Phosphatidylserine induces apoptosis in adherent cells |
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Authors: | K. Iguchi K. Hirano M. Hamatake R. Ishida |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Mitahora-higashi, Gifu, 502-8585, Japan;(2) Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Mitahora-higashi, Gifu, 502-8585, Japan;(3) Department of Pharmacy, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8681, Japan;(4) Laboratory of Chemotherapy, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8681, Japan |
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Abstract: | Phosphatidylserine (PS) is exposed on the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane in apoptotic cell death. However, the roles of PS in apoptotic signaling are still unclear. In this study, we found that exogenous PS, but not other phospholipids, induced cell death in adherent cells, but not in suspension culture. The cell death exhibited typical features of apoptosis such as cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation and abnormal chromatin condensation. When PS was added to CHO-K1 cells in monolayer culture, they began to show changes in cell shape and actin cytoskeleton and protein kinase C (PKC) activity, followed by cell detachment, caspase activation, cleavage of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and finally loss of viability. These results suggested that PS causes apoptosis through actin disorganization, cell detachment and cleavage of FAK. |
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Keywords: | phosphatidylserine adherent cells detachment actin filament protein kinase C |
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