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Hu Y, Yang C, Amorim T, Maqbool M, Lin J, Li C, Fang C, Xue L, Kwart A, Fang H, Yin M, Janocha AJ, Tsuchimoto D, Nakabeppu Y, Jiang X, Mejia-Garcia A, Anwer F, Khouri J, Qi X, Zheng QY, Yu JS, Yan S, LaFramboise T, Anderson KC, Herlitz LC, Munshi NC, Lin J, Zhao J. Cisplatin-Mediated Upregulation of APE2 Binding to MYH9 Provokes Mitochondrial Fragmentation and Acute Kidney Injury. Cancer Res 2021; 81:713-723. [PMID: 33288657 PMCID: PMC7869671 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-20-1010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Cisplatin chemotherapy is standard care for many cancers but is toxic to the kidneys. How this toxicity occurs is uncertain. In this study, we identified apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 2 (APE2) as a critical molecule upregulated in the proximal tubule cells (PTC) following cisplatin-induced nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA damage in cisplatin-treated C57B6J mice. The APE2 transgenic mouse phenotype recapitulated the pathophysiological features of C-AKI (acute kidney injury, AKI) in the absence of cisplatin treatment. APE2 pulldown-MS analysis revealed that APE2 binds myosin heavy-Chain 9 (MYH9) protein in mitochondria after cisplatin treatment. Human MYH9-related disorder is caused by mutations in MYH9 that eventually lead to nephritis, macrothrombocytopenia, and deafness, a constellation of symptoms similar to the toxicity profile of cisplatin. Moreover, cisplatin-induced C-AKI was attenuated in APE2-knockout mice. Taken together, these findings suggest that cisplatin promotes AKI development by upregulating APE2, which leads to subsequent MYH9 dysfunction in PTC mitochondria due to an unrelated role of APE2 in DNA damage repair. This postulated mechanism and the availability of an engineered transgenic mouse model based on the mechanism of C-AKI provides an opportunity to identify novel targets for prophylactic treatment of this serious disease. SIGNIFICANCE: These results reveal and highlight an unexpected role of APE2 via its interaction with MYH9 and suggest that APE2 has the potential to prevent acute kidney injury in patients with cisplatin-treated cancer. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/81/3/713/F1.large.jpg.
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- Yi Hu
- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the 4th Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
- College of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the 4th Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the 4th Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, New York
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Image Core, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- The Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Immunobiology and Neuroscience, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Japan
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- Department of Immunobiology and Neuroscience, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the 4th Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Li J, Li W, Su J, Liu W, Altura BT, Altura BM. Peroxynitrite Induces Apoptosis in Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells: Possible Relation to Vascular Diseases. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 229:264-9. [PMID: 14988519 DOI: 10.1177/153537020422900307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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An emerging body of evidence is accumulating to suggest that in vivo formation of free radicals in the vasculature, such as peroxynitrite (ONOO–), and programmed cell death (i.e., apoptosis) play important roles in vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, and restenosis. The present study was designed to determine whether primary rat aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) undergo apoptosis following treatment with ONOO–. Direct exposure of primary rat aortic SMCs to ONOO– induced apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner, as confirmed by means of quantitative fluorescence staining and TUNEL assays. ONOO–-induced apoptosis in rat aortic SMCs appears to involve activation of Ca2+-dependent endonucleases. Although the precise mechanisms by which peroxynitrite induces apoptosis in rat aortic SMCs need to be further investigated, the present, preliminary findings could be used to suggest that ONOO– formation in the vasculature may play roles in the processes of vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, and restenosis, via adverse actions on blood vessels.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta/drug effects
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Endonucleases/drug effects
- Endonucleases/metabolism
- In Situ Nick-End Labeling
- Male
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/pathology
- Peroxynitrous Acid/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
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- Jianfeng Li
- Department of Physiology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
