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Jang YJ, Won JH, Back MJ, Fu Z, Jang JM, Ha HC, Hong S, Chang M, Kim DK. Paraquat Induces Apoptosis through a Mitochondria-Dependent Pathway in RAW264.7 Cells. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2015; 23:407-13. [PMID: 26336579 PMCID: PMC4556199 DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2015.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Paraquat dichloride (N,N-dimethyl-4-4′-bipiridinium, PQ) is an extremely toxic chemical that is widely used in herbicides. PQ generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) and causes multiple organ failure. In particular, PQ has been reported to be an immunotoxic agrochemical compound. PQ was shown to decrease the number of macrophages in rats and suppress monocyte phagocytic activity in mice. However, the effect of PQ on macrophage cell viability remains unclear. In this study, we evaluated the cytotoxic effect of PQ on the mouse macrophage cell line, RAW264.7 and its possible mechanism of action. RAW264.7 cells were treated with PQ (0, 75, and 150 μM), and cellular apoptosis, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and intracellular ROS levels were determined. Morphological changes to the cell nucleus and cellular apoptosis were also evaluated by DAPI and Annexin V staining, respectively. In this study, PQ induced apoptotic cell death by dose-dependently decreasing MMP. Additionally, PQ increased the cleaved form of caspase-3, an apoptotic marker. In conclusion, PQ induces apoptosis in RAW264.7 cells through a ROS-mediated mitochondrial pathway. Thus, our study improves our knowledge of PQ-induced toxicity, and may give us a greater understanding of how PQ affects the immune system.
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- Yeo Jin Jang
- Department of Health, Social, and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Social, and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Social, and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Social, and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Social, and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Social, and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Social, and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Social, and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Social, and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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Lei S, Zavala-Flores L, Garcia-Garcia A, Nandakumar R, Huang Y, Madayiputhiya N, Stanton RC, Dodds ED, Powers R, Franco R. Alterations in energy/redox metabolism induced by mitochondrial and environmental toxins: a specific role for glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase and the pentose phosphate pathway in paraquat toxicity. ACS Chem Biol 2014; 9:2032-48. [PMID: 24937102 PMCID: PMC4168797 DOI: 10.1021/cb400894a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
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Parkinson’s
disease (PD) is a multifactorial disorder with
a complex etiology including genetic risk factors, environmental exposures,
and aging. While energy failure and oxidative stress have largely
been associated with the loss of dopaminergic cells in PD and the
toxicity induced by mitochondrial/environmental toxins, very little
is known regarding the alterations in energy metabolism associated
with mitochondrial dysfunction and their causative role in cell death
progression. In this study, we investigated the alterations in the
energy/redox-metabolome in dopaminergic cells exposed to environmental/mitochondrial
toxins (paraquat, rotenone, 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium [MPP+], and 6-hydroxydopamine [6-OHDA]) in order to identify common and/or
different mechanisms of toxicity. A combined metabolomics approach
using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and direct-infusion electrospray
ionization mass spectrometry (DI-ESI-MS) was used to identify unique
metabolic profile changes in response to these neurotoxins. Paraquat
exposure induced the most profound alterations in the pentose phosphate
pathway (PPP) metabolome. 13C-glucose flux analysis corroborated
that PPP metabolites such as glucose-6-phosphate, fructose-6-phosphate,
glucono-1,5-lactone, and erythrose-4-phosphate were increased by paraquat
treatment, which was paralleled by inhibition of glycolysis and the
TCA cycle. Proteomic analysis also found an increase in the expression
of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), which supplies reducing
equivalents by regenerating nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
(NADPH) levels. Overexpression of G6PD selectively increased paraquat
toxicity, while its inhibition with 6-aminonicotinamide inhibited
paraquat-induced oxidative stress and cell death. These results suggest
that paraquat “hijacks” the PPP to increase NADPH reducing
equivalents and stimulate paraquat redox cycling, oxidative stress,
and cell death. Our study clearly demonstrates that alterations in
energy metabolism, which are specific for distinct mitochondiral/environmental
toxins, are not bystanders to energy failure but also contribute significant
to cell death progression.
