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Pravesh M. Jain Denisse A. Gutierrez Prof. Dr. Sujeet Kumar Prof. Dr. Renato J. Aguilera Prof. Dr. Subhas S. Karki 《化学与生物多样性》2023,20(9):e202300843
A novel series of pyrazole-oxindole conjugates were prepared and characterized as potential cytotoxic agents by FT-IR, NMR and HR-MS. The cytotoxic activity of these compounds was tested in the Jurkat acute T cell leukemia, CEM acute lymphoblastic leukemia, MCF10 A mammary epithelial and MDA-MB 231 triple negative breast cancer cell lines. Among the tested conjugates, 5-methyl-3-((3-(1-phenyl)-3-(p-tolyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methylene)indolin-2-one 6h emerged as the most cytotoxic with a CC50 of 4.36+/−0.2 μM against Jurkat cells. The mechanism of cell death induced by 6h was investigated through the Annexin V-FITC assay via flow cytometry. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, mitochondrial health and the cell cycle progression were also evaluated in cells exposed to 6h . Results demonstrated that 6h induces apoptosis in a dose-response manner, without generating ROS and/or altering mitochondrial health. In addition, 6h disrupted the cell cycle distribution causing an increase in DNA fragmentation (Sub G0-G1), and an arrest in the G0-G1 phase. Taken together, the 6h compound revealed a strong potential as an antineoplastic agent evidenced by its cytotoxicity in leukemia cells, the activation of apoptosis and restriction of the cell cycle progression. 相似文献
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Qingqing Cai Huiqiang Huang Dong Qian Kailin Chen Junhua Luo Ying Tian Tianxin Lin Tongyu Lin 《PloS one》2013,8(6)
13-Methyltetradecanoic acid (13-MTD), a saturated branched-chain fatty acid purified from soy fermentation products, induces apoptosis in human cancer cells. We investigated the inhibitory effects and mechanism of action of 13-MTD on T-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (T-NHL) cell lines both in vitro and in vivo. Growth inhibition in response to 13-MTD was evaluated by the cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay in three T-NHL cell lines (Jurkat, Hut78, EL4 cells). Flow cytometry analyses were used to monitor the cell cycle and apoptosis. Proteins involved in 13-MTD-induced apoptosis were examined in Jurkat cells by western blotting. We found that 13-MTD inhibited proliferation and induced the apoptosis of T-NHL cell lines. 13-MTD treatment also induced a concentration-dependent arrest of Jurkat cells in the G1-phase. During 13-MTD-induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells, the cleavage of caspase-3 and poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP, a caspase enzymolysis product) were detected after incubation for 2 h, and increased after extending the incubation time. However, there was no change in the expression of Bcl-2 or c-myc proteins. The appearance of apoptotic Jurkat cells was accompanied by the inhibition of AKT and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) phosphorylation. In addition, 13-MTD could also effectively inhibit the growth of T-NHL tumors in vivo in a xenograft model. The tumor inhibition rate in the experimental group was 40%. These data indicate that 13-MTD inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis through the down-regulation of AKT phosphorylation followed by caspase activation, which may provide a new approach for treating T-cell lymphomas. 相似文献
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Kolettas E Thomas C Leneti E Skoufos I Mbatsi C Sisoula C Manos G Evangelou A 《Molecular and cellular biochemistry》2006,285(1-2):111-120
Rosmarinic acid (RosA), frequently found as a secondary metabolite in herbs and medicinal plants, has exhibited antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities. RosA was shown to inhibit the proliferation and induce apoptosis of Jurkat T cells but the mechanism of action of RosA in apoptosis remains elusive. RosA inhibited the proliferation of Jurkat cells in a dose-dependent manner by suppressing the expression of cyclin D3 and p21Cip1/Waf1 and up-regulating p27Kip1. RosA induced apoptosis of Jurkat cells in a dose-dependent manner and failed to protect them from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-mediated apoptosis. Induction of apoptosis by RosA correlated with suppression of Bcl-2 but not of Bak or PUMA. Overexpression of Bcl-2 protected Jurkat cells from both H2O2- and RosA-induced apoptosis by altering the ratio of anti- to pro-apoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family. In conclusion, RosA inhibited Jurkat cell proliferation by altering the expression of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and induced apoptosis most likely acting through the mitochondrial pathway and possessed no anti-oxidant properties. 相似文献
