title: Hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis is CD95-independent, requires the release of mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species and the activation of NF-kappaB.
abstract: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in cell death induced by many different stimuli. This study shows that hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis in T-cells did not require tyrosine kinase p561ck, phosphatase CD45, the CD95 receptor and its associated Caspase-8. H2O2-triggered cell death led to the induced cleavage and activation of Caspase-3. Hydrogen peroxide-treatment of T-cells resulted in the formation of mitochondrial permeability transition pores, a rapid decrease of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential delta psi(m) and the release of Cytochrome C. Inhibition of the mitochondrial permeability transition by bongkrekic acid (BA), or interference with the mitochondrial electron transport system by rotenone or menadione prevented the cytotoxic effect of H2O2. Antimycin A, a mitochondrial inhibitor that increases the release of mitochondrial ROS (MiROS), enhanced apoptosis. Overexpression of Bcl-2 and the viral anti-apoptotic proteins BHRF-1 and E1B 19K counteracted H2O2-induced apoptosis. Pharmacological and genetic inhibition of transcription factor NF-kappaB protected cells from hydrogen peroxide-elicited cell death. This detrimental effect of NF-kappaB mediating hydrogen peroxide-induced cell death presumably relies on the induced expression of death effector genes such as p53, which was NF-kappaB-dependently upregulated in the presence of H2O2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunochemistry, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hehner
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueffing
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dröge
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Schmitz
mesh_terms: D017501:Adenovirus E1B Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017209:Apoptosis; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck) / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000378:metabolism*