cancer chemopreventive compound, has been tested for its action in acute myeloblastic leukemia cell line HL-60. The results clearly show that curcumin induces apoptosis in these cells as evidenced by the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to the cytosol and increase in the DNA content in sub G1 region as observed in FACS analysis. Apoptosis is apparently mediated by up-regulation of apoptotic gene bax and simultaneous down-regulation of anti-apoptotic gene bcl-2 followed by activation of caspases 3 and 8 and degradation of PARP. Telomerase, a reverse transcriptase, has been found to be activated in more than 80% of human cancers and, therefore, can be considered as a potential marker for tumorigenesis. Certain natural compounds have the potential of inhibiting telomerase activity leading to suppression of cell viability and induction of apoptosis. The present study shows that curcumin-induced apoptosis coincides with the inhibition of telomerase activity in a dose dependent manner.
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- Sutapa Mukherjee Nee Chakraborty
- Department of Environmental Carcinogenesis & Toxicology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700 026, India
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Majumder P, Chattopadhyay B, Mazumder A, Das P, Bhattacharyya NP. Induction of apoptosis in cells expressing exogenous Hippi, a molecular partner of huntingtin-interacting protein Hip1. Neurobiol Dis 2006; 22:242-56. [PMID: 16364650 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2005.11.003] [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] [Received: 07/02/2005] [Revised: 10/29/2005] [Accepted: 11/08/2005] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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To decipher the pathway of apoptosis induction downstream to caspase-8 activation by exogenous expression of Hippi, an interactor of huntingtin-interacting protein Hip1, we studied apoptosis in HeLa and Neuro2A cells expressing GFP-tagged Hippi. Nuclear fragmentation, caspase-1, caspase-8, caspase-9/caspase-6 and caspase-3 activation were increased significantly in Hippi expressing cells. Cleavage of Bid, release of cytochrome c and apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) from mitochondria were also increased in GFP-Hippi expressing cells. It was observed that caspase-1 and caspase-8 activation was earlier than caspase-3 activation and nuclear fragmentation. Expression of caspase-1, caspase-3 and caspase-7 was increased while anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-2 and mitochondrial genes ND1 and ND4 were reduced in Hippi expressing cells. Besides, the expression SDHA and SDHB, nuclear genes, subunits of mitochondrial complex II were decreased in GFP-Hippi expressing cells. Taken together, we concluded that Hippi expression induced apoptosis by releasing AIF and cytochrome c from mitochondria, activation of caspase-1 and caspase-3, and altering the expression of apoptotic genes and genes involved in mitochondrial complex I and II.
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- Pritha Majumder
- Structural Genomics Section, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata 700 064, India
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Chakraborty S, Ghosh U, Bhattacharyya NP, Bhattacharya RK, Roy M. Inhibition of telomerase activity and induction of apoptosis by curcumin in K-562 cells. Mutat Res 2006; 596:81-90. [PMID: 16445949 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2005.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2005] [Revised: 12/11/2005] [Accepted: 12/22/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Telomerase, a reverse transcriptase that maintains telomere length, is highly activated in tumor cells and practically absent in somatic cells and hence considered a potential marker for tumorigenesis. A connection between telomerase activity and resistance to apoptosis has been established. Telomerase, therefore, has been proposed to represent a novel and potentially selective target for cancer therapy. Several synthetic compounds have been developed in recent years with a view to inhibit telomerase activity with telomere shortening below a critical length resulting in apoptosis. Such compounds are always highly toxic. Many plant-derived products act through the induction of apoptosis as a mechanism to suppress carcinogenesis. Curcumin, a phenolic compound isolated from the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa Linn., has been reported to possess anti-tumor, apoptotic and anti-angiogenic properties. Apoptosis has emerged as the major mechanism by which anti-tumor agents eliminate pre-neoplastic cells or cells progressed to malignancy. The present study was undertaken to examine the mechanism of curcumin-induced apoptosis in human leukemia cell line K-562 with particular emphasis on the role of curcumin on telomerase activity. Induction of apoptosis by curcumin is initiated by the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol, and evidenced by the increase in DNA content in the sub-G1 region as obtained from FACS analysis. Apoptosis is mediated by the activation of caspases 3 and 8, up-regulation of the apoptotic gene bax with concomitant down-regulation of the anti-apoptotic gene bcl-2. Using TRAP assay it has been observed that curcumin inhibits telomerase activity in a dose and time-dependent manner, the inhibition being due to suppression of translocation of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), a catalytic subunit, from cytosol to nucleus. Most significantly, the inhibition of telomerase activity by curcumin correlates with several parameters of apoptosis. The results suggest that telomerase status plays an important role in the induction of apoptosis in K-562 cells by curcumin.
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- Sutapa Chakraborty
- Environmental Carcinogenesis and Toxicology Department, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, SP Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700026, India
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Ghosh U, Bhattacharyya NP. Benzamide and 4-amino 1,8 naphthalimide treatment inhibit telomerase activity by down-regulating the expression of telomerase associated protein and inhibiting the poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of telomerase reverse transcriptase in cultured cells. FEBS J 2005; 272:4237-48. [PMID: 16098204 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04837.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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To test the role of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase on the telomerase activity, we determined the telomerase activity in leukemic cells K562 treated with benzamide and 4-amino 1,8 naphthalimide (NAP), the inhibitors of PARP. We observed that both the agents inhibited telomerase activity in a dose-dependent manner. The doses of benzamide and NAP that inhibited telomerase activity to 50% of untreated control cells were 10.7 +/- 0.6 mm and 200 +/- 7 microm, respectively. Benzamide treatment (10 mm) inhibited telomerase activity in a time-dependent manner. We also tested the ability of benzamide to inhibit the telomerase activity in Chinese hamster V79 cells and observed similar inhibition of the telomerase activity. Expression of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and telomerase RNA component, detected by RT-PCR, remained unaltered by treatment with benzamide or NAP. On the contrary, the expression of telomerase associated protein (TEP1/TP1), as detected by RT-PCR and western blot analysis, was reduced by both the agents. Further, in K562 cells, immunoprecipitation with the anti-TERT IgG and probed anti-poly (ADP-ribose) IgG revealed that TERT was poly(ADP-ribosyl)ated in the physiological condition of cell growth and such poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation was inhibited by benzamide treatment. Decrease in TEP1/TP1 expression and poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of TERT were correlated with the inhibition of PARP activity by benzamide, indicating that PARP had a role in telomerase activity through poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of TERT and down-regulation of TEP1/TP1.
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- Utpal Ghosh
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India
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