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Arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) induces apoptosis through activation of Bax in hematopoietic cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15735709     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study explores the roles of Bax and other Bcl-2 family members play in arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3))-induced apoptosis. We showed that As(2)O(3) treatment triggered Bax conformational change and subsequent translocation from cytosol to mitochondria to form various multimeric homo-oligomers in IM-9 cells. On the other hand, human leukemic Jurkat cells deficient in Bax showed dramatically reduced apoptosis in response to As(2)O(3). Stable overexpression of Bcl-2 in IM-9 cells (IM-9/Bcl-2) inhibited As(2)O(3)-mediated Bax activation and apoptosis, and this inhibition could be partially averted by cell-permeable Bid-Bcl-2 homology (BH)3 peptide. Meanwhile, Bax conformational change and oligomerization induced by As(2)O(3) were not inhibited by the pancaspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk, although Bid cleavage could be completely abolished. Bax activation by As(2)O(3) seemed to require stress-induced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), since the ROS scavengers (N-acetyl-L-cysteine and lipoic acid) could completely block the conformational change and translocation of Bax from cytosol to mitochondria. These data suggest that As(2)O(3) might exert the cell killing in part by inducing Bax activation through a Bcl-2-suppressible pathway in hematopoietic cells that is caspase independent and intracellular ROS regulated.
Authors:
Yanhua Zheng; Hirohito Yamaguchi; Changhai Tian; Michael W Lee; Hong Tang; Hong-Gang Wang; Quan Chen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Oncogene     Volume:  24     ISSN:  0950-9232     ISO Abbreviation:  Oncogene     Publication Date:  2005 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-05-05     Completed Date:  2005-05-31     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8711562     Medline TA:  Oncogene     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3339-47     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
The Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology, The National Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, The Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Annexin A5 / pharmacology
Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
Apoptosis*
Arsenicals / pharmacology*
Coloring Agents / pharmacology
Cytosol / metabolism
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Enzyme Activation
Hematopoietic Stem Cells / metabolism*
Humans
Jurkat Cells
Mitochondria / metabolism
Oxides / pharmacology*
Peptides / chemistry
Protein Conformation
Protein Transport
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / metabolism*
Reactive Oxygen Species
Subcellular Fractions / metabolism
Time Factors
bcl-2-Associated X Protein
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
CA82197/CA/NCI NIH HHS; CA90315/CA/NCI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Annexin A5; 0/Antineoplastic Agents; 0/Arsenicals; 0/BAX protein, human; 0/Coloring Agents; 0/Oxides; 0/Peptides; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; 0/Reactive Oxygen Species; 0/bcl-2-Associated X Protein; 1327-53-3/arsenic trioxide

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