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Moldvay J, Pápay J, Puskás R, Furák J, Losonczy G, Matolcsy A. [Examination of ERCC1 expression in lung cancer patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy]. Magy Onkol 2011; 55:105-109. [PMID: 21655476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Platinum-based chemotherapies are widely used in the treatment of lung cancer. However, little is known about their effect in the expression of certain tissue biomarkers. We have studied the ERCC1 (excision repair cross-complementation group 1) expression in tissue samples of patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Fifty lung cancer tissue blocks of 25 patients (15 males, 10 females) were studied. They included 25 bronchoscopic biopsies (14 squamous cell carcinomas and 11 adenocarcinomas) together with their corresponding surgical biopsies after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Immunohistochemistry was performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues to study the expression of ERCC1. Staining scores (0-300) were calculated by multiplying the percentage of positive tumor cells (0-100) by the staining intensity (0-3). All but one bronchosopic squamous cell carcinoma tissues (13/14) expressed ERCC1. Four of these cases became negative after neoadjuvant therapy, and in 8 cases the level of expression decreased. In the adenocarcinoma group all but one bronchosopic tissues (10/11) expressed ERCC1. Six of these cases became negative after neoadjuvant therapy, and in 4 cases the level of expression decreased. Comparison of staining scores before and after chemotherapy revealed more pronounced decrease in adenocarcinomas and in female patients. There was no newly expressed ERCC1-positive case in the surgical biopsy group. The results of the present study suggest that platinum-based chemotherapy affects the expression of tissue biomarker (ERCC1) which may have predictive value, and probably induces a selection of tumor cells with more aggressive phenotype. This knowledge might be of importance when designing treatment protocols for non-small cell lung cancer patients.
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- Judit Moldvay
- Pulmonológiai Klinika, Semmelweis Egyetem, Budapest, Hungary.
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Azzoni AR, Ribeiro SC, Monteiro GA, Prazeres DMF. The impact of polyadenylation signals on plasmid nuclease-resistance and transgene expression. J Gene Med 2007; 9:392-402. [PMID: 17407167 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.1031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Efficient delivery and expression of plasmids (pDNA) is a major concern in gene therapy and DNA vaccination using non-viral vectors. Besides the use of adjuvants, the pDNA vector itself can be designed to maximize survival in nuclease-rich environments. Homopurine-rich tracts in polyadenylation sequences have been previously shown to be especially important in pDNA resistance. METHODOLOGY The effect of modifications in the poly A sequence of a model pDNA vector (pVAX1GFP) on nuclease resistance and transgene expression was investigated. Four poly A sequences were studied: bovine growth hormone (BGH), mutant BGH, SV40 and a synthetic poly A. Plasmid resistance (half-life) was assessed through in vitro incubations with mammalian nucleases. The impact in transgene expression was studied by quantifying pDNA, mRNA, and GFP expression in CHO, hybridoma and HeLa cells. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS In vitro and cell culture studies indicate that plasmids containing the SV40 and the synthetic poly A sequences present significant improvements in nuclease resistance (up to two-fold increase in half-life). However, RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that significant reduction in mRNA steady-state levels were responsible for a decrease in transgene expression and detected transfection level of CHO and hybridoma cells when using the more resistant plasmids. Interestingly, transfection of HeLa cells demonstrated that both poly A efficiency and plasmid resistance interfere significantly in transgene expression. The results strongly suggest that the choice of the poly A is important, not only for mRNA maturation/stability, but also for pDNA resistance, and should thus be taken into consideration in the design and evaluation of pDNA vectors.
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- Adriano R Azzoni
- IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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Subramanian M, Chander R, Chattopadhyay S. A novel naturally occurring tripyrrole with potential nuclease and anti-tumour properties. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:2480-6. [PMID: 16412656 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.11.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2005] [Accepted: 11/15/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The DNA targeting and membrane damaging activities of a novel tripyrrole 1 obtained as a red pigment from the Micrococcus sp. were investigated. It was found that compound 1 binds with DNA efficiently and facilitates copper-mediated DNA cleavage as well as peroxidation of membrane lipids by a process that does not require any external reducing agent. Compound 1 also showed impressive cytotoxicity to both mouse and human tumour cell lines. The membrane damaging ability of compound 1 might be vital in its nuclease and cytotoxicity properties. Interestingly, compared to the various DNA cleaving agents, compound 1 showed a preferential binding with the G-C rich domain.