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Gokhalé P Patel T Morrison MJ Vissers MC 《Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death》2006,11(10):1737-1746
Chemotherapy agents initiate tumour cell apoptosis and this is thought to involve oxidative stress. In this study we have
investigated the effect of the important antioxidant Vitamin C (ascorbate) on the response of HL60 and Jurkat cells to three
chemotherapy drugs, namely etoposide, melphalan and arsenic trioxide (As2O3). Cells grown in routine culture media are deficient in ascorbate and to determine its effect on chemotherapy drug-induced
apoptosis we supplemented the cells prior to drug exposure. We found that ascorbate had a varied effect on apoptosis and cell
cycle progression. Etoposide-induced apoptosis in HL60 cells was significantly increased in ascorbate-loaded cells as measured
by caspase-3 activation and DNA degradation, and this appeared to reflect a decrease in the number of necrotic cells rather
than increased cytotoxicity. In contrast, ascorbate had no effect on etoposide-induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells. In both
cell types melphalan-induced apoptosis was unaffected by intracellular ascorbate, whereas both apoptosis and growth arrest
with low concentrations of As2O3 were diminished. These results indicate that intracellular ascorbate can affect cell responses to chemotherapy drugs in a
complex and somewhat unpredictable manner and that it may play an important role in the responsiveness of tumour cells to
chemotherapy regimes.
This study was supported by the Health Research Council of New Zealand. 相似文献
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It is now well established that the caspases, a family of cysteine proteases, play a key role in apoptosis. Although overexpressing each of the caspases in cells triggered apoptosis, the precise role and contribution of individual caspases are still unclear. Caspase-1, the first caspase discovered, was initially implicated in mammalian apoptosis because of its similarity to the gene productced-3.Using whole cells as well as anin vitrosystem to study apoptosis, the role of caspase-1 in Fas-mediated apoptosis in Jurkat T cells was examined in greater detail. Using various peptide-based caspase inhibitors, our results showed thatN-acetyl-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp chloromethyl ketone and benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp (OMe) fluoromethyl ketone efficiently blocked Fas-mediated apoptosis in Jurkat T cells, whereasN-acetyl-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp aldehyde, which is more specific for caspase-1, had little effect. Cell lysates derived from anti-Fas-stimulated cells, which readily induced apoptotic nuclei morphology and DNA fragmentation in isolated thymocyte nuclei, had no caspase-1 activity using proIL-1β as a substrate. Time-course studies showed no caspase-1 activity during the activation of apoptosis in Jurkat cells by agonistic Fas antibodies. Furthermore, no pro-caspase-1 protein nor activated form of the protein was detected in normal or apoptotic Jurkat cells. In contrast, both caspase-2 and caspase-3 were readily detected as proenzymes in control cells and their activated forms were detected in apoptotic cells. Incubation of recombinant active caspase-1 with control cell lysates did not activate the apoptotic cascade as shown by the lack of detectable apoptotic nuclei promoting activity using isolated nuclei as substrate. However, under similar conditions proIL-1β was readily processed into the mature cytokine, indicating that the recombinant caspase-1 remained active in the presence of control cell lysates. Taken together our results demonstrate that caspase-1 is not required for the induction of apoptosis in Jurkat T cells mediated by the Fas antigen. 相似文献
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Calothrixin A is a bioactive metabolite of the cyanobacterium Calothrix and has been shown to be active at nanomolar concentrations against human HeLa cancer cells. It induces apoptotic killing of human Jurkat cancer cells in a time- and concentration-dependent manner, as revealed by flow cytometry, morphological evidence from electron microscopy and DNA fragmentation. It also causes G2/M cell cycle arrest, which is indicative of intracellular DNA damage. It was shown to be redox-active, as measured by oxygen uptake in the presence of dithiothreitol, and caused cleavage of plasmid DNA, as revealed by electrophoresis. This cleavage was blocked by the H2O2 scavenger catalase, but not by other scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Calothrixin A appeared to induce intracellular formation of ROS as measured by fluorescence of dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate. Conditions were not found, however, under which the calothrixin A-induced apoptosis could be reversed by the scavengers, or by the metal chelator desferal. Menadione was compared with calothrixin A. The IC50 at which this compound caused apoptosis was significantly higher. It also induced cell cycle arrest at higher concentrations, although caused plasmid DNA cleavage at lower concentrations. It is postulated that the greater effectiveness of calothrixin A in killing cells is related to its ring structure, which has the characteristics of a DNA intercalator, thereby localizing its quinone-dependent effects. 相似文献
