Journal
BIOMETALS
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 113-122Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-014-9807-7
Keywords
Copper (Cu); Nitric oxide synthase (NOS); Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Oxidative stress; Alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2 alpha) phosphorylation; Apoptosis
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Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality of China [12ZR1445300]
- SMC Excellent Young Faculty Project [TS0330215001]
- National High-Tech Research and Development Plan [2012AA101405]
- Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest of China [200903056]
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Copper (Cu) ion is essential for the biological systems, however, high level of CuCl2 exposure causes detrimental effects, which leads to cell apoptosis. Nitric oxide (NO) is an efficient cell signal messenger, which plays an important role in cell apoptosis. However, the potential mechanism of an early phase Cu-induced acute cytotoxicity through the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) signaling pathway and its interaction has not been studied. In this report, we provide data showing that high level of CuCl2 could rapidly decrease the NO production with the release of Ca2+ and Zn2+, and then modulate the transcriptional and translational expression of NOSs in MCF-7 cells. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in cells was increased after high level of CuCl2 exposure, which led to the alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 phosphorylation. By using the free radical scavenger N-acetyl-L-cysteine or the NOS substrate L-arginine, it demonstrated that NOS played a critical role on the Cu-induced ROS generation, which further led to the oxidative stress and cell apoptosis. These results suggested that Cu-induced apoptosis was associated with the oxidative stress, and through the NOS-mediated signaling pathway.
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