title: Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase suppress nuclear fragmentation and apoptotic-body formation during apoptosis in HL-60 cells.
abstract: The effects of 3-aminobenzamide (3ABm) and benzamide (BAm), known specific inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), on actinomycin D (Act D)-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells were examined. These inhibitors had no appreciable effect on apoptotic DNA fragmentation, chromatin condensation or PARP restriction cleavage, but clearly inhibited morphological changes, especially nuclear fragmentation and apoptotic-body formation, in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that the synthesis of ADP-ribose polymers is not essential for the progression of apoptotic DNA fragmentation and chromatin condensation, but is required in the processes leading to nuclear fragmentation and the subsequent apoptotic-body formation during apoptosis in HL-60 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shiokawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maruta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanuma
mesh_terms: D062365:Aminobenzoates / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001549:Benzamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D001565:Benzoates / Q000494:pharmacology; D019817:Benzoic Acid; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D053938:DNA Fragmentation / Q000187:drug effects*; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D062368:meta-Aminobenzoates
chemical_list: D062365:Aminobenzoates; D001549:Benzamides; D001565:Benzoates; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D062368:meta-Aminobenzoates; D003609:Dactinomycin; C037689:benzamide; C025160:3-aminobenzamide; D019817:Benzoic Acid; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; C044855:3-aminobenzoic acid