title: Prevention of hypoxia-induced cell death by Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL.
abstract: The proto-oncogene bcl-2, isolated from the t(14;18) chromosomal breakpoint in follicular B-lymphoma, and a bcl-2-related gene bcl-x (ref. 4) prevent apoptotic cell death induced by various treatments. Although a mechanism has been proposed that involves Bcl-2 activity on reactive oxygen species (ROS), expression of Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL prevents cell death induced by withdrawal of oxygen (hypoxia), which drastically decreases the net formation of oxygen free radicals and does not increase oxidized lipid, protein or DNA. Furthermore, neither ROS scavenger nor inhibitor of ROS scavenger affects cell death, regardless of the expression of Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL. Thus our data suggest that Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL exert an anti-cell death function by a mechanism other than regulation of ROS activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kosaka
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kamiike
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016923:Cell Death; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D002460:Cell Line; D002645:Chickens; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051381:Rats; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D051020:bcl-X Protein
chemical_list: C494811:BCL2L1 protein, human; C494813:Bcl2l1 protein, rat; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D051020:bcl-X Protein; D010100:Oxygen