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- Research
Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Shen X, Liu L, Yin F, Ma H, Zou S. Effect of dehydroepiandrosterone on cell growth and mitochondrial function in TM-3 cells. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 177:177-86. [PMID: 22465782 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Revised: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a major steroid hormone, decreases with age, and this reduction has been shown to be associated with physical health. In the present study, the effect of DHEA on cell growth and mitochondrial function was investigated using TM-3 cells, a Leydig cell line. The growth of TM-3 cells exposed to 100 μM DHEA for 24h was inhibited due to cell cycle arrest, primarily in the S and G2/M phases, and this effect was caused by decreased activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and reduced expression of cyclinA and cyclinB mRNA. A novel finding was that DHEA improved TM-3 cell viability in a markedly time-dependent manner. Although no differences were observed in the configuration or number of TM-3 cell mitochondria following DHEA treatment, mitochondrial membrane permeability and the activity of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) increased subsequent to 24h treatment of cells with 100 μM DHEA. Overall, the data demonstrate that DHEA inhibited TM-3 cell growth by decreasing G6PD activity and the expression of cyclin mRNAs, whereas it improved TM-3 cell viability by increasing mitochondrial membrane permeability and the activity of SDH. This could be one of mechanisms of DHEA exerts its biological function.
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- Xuehuai Shen
- Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Sozmen NN, Tuncay E, Bilginoglu A, Turan B. Profound cardioprotection with timolol in a female rat model of aging-related altered left ventricular function. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2011; 89:277-88. [DOI: 10.1139/y11-018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Increasing evidence shows a marked beneficial effect with β-blockers in heart dysfunction via scavenging reactive oxygen species. Previously we showed that chronic treatment with either timolol or propranolol possessed similar beneficial effects for heart function in male rats as age increased, whereas only timolol exerted similar benefits in female rats. Therefore, in this study, we aimed first to examine the cellular bases for age-related alterations in excitation–contraction coupling in ventricular myocytes from female rats and, second, to investigate the hypothesis that age-related changes in [Ca2+]ihomeostasis and receptor-mediated system can be prevented with chronic timolol treatment. Chronic timolol treatment of 3-month-old female rats abolished age-related decrease in left ventricular developed pressure and the attenuated responses to β-adrenoreceptor stimulation. It also normalized the altered parameters of [Ca2+]itransients, decreased Ca2+loading of sarcoplasmic reticulum and increased basal [Ca2+]i, and decreased L-type Ca2+currents in 12-month-old female rats compared with the 3-month-old group. Adenylyl cyclase activity, β-adrenoreceptor affinity to its agonist, and β-adrenoreceptor density of the 12-month-old group are normalized to those of the 3-month-old group. Moreover, timolol treatment prevented dysfunction of the antioxidant system, including increased lipid peroxidation, decreased ratio of reduced glutathione to oxidized glutathione, and decreased activities of thioredoxin reductase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, in the left ventricle of hearts from the 12-month-old group. Our data confirmed that aging-related early myocardial impairment is primarily related to a dysfunctional antioxidant system and impairment of Ca2+homeostasis, which can be prevented with chronic timolol treatment.
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- Nazli N. Sozmen
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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Tsukamoto M, Tampo Y, Sawada M, Yonaha M. Paraquat-induced oxidative stress and dysfunction of the glutathione redox cycle in pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2002; 178:82-92. [PMID: 11814328 DOI: 10.1006/taap.2001.9325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Oxidative stress and changes in the antioxidant defense system that include the glutathione redox cycle in cultured pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells after exposure to paraquat at 0.1 and 0.5 mM were examined as a function of time. Cell viability was substantially lost 72 h after exposure to 0.5 mM paraquat, but not 0.1 mM paraquat. Viability loss was accompanied by increased glutathione-protein mixed disulfide formation, as well as a loss in glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, indicating a low defense potential. At 4 h after exposure to paraquat at both doses, however, a marked loss in NADPH was found, together with a decrease in aconitase activity. With 0.5 mM paraquat, increased NADP(+) accompanied by NADPH loss diminished constantly after 48 h without recovery of lost NADPH, suggesting destruction of pyridine nucleotides under oxidative stress. NAD(+) decreased 72 h after exposure to 0.5 mM paraquat, but NADH was not influenced. 3-Aminobenzamide did not protect the loss in NADP(+) or NAD(+) and cell viability. Although oxidized glutathione did not increase by exposure to paraquat at both doses through a 96-h exposure period, reduced glutathione increased at 48 to 72 h, with an increase in glutathione disulfide reductase activities. In contrast, a marked loss in glutathione peroxidase activity was produced 48 h after exposure to 0.5 mM paraquat, preceding cell injury. Mercaptosuccinate, an inhibitor of glutathione peroxidase, distinctly hastened viability loss by paraquat. These results indicate that the reduced ability of the glutathione redox cycle, leading to high oxidative stress, is closely associated with paraquat-induced cytotoxicity.
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- Maki Tsukamoto
- Division of Environmental Hygiene, Hokkaido College of Pharmacy, 7-1 Katsuraoka-cho, Otaru, Hokkaido, 047-0264, Japan
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Shin CY, Choi JW, Jang ES, Ju C, Kim WK, Kim HC, Choi CR, Ko KH. Dehydroepiandrosterone inhibits the death of immunostimulated rat C6 glioma cells deprived of glucose. Brain Res 2001; 922:267-75. [PMID: 11743959 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)03185-7] [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: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Pretreatment of interferon-gamma and lipopolysaccharides made C6 glioma cells highly vulnerable to glucose deprivation. Neither 12 h of glucose deprivation nor 2-day treatment with interferon-gamma (100 U/ml) and lipopolysaccharides (1 microg/ml) altered the viability of C6 glioma cells. However, significant death of immunostimulated C6 glioma cells was observed after 5 h of glucose deprivation. The augmented death was prevented by dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) treatment during immunostimulation, but not by DHEA treatment during glucose deprivation. DHEA reduced the rise in nitrotyrosine immunoreactivity, a marker of peroxynitrite, and superoxide production in glucose-deprived immunostimulated C6 glioma cells. DHEA, however, did not protect glucose-deprived C6 glioma cells from the exogenously produced peroxynitrite by 3-morpholinosydnonimine. Further, DHEA did not alter the production of total reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide in immunostimulated C6 glioma cells. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and the synthetic SOD mimetic Mn(III)tetrakis (4-benzoic acid) porphyrin inhibited the death of glucose-deprived immunostimulated C6 glioma cells. In addition, a superoxide anion generator paraquat reversed the protective effect of DHEA on the augmented death. The data indicate that DHEA prevents the glucose deprivation-evoked augmented death by inhibiting the production of superoxide anion in immunostimulated C6 glioma cells.
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- C Y Shin
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shillim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, South Korea
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Schwartz AG, Pashko LL. Suppression of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced epidermal hyperplasia and inflammation by the dehydroepiandrosterone analog 16alpha-fluoro-5-androsten-17-one and its reversal by NADPH liposomes. Cancer Lett 2001; 168:7-14. [PMID: 11368871 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00423-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
Dehydroepiandrosterone and related steroids produce cancer-preventive and other potentially important therapeutic effects in laboratory animals. These steroids are potent uncompetitive inhibitors of mammalian glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, the first enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway. Inhibition of this pathway could have profound effects on the supply of 5-carbon sugars required for nucleic acid synthesis as well as on the availability of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) and the cellular redox state. NADPH is a source of reducing equivalents for the production of oxygen free radicals, which act as intermediate messengers stimulating mitogenesis and up-regulating the inflammatory response. Using a mixture of NADPH and cationic liposomes to facilitate uptake of the normally impenetrable dinucleotide, we found that intradermal injections of NADPH-liposomes reversed the anti-inflammatory and anti-hyperplastic effects of the dehydroepiandrosterone analog, 16alpha-fluoro-5-androsten-17-one, in mouse skin treated with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, whereas similar treatment had no apparent effect on the anti-hyperplastic and anti-inflammatory effect of corticosterone.
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- A G Schwartz
- Department of Microbiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Ruiz-Bailén M, Serrano-Córcoles MC, Ramos-Cuadra JA. Tracheal injury caused by ingested paraquat. Chest 2001; 119:1956-7. [PMID: 11399732 DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.6.1956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
Abstract
Paraquat is a potent herbicide of lethal toxicity. Its injury mechanism is attributed to the generation of very-reactive oxygen species, such as superoxide radicals, through which multiple injuries are produced on mucosa, although there have been no reports of injuries on the trachea. We describe a case of fatal paraquat poisoning with tracheal injuries, where the clinical debut was acute respiratory insufficiency and a spontaneous pneumothorax.