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- Mahesh Subramanian
- Bio-Organic Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
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Ge ZQ, Yang S, Yuan YJ. Ce4+ induced down-regulation of ERK-like MAPK and activation of nucleases during the apoptosis of cultured Taxus cuspidata cells. J Inorg Biochem 2006; 100:167-77. [PMID: 16293312 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2005.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2005] [Revised: 09/26/2005] [Accepted: 10/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ce(4+) (Ce(NH(4))(2)(NO(3))(6)) at 1mM induces apoptosis of suspension cultures of Taxus cuspidata cells; however, the underlying signal mechanisms are unknown. We show here that a 46-kDa ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase)-like MAPK appears to be down-regulated at 4h, and remains at low levels for up to 48 h. An inhibitor of superoxide anions (O(2)(-)) generation, diphenyl iodonium (DPI) successfully blocks down-regulation of ERK-like MAPK and degradation of DNA. Moreover, a 41-kDa p38-like MAPK activity remains unchanged from 0.5 to 48 h. The p38 inhibitor SB202190 effectively inhibits p38-like MAPK activity, however, SB202190 fails to modify the apoptotic rate at concentrations up to 100 microM. Three nuclease (34-kDa, 22-kDa and 20-kDa) activities are profoundly enhanced in Ce(4+)-induced T. cuspidata cells. They have an optimum pH at 6.8, and are stimulated by Ca(2+)/Mg(2+). Caspase-3 inhibitor, Ac-DEVD-CHO, does not attenuate the 34-kDa nuclease activity, but inhibits the 22-kDa and the 20-kDa nuclease activities. In addition, inhibition of O(2)(-) generation by DPI significantly reduces the three nuclease activities. In conclusion, the present study suggests that down-regulation of ERK-like MAPK, burst of O(2)(-), activation of caspase-3-like and induction of three nucleases as the key signaling events mediating apoptosis in Ce(4+)-induced cultured T. cuspidata cells.
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- Zhi-Qiang Ge
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, P.O. Box 6888, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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The treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has improved over the past two decades with the availability of new agents such as gemcitabine, the taxanes and vinorelbine. Despite these advances, survival prospects remain disappointingly low for most patients. Further improvements in response rate and survival requires the development of new agents with novel mechanisms of action, such as molecularly targeted therapies, which are currently being tested in clinical trials. The conventional treatment approach to NSCLC is beginning to shift towards the application of specific strategies and techniques, such as pharmacogenomics, to tailor treatment to individual patients. Many efforts are in progress to identify the clinical predictors of outcome. The discovery of prognostic molecular markers, such as the putative suppressor gene (RRM1), represents a novel and potential parameter to help guide clinical treatment decisions.
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- Gerold Bepler
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612-9497, USA.
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Inteins are self-splicing intervening sequences in proteins, and inteins of pathogenic organisms can be attractive drug targets. Here, we report an intein in important fungal pathogens including Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus nidulans, Histoplasma capsulatum, and different serotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans. This intein is inside the extremely conserved and functionally essential Prp8 protein, and it varies in size from 170 aa in C. neoformans to 819 aa in A. fumigatus, which is caused by the presence or absence of an endonuclease domain and a putative tongs subdomain in the intein. Prp8 inteins of these organisms were demonstrated to do protein splicing in a recombinant protein in Escherichia coli. These findings revealed Prp8 inteins as attractive targets for potential antifungal drugs to be identified using existing selection and screening methods.
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- Xiang-Qin Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4H7.
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Niedzinski EJ, Chen YJ, Olson DC, Parker EA, Park H, Udove JA, Scollay R, McMahon BM, Bennett MJ. Enhanced systemic transgene expression after nonviral salivary gland transfection using a novel endonuclease inhibitor/DNA formulation. Gene Ther 2004; 10:2133-8. [PMID: 14625568 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Gene transfer to the major salivary glands is an attractive method for the systemic delivery of therapeutic proteins. To date, nonviral gene transfer to these glands has resulted in inadequate systemic protein concentrations. We believe that identification of the barriers responsible for this inefficient transfection will enable the development of enhanced nonviral gene transfer in salivary glands and other tissues. One potential barrier is the degradation of plasmid DNA by endonucleases. To test this hypothesis, we coadministered two endonuclease inhibitors ((zinc and aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA)) with plasmid DNA, containing the secreted alkaline phosphatase gene (SEAP), to the submandibular glands of rats. The effect of zinc and ATA on SEAP expression, tissue accumulation of plasmid DNA, and plasmid DNA stability was then characterized. We observed that mixtures containing zinc/DNA, ATA/DNA, and zinc/ATA/DNA significantly enhanced both systemic transgene expression and the amount of plasmid DNA associated with treated tissues. The relative endonuclease inhibitory activity of zinc, ATA, and zinc/ATA correlated with the observed effects on transfection efficacy. The use of zinc/ATA enhanced the efficacy of salivary gland transfection by at least 1000-fold versus DNA alone. Importantly, this improved performance resulted in robust systemic secretion of an exogenous protein (SEAP), thus demonstrating the potential this nonviral gene transfer technology has as a method to treat systemic protein deficiencies.