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Manente L Sellitti A Lucariello A Laforgia V De Falco M De Luca A 《Cell proliferation》2011,44(5):477-485
Objectives: Nonylphenol (NP) is present ubiquitously in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. This compound is considered an important endocrine disruptor and its toxic/oestrogenic activity has been investigated in a number of in vitro and in vivo studies. Human exposure to NP may occur by cutaneous absorption, ingestion of contaminated food or water and inhalation. Moreover, while the cytotoxic effects of NP are known and studied, its effects on cell death and related mechanisms are not known. Our group decided to investigate NP effects on a gastric epithelial cell line (AGS), in particular NP effects on AGS cell cycle and apoptosis. Materials and methods: Cell cycle was analysed by flow cytometry, p21 and p27 induction, and apoptosis was analysed by flow cytometry and annexin‐V assays, Fas, Fas‐L, caspase 8 and caspase 3 activation. Results: We have demonstrated that NP affected cell cycle and apoptosis in a time‐ and dose‐dependent manner, reaching the most notable effect at concentration of 10?7 m , for 48 h. Flow cytometry revealed that treatment with 10?7 m NP led to accumulation of cells at G2/M transition and increased percentage population of apoptotic cells. Results have shown that NP at concentration 10?7 m induced marked increase in Fas and Fas‐L expression. Moreover, 107 m NP induced activation of caspases 8 and 3, but not activation of caspase 9. Conclusions: The results reported suggest that gastric cells can be useful as screening population for appropriate study of developmental toxicity. 相似文献
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Ren-Jie Wei Wen-Ren Wu Cheng-Tang Pan Chun-Yen Yu Chien-Feng Li Lih-Ren Chen Shih-Shin Liang Yow-Ling Shiue 《Journal of cellular physiology》2019,234(6):9551-9563
The objective was to investigate the upstream mechanisms of apoptosis which were triggered by a novel antimicrotubule drug, ABT-751, in a tumor protein p53 ( TP53)-deficient hepatocellular carcinoma-derived Hep-3B cells. A series of in vitro assays indicated that ABT-751 caused the disruption of the mitotic spindle structure, collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential, generation of reactive oxygen species, DNA damage, G 2/M cell cycle arrest, inhibition of anchorage-independent cell growth and apoptosis in Hep-3B cells accompanied by alteration of the expression levels of several DNA damage checkpoint proteins and cell cycle regulators. Subsequently, ABT-751 triggered apoptosis along with markedly upregulated several proapoptotic proteins involving in extrinsic, intrinsic, and caspase-mediated apoptotic pathways. A pan-caspase inhibitor suppressed ABT-751-induced apoptosis. ABT-751 also induced autophagy soon after the occurrence of apoptosis through the suppression of AKT serine/threonine kinase/mechanistic target of rapamycin signaling pathway. Exogenous expression of the TP53 gene significantly incurred both apoptosis and autophagy in Hep-3B cells. Pharmacological inhibition of autophagosome (early autophagy) but not autolysosome (late autophagy) enhanced ABT-751-induced apoptosis in TP53-deficient Hep-3B cells. Our study provided a new strategy to augment ABT-751-induced apoptosis in TP53-deficient cells. 相似文献
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Hypochlorite-modified low-density lipoprotein induces the apoptotic machinery in Jurkat T-cell lines
Resch U Semlitsch M Hammer A Susani-Etzerodt H Walczak H Sattler W Malle E 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2011,(4):895-900
