Suppression of apoptosis by UVB irradiation: survival signaling via PI3-kinase/Akt pathway |
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Authors: | Ibuki Y Goto R |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1, Yada, Shizuoka-shi, 422-8526, Japan. ibuki@sea.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | UVB irradiation induces apoptosis in several cell types. However, we report here that UVB irradiation prevents induction of apoptosis in cells detached from the extracellular matrix under serum-free conditions. NIH3T3 cells cultured in bovine serum albumin-coated dishes (detached from the extracellular matrix) underwent apoptosis under serum-free conditions, which was inhibited by UVB (<0.1 J/cm(2)) irradiation, keeping suspension conditions, as determined by chromatin condensation and the appearance of a subG1 DNA fraction. Furthermore, UVB irradiation decreased caspase-3/7, -8/6, and -9 activation and eliminated loss of mitochondrial inner transmembrane potential, suggesting suppression upstream of the caspase cascade. Treatment with PI3-kinase inhibitors, wortmannin, and LY294002 partly eliminated the UV-mediated inhibition of cell death and recovered the inhibited caspase-3/7 activity. Phosphorylation of Akt was observed from 15 min after UVB irradiation. These results suggested that UVB irradiation transduced a survival signal via PI3 kinase activation and phosphorylation of Akt, and induced some apoptosis inhibition factors upstream of the caspase cascade. |
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