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Zangger H, Mottram JC, Fasel N. Cell death in Leishmania induced by stress and differentiation: programmed cell death or necrosis? Cell Death Differ 2002; 9:1126-39. [PMID: 12232801 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2001] [Revised: 04/19/2002] [Accepted: 05/02/2002] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Unicellular organisms, such as the protozoan parasite Leishmania, can be stimulated to show some morphological and biochemical features characteristic of mammalian apoptosis. This study demonstrates that under a variety of stress conditions such as serum deprivation, heat shock and nitric oxide, cell death can be induced leading to genomic DNA fragmentation into oligonucleosomes. DNA fragmentation was observed, without induction, in the infectious stages of the parasite, and correlated with the presence of internucleosomal nuclease activity, visualisation of 45 to 59 kDa nucleases and detection of TUNEL-positive nuclei. DNA fragmentation was not dependent on active effector downstream caspases nor on the lysosomal cathepsin L-like enzymes CPA and CPB. These data are consistent with the presence of a caspase-independent cell death mechanism in Leishmania, induced by stress and differentiation that differs significantly from metazoa.
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- H Zangger
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, ch. des Boveresses 155, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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Two humic-like substances, the oxidative polymer of protocatechuic acid (OP-PCA) and humic acid inhibit the in vitro replication of influenza virus A/WSN/33 (H1N1) in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells at concentrations of no cytotoxicity. The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) for OP-PCA was 6.59 +/- 1.02 microg/ml when the compound was added at the stage of viral adsorption. When OP-PCA was added after virus adsorption, the IC50 was 53.27 +/- 8.12 microg/ml. The IC50 for humic acid was 48.61 +/- 7.32 microg/ml and 55.27 +/- 5.46 microg/ml respectively when the compound was added at the stage of viral adsorption or post-adsorption. In spite of structural resemblance of these two compounds, they exhibit different actions of anti-flu. The OP-PCA inhibits virus-induced hemagglutination and low pH-induced cell-cell fusion. Humic acid inhibits the endonuclease activity of viral RNA polymerase. The monomer of PCA shows no inhibition on influenza virus replication.
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- F J Lu
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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Kimizuka N, Baba A, Kunitake T. Supramolecular holoenzymes: activity modulation of endonuclease by the use of synthetic bilayer membranes as regulatory cofactors. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:1764-5. [PMID: 11456780 DOI: 10.1021/ja0030313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- N Kimizuka
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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We isolated and purified mitochondria from mouse livers and spinach leaves. When added into egg extracts of Xenopus laevis, they caused nuclei of mouse liver to undergo apoptotic changes. Chromatin condensation, margination and DNA ladder were observed. After incubating isolated mitochondria in some hypotonic solutions, and centrifuging these mixtures at high speed, we got mitochondrial supernatants. It was found that in the absence of cytosolic factor, the supernatant alone was able to induce apoptotic changes in nuclei. The effective components were partly of protein. DNA fragmentation was partly inhibited by caspase inhibitors AC-DEVD-CHO and AC-YVAD-CHO. Meanwhile, caspase inhibitors fully blocked chromatin condensation. Primary characterization of the nuclear endonuclease(s) induced by mitochondrial supernatants was also conducted. It was found that this endonuclease is different from endonuclease G, cytochrome c-induced nuclease, or Ca2+-activated endonuclease.