Myeloperoxidase is abundantly present in inflammatory diseases where activation of monocytes/macrophages and T-cell-mediated immune response occurs. The potent oxidant hypochlorous acid (HOCl), generated by the myeloperoxidase–H2O2–chloride system of activated phagocytes, converts low-density lipoprotein (LDL) into a proinflammatory lipoprotein particle. Here, we investigated the apoptotic effect of HOCl–LDL, an in vivo occurring LDL modification, on human T-cell lymphoblast-like Jurkat cells. Experiments revealed that HOCl–LDL, depending on the oxidant:lipoprotein molar ratio, induces apoptosis via activation of caspase-3, PARP cleavage and accumulation of reactive oxygen species. The absence of Fas-associated protein with death domain or caspase-8 in mutant cells did not prevent HOCl–LDL induced apoptosis. In contrast, overexpression of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein protects Jurkat cells against HOCl–LDL-induced apoptosis and prevents accumulation of reactive oxygen species. We conclude that HOCl–LDL-mediated apoptosis in Jurkat cells follows predominantly the intrinsic, mitochondrial pathway. Insitu experiments revealed that an antibody raised against HOCl–LDL recognized epitopes that colocalize both with myeloperoxidase and CD3-positive T-cells in human decidual tissue where local stimulation of the immune system occurs. We provide convincing evidence that formation of HOCl-modified (lipo)proteins generated by the myeloperoxidase–H2O2–chloride system contributes to apoptosis in T-cells. 相似文献
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Alexandru Vasincu Christiana M. Neophytou Simon Vlad Luca Krystyna Skalicka‐Wo
niak Anca Miron Andreas I. Constantinou 《Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology》2020,34(3)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact that 6‐O‐(3″, 4″‐di‐O‐trans‐cinnamoyl)‐α‐ l ‐rhamnopyranosylcatalpol (Dicinn) and verbascoside (Verb), two compounds simultaneously reported in Verbascum ovalifolium, have on tumor cell viability, apoptosis, cell cycle kinetics, and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) level. At 100 µg/mL and 48 hours incubation time, Dicinn and Verb produced good cytotoxic effects in A549, HT‐29, and MCF‐7 cells. Dicinn induced cell‐cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase and apoptosis, whereas Verb increased the population of subG1 cells and cell apoptosis rates. Furthermore, the two compounds exhibited time‐dependent ROS generating effects in tumor cells (1‐24 hours). Importantly, no cytotoxic effects were induced in nontumor MCF‐10A cells by the two compounds up to 100 µg/mL. Overall, the effects exhibited by Verb in tumor cells were more potent, which can be correlated with its structural features, such as the presence of phenolic hydroxyl groups. 相似文献
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Ji-Yeon Yu Ji-Hae Kim Tae-Geum Kim Beom-Tae Kim Yong-Suk Jang Jeong-Chae Lee 《Molecules and cells》2010,30(4):303-310
Growing interest in the beneficial effects of antioxidants has inspired the synthesis of new phenolic acid phenethyl ureas
(PAPUs) with enhanced antioxidant potential. We have previously shown the capacity of one PAPU compound, (E)-1-(3,4-dihydroxyphenethyl)-3-styrylurea (PAPU1), to induce caspase-dependent apoptosis in melanoma cells. In the present
study, we examined the anti-proliferative effects of PAPU compounds on MCF-7 human breast cancer cells and determined the
molecular mechanisms involved. Treatment with PAPU compounds inhibited predominantly proliferation in these cells, where the
PAPU1 was the most efficient form. Flow cytometric analysis showed that PAPU1 blocked cell cycle progression in the G0/G1 phase, and reduced the proportion of cells in G2/M phase. This was related to the inhibition of cell cycle regulatory factors, including cyclin D/E and cyclin-dependent kinase
(CDK) 2/4, through induction of p21Cip1. PAPU1 also induced the mitochondrial-mediated and caspase-dependent apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. This was evidenced by cellular
changes in the levels of Bcl-2 and Bax, loss of the mitochondrial membrane potential, release of cytochrome c into the cytosol, and caspase-9 activation. Collectively, our results suggest that G1 cell cycle regulatory proteins and mitochondrial pathways are the crucial targets of PAPU1 in the chemoprevention of breast
cancer cells. 相似文献
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Francesco Novelli Alessandra Allione Valerie Wells Guido Forni Livio Mallucci 《Journal of cellular physiology》1999,178(1):102-108
The cell cycle is negatively regulated by diverse molecular events which originate in part from the interaction of secreted proteins with specific cell surface receptors. By exerting negative control on cell proliferation, these factors can help maintain cell number balance both through growth restraints and the induction of apoptosis and may thus contribute to prevent or control tumourigenesis. Here we report that βGBP, a negative growth factor which controls transition from S phase into G2, causes an S/G2 growth arrest in both normal and leukaemic T cells. However, in leukaemic T cells but not in normal T lymphocytes, growth arrest is followed by apoptosis. Analysis of possible mechanisms of induction of apoptosis does not support Fas and Fas L as having a main role but points instead to Bcl-2 and Bax. The induction of apoptosis in leukaemic T cells is characterised by the decrease of Bcl-2 and consequent predominance of Bax. By contrast, in the normal T cells, which do not enter apoptosis, the quantitative relationship of Bcl-2 to Bax remains unchanged. The ability of βGBP to selectively induce apoptosis in leukaemic cells suggests that βGBP may play a role in cancer surveillance and that its use has potential therapeutic implications. J Cell Physiol 178:102–108, 1999. © 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc. 相似文献
