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Cadmium-induced Apoptosis in HL-60 Cells Via Signal Transduction
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Nam Song Kim, Gyung Jae Oh, Kwang Ho Cho, Mee Sun Hyun, Yoo Chang Kim, Tae Ho Sung, Jung Ho Youm, Keun Sang Kwon
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002;14(1):1-12. Published online March 31, 2002
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2002.14.1.1
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Apoptosis is a process of active cell death, distinct from necrosis and characterized by specific morphological and biochemical features. Apoptosis induced by metals and metal-related deleterious conditions has only recently been studied. Although the toxic effects of heavy metals are well described, little is known about the mechanism of apoptosis via cadmium toxicity. Therefore, this study is designed to define the induction mechanism of apoptosis by which cadmium exerts its cytotoxic effect on human promyelocytic leukemic HL-60 cells. The cytotoxic effects of cadmium on HL-60 cells are studied in regards to apoptotic signal transduction pathways.
METHODS
The mode of cadmium-induced apoptosis was investigated in HL-60 cells. HL-60 cells were treated with various concentrations of cadmium and antioxidants after which the viability of the cells were measured by MTT assay. The morphological features of cadmium- induced apoptosis were evaluated by fluoromicroscopy and the DNA fragmentation was analyzed using 1.5% agarose gel electrophorosis. Kinase activity was assayed by autoradiography and activity of NF-kappaB and nuclear proteins were measured by EMSA.
RESULTS
Cadmium (125 microM) induces the characteristic morphological features of apoptosis, which are characterized by a shrinkage of the cytoplasm and a condensation of chromatin. In addition, cadmium induced the ladder pattern of DNA fragmentation. Antioxidants(Sodium nitroprusside, glutathione and N-acethylcysteine), which were not toxic to the cells, did not suppress apoptosis induced by cadmium. Cadmium enhances the expression of several classes of genes at elevated cytotoxic concentrations. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase(PARP) was predominantly in the fragmented form when doses of 125 microM were used. Since PARP is cleaved by CPP32 (caspase-3), we next determined if cadmium was capable of effecting changes in CPP32 activity. The results of these experiments showed that cadmium increased caspase-3 activity in a time dependent manner, corresponding to the time of appearance of fragmented PARP. Cadmium also increased the phosphotransferase activities of c-JUN N-terminal kinase (JNK). Furthermore, cadmium increased the activation of transcriptional factors including the activation of protein-1 (AP-1) and NF-kappaB .
CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that cadmium induces the apoptotic death of HL-60 cells via the activation of a DEVD-specific caspase, JNK and transcriptional factors such as AP-1 and NF-kappaB .
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Induction of Apoptosis by Heavy Metals in HL-60 Cells
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Nam Song Kim, Tae Ho Seong, Kwang Ho Cho, Jung Ho Youm, Dai Ha Koh
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1999;11(4):557-568. Published online December 31, 1999
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1999.11.4.557
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Apotosis induced by metals and metal-related deleterious conditions has only recently been studied. Although the toxic effects of heavy metal are well described, little is known about the mechanism of apoptosis by heavy metal toxicity. This study is designed to define the induction of apoptosis by which heavy metals exert the cytotoxic effect on human promyelocytic leukemic HL-60 cells.
Methods
After the incubation with CdC12, Na2SeO3 and HgC12, viability of the cells were measured by MTT assay. DNA fragmentation was analyzed by electrophoresis. For measurement of caspase 1 and 3-like proteases activity, the whole lysates were subjected to the proteolytic cleavage and then measured by using fluorospectrometry. c-JUN N-terminal kinase (JNK) activity was detected by an in vitro kinase assay. Transcriptional activities of activating protein-1 (AP-1) and nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) were measured by elec trophoresis mobility shift assay (EMSA).
RESULTS
Cadmium (l2OuiN/I) and selenium (30,iM) induce the apoptosis of HL-60 cells which is characterized by the ladder pattern of DNA fragmentation. Cadmium and selenium induce the activation of caspase-3 in a time dependent manner. They also increase the phosphotransferase activities of c-JUN N-terminal kinase (JNK) in cadmium and selenium treated HL-60 cells. Furthermore, cadmium and selenium increase the activation of transcriptional factors including AP-i and NF-kB.
CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that cadmium and selenium induce the apoptotic death of HL-60 cells via activation of DEVD-specific caspase, JNK and transcriptional factors such as AP-1 and NF-kB.
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Effect of Mercury Chloride on Peritoneal Macrophage or EMT-6 cell from Balb/c mice
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Dai Ha Koh, Jung Ho Youm, No Suk Ki, Gyung Jae Oh, Kuen Sang Kwon, Sung Yeup Kim, Nam Song Kim
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1996;8(2):201-209. Published online September 30, 1996
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1996.8.2.201
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- The effect of treatment of mercury chloride on the nitrite and nitrate synthesis was observed in peritoneal macrophages from Balb/c mice and EMT-6 cells in vitro. The cells were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) with cytokines. Amounts of nitrite and nitrate in the culture media after 24 and 36 hours of culture were about 2-fold, and 3-fold of those measured after 12 hours respectively. There were very close associations between the amounts of nitrite and nitrate measured in the culture media, according to culture time. The survival rate of peritoneal macrophages was significantly decreased by mercury chloride added into the media in dose-dependent manner, however the survivals of EMT-6 cells were not influenced by mercury chloride concentration in media. Nitrite and nitrate syntheses were dose-dependently decreased by mercury chloride added in culture media. These results reported here suggest that the disorder of cell mediated immunity by mercurials could be related to the inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis which seems to be caused by the inhibition of metabolism of cells.
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