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- Z F Jiang
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Endonucleolytic DNA fragmentation is the common end point and the prevailing indicator of apoptosis. We have identified a 70-kDa endonuclease (NUC70) that is activated in drug-induced apoptosis of human hematopoietic cells. We purified NUC70 to homogeneity and generated a rabbit polyclonal antibody to distinguish it from previously identified nucleases. Biochemical characterization of isolated NUC70 demonstrates that it is Ca2+/Mg2+-dependent and active over a pH range of 6-8. When incubated with isolated HeLa nuclei, NUC70 was capable of generating internucleosomal DNA fragmentation. This endonucleolytic activity was inhibited by Zn2+, aurintricarboxylic acid, N-ethylmaleimide, spermine, and iodoacetamide. Western immunoblots using the anti-NUC70 antibody and DNA-SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis assays indicate that NUC70 expression and activity is restricted to human hematopoietic cells. No such activity was detected in human epithelial cell lines or murine hematopoietic cells. We also observed no difference in levels of NUC70 expression between apoptotic and nonapoptotic cells, suggesting that activation of NUC70 may be by posttranslational modification. We demonstrate that NUC70 activity is diminished in cells pretreated with the caspase inhibitors z-DEVD-fmk, z-VAD-fmk, and Z-CH2-Asp-DCB. Time course studies of cytoplasmic and nuclear endonuclease activities during apoptosis show that NUC70 is a cytoplasmic endonuclease that is translocated to the nucleus after the initiation of apoptosis. We confirmed this with immunostaining studies using anti-NUC70 antibody. These results demonstrate that NUC70 is an endogenous cytoplasmic endonuclease that is activated during apoptosis in a caspase-dependent mechanism.
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- A Urbano
- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Mycoplasma infection may lead to various pathologies in a broad range of hosts. It has been shown that Mycoplasma may trigger cell death in cell cultures; however, the mechanism remains unknown. In the present paper we show that Mycoplasma infection of different lymphocyte and epithelial tumour cell lines leads to the inhibition of proliferation, and increased cell death, accompanied by DNA fragmentation and the morphological features of apoptosis. We also showed that this infection leads to an increased sensitivity of cells to various inducers of apoptosis targeting different signalling pathways. Finally, we show that increased apoptosis is associated with overexpression of an endonuclease produced by Mycoplasma. This endonuclease is recovered in the nuclear fraction of host cells, introduces mostly DSB and is active at neutral pH in the presence of divalent cations. Activation of this endonuclease is connected with limited proteolysis, which may be reproduced in vitro by snake venom serine proteinase.
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- I A Sokolova
- Vysis Incorporated, Downers Grove, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Yoshida A, Pourquier P, Pommier Y. Purification and characterization of a Mg2+-dependent endonuclease (AN34) from etoposide-treated human leukemia HL-60 cells undergoing apoptosis. Cancer Res 1998; 58:2576-82. [PMID: 9635581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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An important biochemical hallmark of apoptosis is the cleavage of chromatin into oligonucleosomal fragments. Here, we purified a Mg2+-dependent endonuclease from etoposide-treated HL-60 cells undergoing apoptosis. High levels of Mg2+-dependent endonuclease activity were detected in etoposide-treated HL-60 cells, and this activity increased in a time-dependent manner following etoposide treatment. Such an activity could not be detected in untreated cells or in cells treated with etoposide in the presence of the caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp-(OMe)-fluoromethyl ketone (zVAD-fmk) or the serine protease inhibitor tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone (TPCK). This Mg2+-dependent endonuclease was purified by a series of chromatographic procedures. The enzyme preparation showed a single major protein band with Mr 34,000, determined by SDS-PAGE. The presence of the Mr 34,000 Mg2+-dependent endonuclease was also confirmed by activity gel analysis. The enzyme required only Mg2+ for full activity. pH optimum was in the range of 6.5-7.5. This enzyme introduced single- and double-strand breaks into SV40 DNA and produced internucleosomal DNA cleavage in isolated nuclei from untreated cells. The DNA breaks were terminated with 3'-OH, consistent with characteristic products of apoptotic chromatin fragmentation. We propose to designate this Mr 34,000 Mg2+-dependent endonuclease AN34 (apoptotic nuclease Mr 34,000).