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Miaoxian Su Hau Yin Chung Yaolan Li 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2011,(2):342
Deoxyelephantopin (ESD), a naturally occurring sesquiterpene lactone present in the Chinese medicinal herb, Elephantopus scaber L. exerted anticancer effects on various cultured cancer cells. However, the cellular mechanisms by which it controls the development of the cancer cells are unavailable, particularly the human nasopharyngeal cancer CNE cells. In this study, we found that ESD inhibited the CNE cell proliferation. Cell cycle arrest in S and G2/M phases was also found. Western blotting analysis showed that modulation of cell cycle regulatory proteins was responsible for the ESD-induced cell cycle arrest. Besides, ESD also triggered apoptosis in CNE cells. Dysfunction in mitochondria was found to be associated with the ESD-induced apoptosis as evidenced by the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm), the translocation of cytochrome c, and the regulation of Bcl-2 family proteins. Despite the Western blotting analysis showed that both intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways (cleavage of caspases-3, -7, -8, -9, and -10) were triggered in the ESD-induced apoptosis, additional analysis also showed that the induction of apoptosis could be achieved by the caspase-independent manner. Besides, Akt, ERK and JNK pathways were found to involve in ESD-induced cell death. Overall, our findings provided the first evidence that ESD induced cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis in CNE cells. ESD could be a potential chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). 相似文献
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Liu GY Liao YF Hsu PC Chang WH Hsieh MC Lin CY Hour TC Kao MC Tsay GJ Hung HC 《Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death》2006,11(10):1773-1788
Antizymes delicately regulate ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) enzyme activity and polyamine transportation. One member of the
family, antizyme-1, plays vital roles in molecular and cellular functions, including developmental regulation, cell cycle,
proliferation, cell death, differentiation and tumorigenesis. However, the question of how does it participate in the cell
apoptotic mechanism is still unsolved. To elucidate the contribution of human antizyme-1 in haematopoietic cell death, we
examine whether inducible overexpression of antizyme enhances apoptotic cell death. Antizyme reduced the viability in a dose-
and time-dependent manner of human leukemia HL-60 cells, acute T leukemia Jurkat cells and mouse macrophage RAW 264.7 cells.
The apoptosis-inducing activities were determined by nuclear condensation, DNA fragmentation, sub-G1 appearance, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψ
m
), release of mitochondrial cytochrome c into cytoplasm and proteolytic activation of caspase 9 and 3. Following conditional antizyme overexpression, all protein
levels of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) and cyclins are not significantly reduced, except cyclin D, before their entrance
into apoptotic cell death. However, introduced cyclin D1 into Jurkat T tetracycline (Tet)-On cell system still couldn’t rescue
cells from apoptosis. Antizyme doesn’t influence the expression of tumor suppressor p53 and its downstream p21, but it interferes
in the expressions of Bcl-2 family. Inducible antizyme largely enters mitochondria resulting in cytochrome c release from mitochondria to cytosol following Bcl-xL decrease and Bax increase. According to these data, we suggest that
antizyme induces apoptosis mainly through mitochondria-mediated and cell cycle-independent pathway. Furthermore, antizyme
induces apoptosis not only by Bax accumulation reducing the function of the Bcl-2 family, destroying the Δψ
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, and releasing cytochrome c to cytoplasm but also by the activation of apoptosomal caspase cascade. 相似文献
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Cassy Spiller Dagmar Wilhelm Peter Koopman 《Biology of the cell / under the auspices of the European Cell Biology Organization》2009,101(10):587-598