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- M Ruiz-Bailén
- Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care and Emergencies Department, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería, Spain.
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Schwartz AG, Pashko LL. Potential therapeutic use of dehydroepiandrosterone and structural analogs. Diabetes Technol Ther 2001; 3:221-4. [PMID: 11478328 DOI: 10.1089/152091501300209589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- A G Schwartz
- Department of Microbiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
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Yang NC, Jeng KC, Ho WM, Chou SJ, Hu ML. DHEA inhibits cell growth and induces apoptosis in BV-2 cells and the effects are inversely associated with glucose concentration in the medium. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2000; 75:159-66. [PMID: 11226832 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-0760(00)00180-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a major steroid secreted by the adrenal gland which decreases with age after adolescence, is available as a nutritional supplement. DHEA is known to have antiproliferative effects but the mechanism is unclear. In this study using BV-2 cells, a murine microglial cell line, we investigated the effect of DHEA on cell viability and the interaction between DHEA and glucose concentrations in the medium. We showed that DHEA inhibited cell viability and G6PD activity in a dose-dependent manner and that the effect of DHEA on cell viability was inversely associated with glucose concentrations in the medium, i.e. lowered glucose strongly enhanced the inhibition of cell viability by DHEA. DHEA inhibited cell growth by causing cell cycle arrest primarily in the G0--G1 phase, and the effect was more pronounced at zero glucose (no glucose added, G0) than high glucose (4.5 mg/ml of the medium, G4.5). Glucose deprivation also enhanced apoptosis induced by DHEA. At G4.5, DHEA did not induce formation of DNA ladder until it reached 200 microM. However, at G0, 100 microM DHEA was able to induce apoptosis, as evidenced by the formation of DNA ladder, elevation of histone-associated DNA fragmentation and increase in cells positively stained with annexin V-FITC and annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide. The interactions between DHEA and glucose support the contention that DHEA exerts its antiproliferative effects through alteration of glucose metabolism, possibly by inhibition of G6PD activity leading to decreased supply of ribose-5-phosphate for synthesis of DNA and RNA. Although DHEA is only antiproliferative at pharmacological levels, our results indicate that its antiproliferative effect can be enhanced by limiting the supply of glucose such as by energy restriction. In addition, the present study shows that glucose concentration is an important factor to consider when studying the antiproliferative and toxicological effects of DHEA.
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- N C Yang
- Department of Food Science, National Chung-Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Road, 402 Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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Bastianetto S, Ramassamy C, Poirier J, Quirion R. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) protects hippocampal cells from oxidative stress-induced damage. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 66:35-41. [PMID: 10095075 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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It has been postulated that decreases in plasma levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) may contribute to the development of some age-related disorders. Along with neuroprotective and memory enhancing effects, DHEA has been shown to display antioxidant properties. Moreover, oxidative stress is known to cause lipid peroxidation and degenerative changes in the hippocampus, an area involved in memory processes and especially afflicted in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Accordingly, we investigated the antioxidant effects of DHEA in models of oxidative stress using rat primary hippocampal cells and human hippocampal tissue from AD patients and age-matched controls. A pre-treatment of rat primary mixed hippocampal cell cultures with DHEA (10-100 microM) protected against the toxicity induced by H2O2 and sodium nitroprusside. Moreover, DHEA (10-100 microM) was also able to prevent H2O2/FeSO4-stimulated lipid oxidation in both control and AD hippocampal tissues. Taken together, these data suggest that DHEA may be useful in treating age-related central nervous system diseases based on its protective effects in the hippocampus.
