title: The roles of glutathione and antioxidant enzymes in menadione-induced oxidative stress.
abstract: We investigated the role of glutathione (GSH) and antioxidant enzymes in menadione-resistance by using K300 cells (menadione-resistant cells) and parental P19 cells (menadione-sensitive cells). We found that acquisition of resistance was associated with elevations in glutathione content and DT-diaphorase activity. The activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST) was significantly decreased, while the activities of glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, catalase, and superoxide dismutase in K300 cells were maintained at the same levels as compared to the parental P19 cells. Using reactive oxygen species (ROS)-sensitive fluorescence dye 2,7- dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (DCFH/DA), we demonstrated that K300 cells are characterized by reduced cellular ROS as compared to the parental P19 cells during menadione's action. Menadione depleted glutathione to a small extent in the K300 cells, but a rapid depletion was observed in P19 cells. Pretreatment of K300 cells with dicumarol, a DT-diaphorase inhibitor, or buthionine sulfoximine (BSO), an inhibitor of gamma-glutamyl cysteine synthase, sensitized the cells to menadione. BSO treatment was less effective than dicumarol treatment in reversing menadione resistance in K300 cells. These results strongly support the belief that DT-diaphorase plays a central role in protecting cells against menadione-induced oxidative stress by decreasing the ROS formation.
authors: Section of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: T J
authors: TJ
authors: Chiou
authors: W F
authors: WF
authors: Tzeng
mesh_terms: D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine / Q000737:chemistry; D002374:Catalase / Q000032:analysis; D001728:Dicumarol / Q000737:chemistry; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D005562:Formazans / Q000737:chemistry; D005978:Glutathione / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000032:analysis; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000032:analysis; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone) / Q000032:analysis; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000032:analysis; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts / Q000737:chemistry; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005562:Formazans; D011506:Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D014812:Vitamin K; C079782:MTT formazan; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine; D001728:Dicumarol; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone); D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione