title: Involvement of hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical in chemically induced apoptosis of HL-60 cells.
abstract: Effects of three kinds of antagonists against reactive oxygen species were evaluated at the same time in chemically induced apoptosis of human leukemic HL-60 cells. Apoptosis of HL-60 cells induced by actinomycin D, H7, 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine, and daunorubicin was inhibited significantly by radical scavengers (vitamin E, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, and mercaptoethanol), catalase, and a spin trap, N-t-butyl-alpha-phenylnitrone. These results suggest that hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical are common mediators of apoptosis caused by these chemicals with apparently different functional mechanisms. The consumption of vitamin E to inhibit apoptosis induced by actinomycin D was undetectable, suggesting that the generation of reactive oxygen species during apoptosis was not very extensive. Radicals were suggested to be a mediator of apoptosis of HL-60 cells induced by cisplatin based on the observations that the above inhibitors, except catalase, effectively inhibited apoptosis by the drug.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajiwara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokumaru
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kishida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuzawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojo
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D003561:Cytarabine; D003609:Dactinomycin; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D002945:Cisplatin; D003630:Daunorubicin