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- S Bastianetto
- Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Boulevard, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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Nippoldt TB, Nair KS. Is there a case for DHEA replacement? BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 1998; 12:507-20. [PMID: 10332570 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-351x(98)80286-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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There are many hormonal changes that occur with ageing in humans, of which the most dramatic and intriguing change occurs for the adrenal androgenic steroid dehydroepiandosterone (DHEA). There are tantalizing epidemiological data demonstrating a significant association between the changes in circulating DHEA level and changes in the incidence of malignancy, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and other age-related changes. The pharmacological effects in animals such as rodents and rabbits have demonstrated many beneficial effects, for example increased immune function, the prevention of atherosclerosis, cancer, diabetes and obesity, and the improvement of memory. Clinical studies carried out in small groups of subjects have clearly demonstrated that the administration of DHEA to the elderly increases many hormone levels, including that of insulin-like growth factor-1, (free and total) testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, oestrone and oestradiol. It remains to be clearly defined whether these changes are clinically beneficial, and there is only insufficient information on the side-effects on long-term use. Results from short-term intervention studies in small groups of subjects have not demonstrated any convincing beneficial effects so far. A judgement on whether DHEA replacement has a place in preventing age-related disabilities could be determined only on the basis of results from studies of long-term DHEA replacement in elderly people.
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- T B Nippoldt
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Laychock SG. Rat pancreatic islet and RINm5F cell responses to epiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone and interleukin-1 beta. Biochem Pharmacol 1998; 55:1453-64. [PMID: 10076538 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00666-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Epiandrosterone (EA), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and their sulfate (-S) and acetate (-A) conjugates were investigated for effects on isolated pancreatic islets and RINm5F insulinoma cells. Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) inhibited glucose-stimulated insulin release in cultured islets, but the presence of EA, EA-A, and to a lesser extent EA-S, preserved the secretory response. IL-1 beta also increased islet nitrite production, which was antagonized by EA and EA-A, but not by EA-S. EA, EA-A, DHEA, and DHEA-A, but not EA-S and DHEA-S inhibited glucose-stimulated insulin release from islets. This response may be related to the inhibition of glucose transport by EA, EA-A, DHEA, DHEA-A, and DHEA-S, as observed in RINm5F cells. EA, EA-A, DHEA, and DHEA-A also inhibited glucose metabolism in RINm5F cells, whereas EA-S and DHEA-S had no effect. EA, EA-A, DHEA, and DHEA-A, but not the sulfate conjugates, also inhibited RINm5F cell IL-1 beta-induced nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity. IL-1 beta also increased cytosolic Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) and mitochondrial Mn-SOD in RINm5F cells. EA inhibited RINm5F cell Cu/Zn-SOD in the presence and absence of IL-1 beta, whereas EA-S increased basal enzyme activity and did not affect the IL-1 beta response. EA did not affect basal Mn-SOD activity and inhibited IL-1 beta-stimulated activity, whereas EA-S was without effect. IL-1 beta had no effect on catalase activity in RINm5F cells, whereas EA, EA-A, and DHEA-A inhibited catalase activity. Thus, EA and DHEA and their acetate congeners protected the beta-cell from the inhibitory effects of IL-1 beta, and inhibited glucose transport and oxidation, and inducible nitricoxide synthase expression. EA and DHEA also had profound effects on Cu/Zn-SOD, which may alter the toxic effects of hydrogen peroxide generation in beta-cells.
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- S G Laychock
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo 14214, USA.
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Kuo WY, Tang TK. Effects of G6PD overexpression in NIH3T3 cells treated with tert-butyl hydroperoxide or paraquat. Free Radic Biol Med 1998; 24:1130-8. [PMID: 9626567 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(97)00413-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The major physiological role of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is to provide NADPH, which is required for reductive biosynthesis and for detoxification of free radicals and peroxides in mature red blood cells. To study the function of G6PD in non-erythroid cells, we examined the sensitivity of NIH3T3 cells transfected with a plasmid containing human G6PD cDNA to tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBH) and paraquat. Two transfected clones which had a sixteen-fold (H7 clone) and six-fold (H6 clone) increase in their intracellular G6PD activity were compared with control cells transfected with a vector alone. Cells with high-level expression of human G6PD were 2.3 (H6) to 3.7 (H7) times more resistant to TBH than control cells. The antioxidant (anti-TBH) abilities in H6 and H7 cells were revealed by (1) a significant increase in the intracellular level of NADPH and glutathione, (2) a reduction of fluorescent intensity of the oxidant-sensitive dye, 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin diacetate, and (3) a significant reduction in the production of oxidized adducts generated by lipid peroxidation. In contrast, cells overexpressing G6PD were very sensitive to paraquat, a superoxide-producing herbicide. The concentrations of paraquat required to produce a 50% decrease in cell viability of H7, H6 and control cells were 0.80 mM, 1.14 mM, and 2.19 mM, respectively. The cytotoxicity of paraquat correlated with the expression level of NADPH in the cells. In this study, overexpression of human G6PD in NIH3T3 cells had different effects on the toxicity of TBH vs. paraquat. Reduction of NADP+ to NADPH by G6PD protects cells from oxidative damage by TBH, but appears to enhance the toxicity of paraquat.
