Aqueous peroxyl radical exposure to THP-1 cells causes glutathione loss followed by protein oxidation and cell death without increased caspase-3 activity

Kappler, M., Gerry, A. B., Brown, E., Reid, L., Leake, D. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1742-6134 and Gieseg, S. P. (2007) Aqueous peroxyl radical exposure to THP-1 cells causes glutathione loss followed by protein oxidation and cell death without increased caspase-3 activity. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research, 1773 (6). pp. 945-953. ISSN 0167-4889 doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.04.001

Abstract/Summary

Protein oxidation within cells exposed to oxidative free radicals has been reported to occur in an uninhibited manner with both hydroxyl and peroxyl radicals. In contrast, THP-1 cells exposed to peroxyl radicals (ROO center dot) generated by thermo decomposition of the azo compound AAPH showed a distinct lag phase of at least 6 h, during which time no protein oxidation or cell death was observed. Glutathione appears to be the source of the lag phase as cellular levels were observed to rapidly decrease during this period. Removal of glutathione with buthionine sulfoxamine eliminated the lag phase. At the end of the lag phase there was a rapid loss of cellular MTT reducing activity and the appearance of large numbers of propidium iodide/annexin-V staining necrotic cells with only 10% of the cells appearing apoptotic (annexin-V staining only). Cytochrome c was released into the cytoplasm after 12 h of incubation but no increase in caspase-3 activity was found at any time points. We propose that the rapid loss of glutathione caused by the AAPH peroxyl radicals resulted in the loss of caspase activity and the initiation of protein oxidation. The lack of caspase-3 activity appears to have caused the cells to undergo necrosis in response to protein oxidation and other cellular damage. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (ICMR)
Uncontrolled Keywords	AAPH, THP-1, macrophage, protein-oxidation, glutathione, apoptosis, cell-death, caspase, LOW-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN, U937 CELLS, ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS, INDUCED, APOPTOSIS, ACTIVATION, HYDROPEROXIDES, INACTIVATION, INHIBITION, OXYGEN, PLASMA
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