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- A Yoshida
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA
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Kozhura VL, Nosova NV, Novoderzhkina IS. [Effect of verapamil on the activity of Ca2+-, Mg2+-dependent endonucleases in hypothalamic cell nuclei in long-term hypovolemic shock]. Patol Fiziol Eksp Ter 1998:13-5. [PMID: 9633190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Experiments on anesthetized non-inbred 8-17 kg b.w.dogs have demonstrated that cerebral ischemia consequent to 4-hour hypovolemic shock activates Ca(2+)-, Mg(2+)-dependent endonucleases in cell nuclei of the hypothalamus. Intravenous injection of calcium channels blocker verapamil (Orion) in a dose 0.1 mg/kg 30 min before blood loss prevents activation of the above endonucleases and makes it possible to avoid internucleosome fragmentation of genome DNA.
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Kaiser AM, Saluja AK, Lu L, Yamanaka K, Yamaguchi Y, Steer ML. Effects of cycloheximide on pancreatic endonuclease activity, apoptosis, and severity of acute pancreatitis. Am J Physiol 1996; 271:C982-93. [PMID: 8843729 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.271.3.c982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The factors that determine the severity of acute pancreatitis are unknown, but a close inverse correlation between that severity and the extent of acinar cell apoptosis that follows the triggering signal has been previously noted [A. M. Kaiser, A. K. Saluja, A. Sengupta, M. Saluja, and M. L. Steer. Am. J. Physiol. 269 (Cell Physiol. 38): C1295-C1304, 1995]. In the present studies, we have evaluated internucleosomal DNA fragmentation and apoptosis within the pancreas and the effects of inhibiting protein synthesis by cycloheximide (CHX) on these phenomena as well as on the severity of pancreatitis. We report the constitutive presence of a Ca(2+)- and Mg(2+)-dependent endonuclease activity within pancreatic nuclei that is dependent on continued protein synthesis. Furthermore, we have found that CHX administration reduces the extent of apoptosis but significantly worsens the severity of pancreatitis that follows ligation of the rat common bile-pancreatic duct. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that apoptosis is a teleologically beneficial response to acinar cell injury during acute pancreatitis.
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- A M Kaiser
- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Goodman ER, Fiedor PS, Fein S, Athan E, Hardy MA. Fludarabine phosphate: A DNA synthesis inhibitor with potent immunosuppressive activity and minimal clinical toxicity. Am Surg 1996; 62:435-42. [PMID: 8651523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Fludarabine phosphate selectively eliminates normal and malignant mononuclear cells in large animals and man through the inhibition of DNA synthesis. The drug depletes mononuclear cells from culture within 24 hours of initial exposure, CD4 and CD8 T cells being more sensitive than either CD20 B cells or CD34 bone marrow precursors. Mitogenic activation of lymphocytes enhances cellular elimination from culture. Fludarabine inhibits PHA-induced T-cell proliferation by >90 per cent and mixed lymphocyte reactions (allogeneic and xenogeneic) by >95 per cent. Fludarabine exerts its cytolytic effects through the induction of endonuclease-independent apoptosis. A 5-day course of fludarabine (50 mg/m2 intravenously once daily) induces both T- and B-cell lymphopenia in Cynomolgus monkeys and Papio baboons. Transient neutropenia was the only side-effect seen in experimental animals. Pretreatment of Cynomolgus monkeys with this regimen of fludarabine causes a prolongation of ABO-compatible skin allograft survival from 8 days (control) to 16 days (drug treated group). Secondary allotransplantation into presensitized recipients showed a similar prolongation of graft survival with fludarabine pretreatment (8 days vs 5 days control). Fludarabine promises to be a potent immunosuppressive agent with low clinical toxicity.
