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Inhibition by zinc of deoxycholate-induced apoptosis in HCT-116 cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21975943     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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The bile acid, deoxycholate, can induce apoptosis although the effect of trace elements on such cell death is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine if deoxycholate-induced apoptosis is influenced by zinc. HCT-116 colon epithelial cells were pre-treated with zinc and then exposed to deoxycholate. Membrane blebbing, formation of apoptotic bodies, and greater overall production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) occurred in cells exposed to deoxycholate, but zinc inhibited the occurrence of these three events caused by deoxycholate. Upon finer analysis, stimulation of mitochondrial superoxide production, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cytochrome c release were detected in cells exposed to deoxycholate, but zinc did not inhibit any of these three effects caused by deoxycholate. Additionally, caspase-3 activation, plasma membrane phospholipid translocation, and also chromatin condensation and fragmentation were observed in cells exposed to deoxycholate, but all of these effects of deoxycholate, including the greater overall ROS production, were all inhibited by zinc. Because zinc did not prevent the three mitochondrial effects caused by deoxycholate, the last set of findings suggested that zinc hampered activation of an initiator caspase upstream of effector caspase-3, in inhibiting deoxycholate-induced HCT-116 cell death. In examining this possibility, it was found that caspase-8 activation caused by deoxycholate was blocked by zinc. Collectively, the results suggest that zinc can inhibit deoxycholate-induced apoptotic cell death mediated by caspases. J. Cell. Biochem. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors:
Abigail F Smith; Jennifer Longpre; George Loo
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-10-4
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of cellular biochemistry     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1097-4644     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-10-6     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8205768     Medline TA:  J Cell Biochem     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Affiliation:
Cellular and Molecular Nutrition Research Laboratory, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA.
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