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- W Y Kuo
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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OBJECTIVE To summarize the current information about dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a steroid hormone produced in the adrenal cortex. METHODS The biochemical and physiologic features of DHEA and its purported effects on overall age-related decline and on various disorders are reviewed. In addition, the potential side effects from administration of DHEA are discussed. RESULTS During the normal life cycle, levels of DHEA fluctuate, beginning with production of large quantities in the fetus, stopping at birth, resuming during ages 5 to 7 years, and increasing throughout puberty to maximal production in the 20s. Thereafter, DHEA levels progressively decline. This age-related decline in physiologic levels of DHEA has prompted speculation about a relationship between relative "DHEA deficiency" in older age and diseases of aging as well as the possibility of deriving benefits from administration of DHEA. Certain studies in animals (primarily rodents) have suggested anticancer effects of DHEA in pharmacologic doses and improvement in metabolism. In various studies in animals and humans, discrepant results have been found in the assessment of the association between DHEA levels and coronary artery disease. Likewise, the clinical significance of changes in immune function with DHEA treatment is unknown. Because DHEA is classified as a "nutritional supplement," it is not subjected to government regulation, and a potential exists for inaccurate dosage and impurities. CONCLUSION Studies have shown that DHEA influences multiple systems and disease processes in animals and humans; some of these effects could be considered beneficial and others detrimental. To date, no long-term health benefits from DHEA in "replacement" doses have been demonstrated.
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- T B Nippoldt
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition, and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Han D, Handelman G, Marcocci L, Sen CK, Roy S, Kobuchi H, Tritschler HJ, Flohé L, Packer L. Lipoic acid increases de novo synthesis of cellular glutathione by improving cystine utilization. Biofactors 1997; 6:321-38. [PMID: 9288403 DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520060303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lipoic acid (thiotic acid) is being used as a dietary supplement, and as a therapeutic agent, and is reported to have beneficial effects in disorders associated with oxidative stress, but its mechanism of action remains unclear. We present evidence that lipoic acid induces a substantial increase in cellular reduced glutathione in cultured human Jurkat T cells human erythrocytes, C6 glial cells, NB41A3 neuroblastoma cells, and peripheral blood lymphocytes. The effect depends on metabolic reduction of lipoic acid to dihydrolipoic acid. Dihydrolipoic acid is released into the culture medium where it reduces cystine. Cysteine thus formed is readily taken up by the neutral amino acid transport system and utilized for glutathione synthesis. By this mechanism lipoic acid enables cystine to bypass the xc- transport system, which is weakly expressed in lymphocytes and inhibited by glutamate. Thereby lipoic acid enables the key enzyme of glutathione synthesis, gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase, which is regulated by uptake-limited cysteine supply, to work at optimum conditions. Flow cytometric analysis of freshly prepared human peripheral blood lymphocytes, using monobromobimane labeling of cellular thiols, reveals that lipoic acid acts mainly to normalize a subpopulation of cells severely compromised in thiol status rather than to increase thiol content beyond physiological levels. Hence lipoic acid may have clinical relevance in restoration of severely glutathione deficient cells.