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- E R Goodman
- Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA
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Meniel V, Magaña-Schwencke N, Averbeck D. Preferential repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae rad mutants after induction of interstrand cross-links by 8-methoxypsoralen plus UVA. Mutagenesis 1995; 10:543-8. [PMID: 8596475 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/10.6.543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The gene specific induction and the incision step of the removal of 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) plus UVA-induced interstrand cross-links (ICL) was measured in repair mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Events were examined at the MAT alpha and HML alpha loci in mutants deficient in the repair of ICL, namely rad1, rad2 delta, rad52, pso2 and the rad16 mutant which is impaired in the removal of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers from the silent HML alpha locus. Previously, we observed in a wild-type strain (K107) preferential repair concerning the incision of 8-MOP photo-induced ICL. The present study indicates that the two mutants rad1 and rad2 delta show no repair in either locus, due presumably to their deficiency in the incision step of ICL repair. The rad52 mutant which is defective in recombination, is proficient in the preferential incision of ICL at the MAT alpha locus versus the HML alpha locus. The same is true for the pso2 mutant which also lacks the ability to perform complete repair of ICL. The rad16 mutant is unable to repair ICL in the silent locus HML alpha but is proficient in repair (i.e. the incision of ICL) in the transcriptionally active MAT alpha locus.
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- V Meniel
- Institut Curie--Section de Recherche, URA 1292 du CNRS, Paris, France
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Okamoto-Kubo S, Nishio K, Heike Y, Yoshida M, Ohmori T, Saijo N. Apoptosis induced by etoposide in small-cell lung cancer cell lines. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1994; 33:385-90. [PMID: 8306412 DOI: 10.1007/bf00686267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The DNA fragmentation, a parameter of apoptosis, in non-small (NSCLC) and small (SCLC) cell lung cancer cell lines (N231 and PC-9) was evaluated. The DNA fragmentation in SCLC lines, but not in NSCLC lines, was observed in overgrown cells without exposure to anticancer drugs. In etoposide (VP-16)-treated N231 but not PC-9 cells, DNA fragmentation continued to increase up to 42 h, and the increase was dependent on the concentration of VP-16. The endonuclease activity of VP-16-treated N231, but not PC-9, cells required both Ca2+ and Mg2+ for full activity. It was elevated in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. As this activity was not affected by addition of cycloheximide, the activation of the endonuclease activity without protein synthesis may be involved in VP-16-induced cytotoxicity in N231.
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- S Okamoto-Kubo
- Pharmacology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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A major event in apoptosis is the digestion of chromatin into oligonucleosomal fragments. However, the enzymes responsible for the DNA degradation have not been well characterized. Here we report the purification of an endonuclease from human spleen cell nuclei that is likely to be responsible for DNA digestion in apoptosis. Enzyme activity was measured by a sensitive fluorometric assay, which assesses the conversion of plasmid DNA from a supercoiled to an open form. The endonuclease was extracted from isolated nuclei with NaCl between 100 and 350 mM and was further purified by chromatography on columns of phosphocellulose, Superdex 75, and chelating Sepharose (Zn2+ form). By gel filtration, the apparent molecular mass was 22-26 kDa; on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the purified enzyme showed a single 27-kDa band. The enzyme required both Mg2+ (optimum, 5 mM) and Ca2+ (optimum, 2 mM) for activity. It was inhibited by Zn2+ (100% inhibition at 50 microM) and by high (> 10 mM) concentrations of Ca2+. Aurintricarboxylic acid, spermine, p-(hydroxymercuri)benzoate, and N-ethylmaleimide were also endonuclease inhibitors. No inhibition was observed with iodoacetamide, G-actin, or nucleoside 3',5'-bisphosphates. An optimum pH of 8.0 was found. When added to human CCRF-CEM lymphoblast nuclei, that do not contain the endonuclease, the purified splenic enzyme digested the chromatin into the mono- and oligonucleosomal fragments that are characteristic of apoptosis. On the basis of this result, and the observation that the activators and inhibitors of the purified endonuclease closely parallel those that affect apoptosis, it seems likely that this enzyme is involved in the apoptotic degradation of DNA in human lymphocytes.
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- J M Ribeiro
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0663
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Fernandes RS, Cotter TG. Activation of a calcium magnesium independent endonuclease in human leukemic cell apoptosis. Anticancer Res 1993; 13:1253-9. [PMID: 8239494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cytotoxic drugs induce apoptosis in human tumour cell lines and this is characterised by fragmentation of the cell's DNA into nucleosome size units or multiples thereof. In the present study we demonstrated that nuclei isolated from three human haematopoietic cell lines, HL-60, U937 and K562, contain an endonuclease that is independent of Ca++, Mg++ and Na+ ions for its activity. This contrasts with what has previously been shown for a number of rodent cell types in which apoptosis has been studied. The lack of ion sensitivity is also found in the nuclei of peripheral blood granulocytes, indicating the data are not peculiar to cell lines. In addition, this particular endonuclease activity does not appear to be sensitive to the endonuclease inhibitor aurintricarboxylic acid. The previously demonstrated lack of calcium flux in HL-60 cells undergoing apoptosis, and the current demonstration of a lack of an endonuclease dependent on this ion for its activity, suggest that the mechanism of apoptosis in human cells may be different from that in rodent cells.
