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FREE RADICAL RESEARCH
卷 45, 期 10, 页码 1232-1240出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2011.607818
关键词
elemene; lysosome; apoptosis; oxidative stress
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30770646]
- Education Committee Foundation of Liaoning Province [2008T031]
Elemene is a broad-spectrum antitumor agent. In the present study, lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP) was detected after short elemene emulsion - exposure (12 h) that preceded a decrease of the mitochondrial membrane potential and DNA damage (24 h) in A549 cells. At later time points (36 h) elemene emulsion caused the appearance of A549 cells with apoptotic features, including apoptotic morphology, phosphatidylserine exposure, and caspase-3 activation. A significant increase in protein expression for cathepsin D was also observed utilizing Western blot analysis after exposure to elemene emulsion for 12 h. The present study showed that elemene emulsion induced the increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and depletion of glutathione (GSH) in A549 cells. Cells treated with pepstatin A, an inhibitor for cathepsin D, showed a significant inhibition in DNA damage, mitochondrial membrane permeabilization, caspase-3 activation, and phosphatidylserine exposure. These results demonstrated that apoptosis induced by elemene emulsion in A549 cells is mediated in part through LMP and lysosomal protease cathepsin D.
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