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- D Han
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720-3200, USA
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Schwartz AG, Pashko LL. Mechanism of cancer preventive action of DHEA. Role of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1995; 774:180-6. [PMID: 8597458 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb17381.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- A G Schwartz
- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA
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Constantinescu A, Pick U, Handelman GJ, Haramaki N, Han D, Podda M, Tritschler HJ, Packer L. Reduction and transport of lipoic acid by human erythrocytes. Biochem Pharmacol 1995; 50:253-61. [PMID: 7632170 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)00084-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Reduction of exogenous lipoic acid to dihydrolipoate is known to occur in several mammalian cells and tissues. Dihydrolipoate is a potent radical scavenger, and may provide significant antioxidant protection. Because lipoic acid appears in the bloodstream after oral administration, we have examined the reduction of exogenous lipoate by human erythrocytes. Normal human erythrocytes reduced lipoate to dihydrolipoate only in the presence of glucose; deoxyglucose did not substitute for glucose, indicating that the reduction of lipoate requires glucose metabolism. Furthermore, the reduction was shown to be NADPH dependent. Erythrocytes isolated from a human subject with a genetic deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (and, therefore, deficient in the formation of NADPH) did not reduce lipoate. Dehydroepiandrosterone, a specific inhibitor of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, inhibited lipoate reduction. Our findings imply that some of the reduction of exogenous lipoic acid is catalysed by glutathione reductase, a flavoprotein dehydrogenase; mitomycin C, an inhibitor of FAD-dependent reductases, inhibited lipoate reduction by erythrocytes, and glutathione reductase purified from human erythrocytes was observed to reduce lipoic acid in a cell-free system. We further explored these findings with erythrocyte ghosts and liposomes. Our results indicate that a transport system exists for alpha-lipoic acid and dihydrolipoate; resealed erythrocyte ghosts, containing trapped lipoamide dehydrogenase and pyridine nucleotides, reduced externally added lipoate. By contrast, liposomes prepared with enzyme and pyridine nucleotides did not catalyze reduction of lipoate. This work indicates that uptake of exogenous lipoate and reduction to dihydrolipoate by normal human erythrocytes may contribute to oxidant protection in the human bloodstream.
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- A Constantinescu
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720-3200, USA
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Schwartz AG, Pashko LL. Cancer prevention with dehydroepiandrosterone and non-androgenic structural analogs. JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY. SUPPLEMENT 1995; 22:210-7. [PMID: 8538200 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240590826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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There is increasing evidence that the adrenocortical steroid, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), is an important mammalian hormone. Administration of DHEA to laboratory mice and rats inhibits development of experimental tumors of the breast, lung, colon, liver, skin and lymphatic tissue. In the two-stage skin tumorigenesis model in mice, DHEA treatment inhibits tumor initiation, as well as tumor promoter-induced epidermal hyperplasia and promotion of papillomas. There is much evidence that DHEA produces its antiproliferative and tumor preventive effects by inhibiting glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and the pentose phosphate pathway. This pathway is an important source of NADPH, a critical reductant for many biochemical reactions that generate oxygen free radicals, which may act as second messengers in stimulating hyperplasia. The therapeutic use of DHEA in humans may be limited by its sex hormonal side effects. DHEA is metabolized in vivo to both testosterone and estrone, producing both androgenic and estrogenic effects in laboratory animals. We have developed a synthetic steroid, 16 alpha-fluoro-5-androsten-17-one, which does not demonstrate the androgenic or estrogenic activity of DHEA, yet retains the antiproliferative and cancer preventive activity of the native steroid.
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- A G Schwartz
- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Schwartz AG, Pashko LL. Cancer chemoprevention with the adrenocortical steroid dehydroepiandrosterone and structural analogs. JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY. SUPPLEMENT 1993; 17G:73-9. [PMID: 8007713 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240531114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is an adrenocortical steroid that produces broad-spectrum cancer chemopreventive action in mice and rats. In the mouse two-stage skin tumorigenesis model, DHEA treatment inhibits tumor initiation, as well as tumor promoter-induced epidermal hyperplasia and promotion of papillomas. There is considerable evidence that DHEA exerts its anti-proliferative and tumor-preventive action through the inhibition of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and the pentose phosphate pathway, which generate NADPH (required for mixed-function oxidase activation of chemical carcinogens, as well as for deoxyribonucleotide synthesis) and ribose 5-phosphate (also required for deoxyribonucleotide synthesis). Long-term DHEA treatment of mice also reduces weight gain (apparently by enhancing thermogenesis), and appears to produce many of the beneficial effects of food restriction, which have been shown to inhibit the development of many age-associated diseases, including cancer. Using the mouse two-stage skin tumorigenesis model, we found that adrenalectomy completely reverses the anti-hyperplastic and antitumor-promoting effects of food restriction. It is not unlikely that food restriction stimulates enhanced levels of adrenocortical steroids, such as the anti-inflammatory glucocorticoids and DHEA, which in turn mediate the tumor-inhibitory effect of underfeeding.
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- A G Schwartz
- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140
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