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MESH Headings
- Apoptosis/physiology
- Calcium/pharmacology
- Camptothecin/pharmacology
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- DNA, Neoplasm/drug effects
- Dactinomycin/pharmacology
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Endonucleases/biosynthesis
- Endonucleases/drug effects
- Endonucleases/isolation & purification
- Enzyme Activation
- Etoposide/pharmacology
- Granulocytes/enzymology
- Humans
- Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute/enzymology
- Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute/pathology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/enzymology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/enzymology
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/pathology
- Magnesium/pharmacology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Zinc/pharmacology
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- R S Fernandes
- Department of Biology, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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Monkey CV-1 cells which had received 5 Gy 12 h before harvesting lysates from their cell cultures contained approximately three times as much DNA excision repair enzyme activity as unirradiated cells. The activity was determined in crude cell lysates by the release of intermediate mobility DNA fragments and fragments with 3'-phosphoryl ends from 5'-32P-end labelled irradiated 95 bp alpha DNA. Different 3'-termini endow the fragments with differing mobilities, signifying steps in the processing of radiation damaged DNA. Similar results were obtained when Krebs II mouse tumour cells growing in mice as ascites received 5 Gy 12 h before harvest. The enzyme activities from CV-1 cells and from Krebs II cells were partially purified as 60-70 kDa proteins on Superose 12 or Ultrogel AcA-54 columns. Divalent cations were not required for enzyme activity. A 23 nucleotide long defined duplex oligodeoxynucleotide substrate containing a single 8-oxodG residue was also very actively cleaved by the partially purified cell enzymes. 8-oxoguanine is a major product of ionizing radiation's action on DNA and was recognized by the enzymes described here. The mechanism by which radiation increased excision repair activity of cellular enzymes is not understood.
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- R Bases
- Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Shen W, Kamendulis LM, Ray SD, Corcoran GB. Acetaminophen-induced cytotoxicity in cultured mouse hepatocytes: effects of Ca(2+)-endonuclease, DNA repair, and glutathione depletion inhibitors on DNA fragmentation and cell death. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1992; 112:32-40. [PMID: 1310169 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(92)90276-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hepatotoxic alkylation of mouse liver cells by acetaminophen is characterized by an early loss of ion regulation, accumulation of Ca2+ in the nucleus, and fragmentation of DNA in vitro and in vivo. Acetaminophen-induced DNA cleavage is accompanied by the formation of a "ladder" of DNA fragments characteristic of Ca(2+)-mediated endonuclease activation. These events unfold well in advance of cytotoxicity and the development of necrosis. The present study utilized cultured mouse hepatocytes and mechanistic probes to test whether DNA fragmentation and cell death might be related in a "cause-and-effect" manner. Cells were isolated by collagenase perfusion, cultured in Williams' E medium for 22-26 hr, and exposed to acetaminophen. Aurintricarboxylic acid, a general Ca(2+)-endonuclease inhibitor, and EGTA, a chelator of Ca2+ required for endonuclease activation, significantly decreased DNA fragmentation at 6 and 12 hr and virtually abolished cytotoxicity. N-Acetylcysteine also eliminated DNA fragmentation and cytotoxicity. 3-Aminobenzamide, an inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-stimulated DNA repair, failed to alter the amount of DNA fragmentation at 6 hr but substantially increased acetaminophen cytotoxicity in hepatocytes at 12 hr. With the exception of when DNA repair was inhibited by 3-aminobenzamide, Ca2+ accumulation in the nucleus, DNA fragmentation, and hepatocyte death varied consistently and predictably with one another. Collectively, these findings suggest that unrepaired damage to DNA contributes to acetaminophen-induced cell death in vivo and may play a role in necrosis in vivo.
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- W Shen
- Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131-1066
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