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Swelling rather than shrinkage precedes apoptosis in serum-deprived vascular smooth muscle cells.
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PMID:  22249286     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Contrasting cell volume behaviours (swelling vs. shrinkage) are considered as criteria to distinguish necrosis from apoptosis. In this study, we employed a time-lapse, dual-image surface reconstruction technique to assess the volume of single vascular smooth muscle cells transfected with E1A-adenoviral protein (E1A-VSMC) and undergoing rapid apoptosis in the absence of growth factors or in the presence of staurosporine. After 30- to 60-min lag-phase, serum-deprived E1A-VSMC volume was increased by ~40%, which preceded maximal increments of caspase-3 activity and chromatin cleavage. Swollen cells underwent rapid apoptotic collapse, documented by plasma membrane budding, and terminated in 10-15 min by the formation of numerous apoptotic bodies. Suppression of apoptosis by inhibition of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase and activation of cAMP signalling with ouabain and forskolin, respectively, completely abolished the swelling of serum-deprived E1A-VSMC. In contrast to serum deprivation, apoptotic collapse of staurosporine-treated E1A-VSMC preceded attenuation of their volume by ~30%. Neither transient hyposmotic swelling nor isosmtotic shrinkage triggered apoptosis. Our results show that cell shrinkage can not be considered as ubiquitous hallmark of apoptosis. The involvement of stimulus-specific cell volume perturbations in initiation and progression of apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells should be examined further.
Authors:
Alexandra Platonova; Svetlana V Koltsova; Pavel Hamet; Ryszard Grygorczyk; Sergei N Orlov
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-17
Journal Detail:
Title:  Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1573-675X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-17     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9712129     Medline TA:  Apoptosis     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Technopôle Angus, 2901 Rachel East, Montreal, QC, H1W 4A4, Canada.
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