IONOPHORE-INDUCED APOPTOSIS - ROLE OF DNA FRAGMENTATION AND CALCIUM FLUXES

被引：218

作者：

OJCIUS, DM ^{[1
]}

ZYCHLINSKY, A ^{[1
]}

LI, MZ ^{[1
]}

YOUNG, JDE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ROCKEFELLER UNIV,1230 YORK AVE,NEW YORK,NY 10021

来源：

EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH | 1991年 / 197卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0014-4827(91)90477-C

中图分类号：

R73 [肿瘤学];

学科分类号：

100214 ;

摘要：

Two ionophores specific for K+, valinomycin and beauvericin, induce a type of cell death very similar to apoptosis due to tumor necrosis factor (TNFα). Both ionophores cause cytolysis accompanied by internucleosomal DNA fragmentation of the dying cell into units of 200 base pairs. Morphologically, the cell death appears to consist of a mixture of nuclear apoptotic changes and cytoplasmic necrotic changes. As in the case for TNFα-mediated death, metabolic inhibitors have no effect on the course of cell death, but DNA fragmentation and cytolysis are decreased by the endonuclease inhibitor, zinc. Beauvericin and valinomycin trigger an increase in the cytoplasmic calcium concentration, most likely due to release of calcium from intracellular stores, and chelation of cytoplasmic calcium with quin-2 inhibits DNA fragmentation. Thus, these ionophores set off apoptosis through a calcium-activatable endonuclease, suggesting that other nonphysiological toxins might also cause apoptosis through their ability to indirectly elevate the cytoplasmic calcium concentration, without the need to invoke specific surface receptors. © 1991 Academic Press, Inc. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.

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