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Experimental & Molecular Medicine ; : 494-500, 2011.
Artigo em Inglês | WPRIM | ID: wpr-7979

RESUMO

Paraquat (1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium dichloride; PQ), an effective and widely used herbicide, was commercially introduced in 1962. It is reduced by the electron donor NADPH, and then reduced PQ transfers the electrons to molecular oxygen, resulting in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are related to cellular toxicity. However, the influence of continuous hypoxia on PQ-induced ROS production has not fully been investigated. We evaluated in vitro the protective effect of continuous hypoxia on PQ-induced cytotoxicity in the human carcinogenic alveolar basal epithelial cell line (A549 cells) by using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and live and dead assay, and by measuring lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release. To elucidate the mechanism underlying this effect, we monitored the immunofluorescence of intracellular ROS and measured malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities. Continuous hypoxia protected the A549 cells from PQ-induced cytotoxicity. Continuous hypoxia for a period of 24 h significantly reduced intracellular ROS, decreased MDA concentration in the supernatant, and normalized SOD and GPx activities. Continuous hypoxia attenuated PQ-induced cell toxicity in A549 cells. This protective effect might be attributable to the suppression of PQ-induced ROS generation.


Assuntos
Humanos , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Flavonoides/farmacologia , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Fator de Crescimento de Hepatócito/farmacologia , Proteínas Inibidoras de Apoptose/antagonistas & inibidores , MAP Quinase Quinase Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Invasividade Neoplásica , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Ligação Proteica , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-jun/genética , Neoplasias Gástricas/genética , Ativador de Plasminogênio Tipo Uroquinase/genética
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