title: UV irradiation of a B-cell hybridoma increases expression of alkaline phosphatase: involvement in apoptosis.
abstract: Expression of alkaline phosphatase (APase) by 7TD1 B-cell hybridoma was amplified by ultraviolet irradiation; cell growth was inhibited and cell death by apoptosis was increased. Irradiation induced high levels of APase activity in cycling as well as in apoptotic cells. In contrast, APase activity faded with time in nonirradiated cells and was no longer expressed in spontaneous apoptotic cells appearing after several days in culture. This was demonstrated by cell morphology, DNA fragmentation, and flow cytometry after simultaneous staining of DNA with Hoechst 33342 and APase with naphthol AS-TR phosphate--fast red RC fluorescent reagent. Levamisole, a specific inhibitor of APase activity, almost totally abrogated apoptosis induced by ultraviolet irradiation at doses that failed to affect 7TD1 cell survival. These data suggest that APase could play a role in the signalling cascade that mediates apoptosis in irradiated cells.
authors.affiliation: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Unité de recherche associée 1116, Institut de biochimie, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. vongthip.souvannavong@bbmpc.u-psud.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Souvannavong
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000528:radiation effects; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000528:radiation effects; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D051379:Mice; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase