title: The induction of apoptosis in proliferating human fibroblasts by oxygen radicals is associated with a p53- and p21WAF1CIP1 induction.
abstract: The role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase (HX/XO) in the induction of apoptosis was studied in the human fibroblast cell line WI38. Apoptosis but not necrosis was observed in proliferating fibroblasts after 48 h incubation with 1 mM HX and 0.05 U/ml XO. Induction of apoptosis was hindered by catalase. Cell-cycle analysis revealed a reduction of cells in the S/G2 phase 24 and 48 h after stimulation, suggesting that ROS induce a G1 arrest in proliferating fibroblasts. This was supported by an accumulation of p53 and the cdk inhibitor p21WAF1/CIP1. Since apoptosis was not inducible in senescent fibroblasts our data indicate that ROS mainly induces apoptosis in proliferating cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University of Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gansauge
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gansauge
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gause
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poch
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Beger
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000187:drug effects; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016193:G1 Phase / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53