Background information. Primordial germ cells in developing male and female gonads are responsive to somatic cell cues that direct their sex‐specific differentiation into functional gametes. The first divergence of the male and female pathways is a change in cell cycle state observed from 12.5 dpc (days post coitum) in mice. At this time XY and XX germ cells cease mitotic division and enter G1/G0 arrest and meiosis prophase I respectively. Aberrant cell cycle regulation at this time can lead to disrupted ovarian development, germ cell apoptosis, reduced fertility and/or the formation of germ cell tumours. Results. In order to unravel the mechanisms utilized by germ cells to achieve and maintain the correct cell cycle states, we analysed the expression of a large number of cell cycle genes in purified germ cells across the crucial time of sex differentiation. Our results revealed common signalling for both XX and XY germ cell survival involving calcium signalling. A robust mechanism for apoptosis and checkpoint control was observed in XY germ cells, characterized by p53 and Atm (ataxia telangiectasia mutated) expression. Additionally, a member of the retinoblastoma family and p21 were identified, linking these factors to XY germ cell G1/G0 arrest. Lastly, in XX germ cells we observed a down‐regulation of genes involved in both G1‐ and G2‐phases of the cell cycle consistent with their entry into meiosis. Conclusion. The present study has provided a detailed analysis of cell cycle gene expression during fetal germ cell development and identified candidate factors warranting further investigation in order to understand cases of aberrant cell cycle control in these specialized cells. 相似文献
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S. C. Vashishtha A. J. Nazarali J. R. Dimmock 《Cellular and molecular neurobiology》1998,18(4):437-445
1. Apoptosis as the mechanism of cell death induced by a new cytotoxic and anticancer agent (N.C.1213) was investigated by morphological and biochemical criteria in human Jurkat T leukemia cells.2. The effect of N.C.1213 on the survival of Jurkat T, LV-50, H-9, and Molt-3 cells was measured. Jurkat T cells exhibited the highest response, with less than 10% of the cells remaining viable after exposure to 10 M N.C.1213 for a 24 hr period. All other cell cultures were also affected but to a lesser extent.3. With the use of a fluorescence microscope, several morphological features characteristic of apoptosis such as condensed chromatin and apoptotic bodies were indemnified in Jurkat T cells after exposure to N.C.1213 and melphalan. The results indicated that melphalan was more cytotoxic than N.C.1213 as shown by the dye exclusion test. However, N.C.1213 showed a greater apoptotic index than melphalan. The IC50 of N.C.1213 in Jurkat T cells was determined to be 3.5 M
4. A DNA ladder (fragmentation of DNA into multimers of approximately 200 base pairs), which is one characteristic feature of apoptosis, was not detected when Jurkat T cells were exposed to N.C.1213. Hence it is probable that the key morphological events in apoptosis observed in the present experimental conditions precede the internucleosomalcleavage of DNA. 相似文献
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Fang He Yaoying Zeng Xiaoping Wu Yuhua Ji Xianhui He Thomas Andrus Tuofu Zhu Tong Wang 《Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death》2009,14(10):1212-1226
HIV-1 viral protein R (Vpr) can induce cell cycle arrest and cell death, and may be beneficial in cancer therapy to suppress
malignantly proliferative cell types, such as adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) cells. In this study, we examined the feasibility
of employing the HIV-vpr gene, via targeted gene transfer, as a potential new therapy to kill ATL cells. We infected C8166 cells with a recombinant
adenovirus carrying both vpr and GFP genes (rAd-vpr), as well as the vector control virus (rAd-vector). G2/M phase cell cycle arrest was observed in the rAd-vpr infected cells. Typical characteristics of apoptosis were detected in rAd-vpr infected cells, including sub-diploid peak exhibition in DNA content assay, the Hoechst 33342 accumulation, apoptotic body
formation, mitochondrial membrane potential and plasma membrane integrity loss. The proteomic assay revealed apoptosis related
protein changes, exhibiting the regulation of caspase-3 activity indicator proteins (vimentin and Rho GDP-dissociation inhibitor
2), mitochondrial protein (prohibitin) and other regulatory proteins. In addition, the up-regulation of anti-inflammatory
redox protein, thioredoxin, was identified in the rAd-vpr infected group. Further supporting these findings, the increase of caspase 3&7 activity in the rAd-vpr infected group was observed. In conclusion, endogenous Vpr is able to kill HTLV-1 transformed C8166 cells, and may avoid
the risks of inducing severe inflammatory responses through apoptosis-inducing and anti-inflammatory activities. 相似文献