title: Suppression of apoptosis by UVB irradiation: survival signaling via PI3-kinase/Akt pathway.
abstract: UVB irradiation induces apoptosis in several cell types. However, we report here that UVB irradiation prevents induction of apoptosis in cells detached from the extracellular matrix under serum-free conditions. NIH3T3 cells cultured in bovine serum albumin-coated dishes (detached from the extracellular matrix) underwent apoptosis under serum-free conditions, which was inhibited by UVB (<0.1 J/cm(2)) irradiation, keeping suspension conditions, as determined by chromatin condensation and the appearance of a subG1 DNA fraction. Furthermore, UVB irradiation decreased caspase-3/7, -8/6, and -9 activation and eliminated loss of mitochondrial inner transmembrane potential, suggesting suppression upstream of the caspase cascade. Treatment with PI3-kinase inhibitors, wortmannin, and LY294002 partly eliminated the UV-mediated inhibition of cell death and recovered the inhibited caspase-3/7 activity. Phosphorylation of Akt was observed from 15 min after UVB irradiation. These results suggested that UVB irradiation transduced a survival signal via PI3 kinase activation and phosphorylation of Akt, and induced some apoptosis inhibition factors upstream of the caspase cascade.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1, Yada, Shizuoka-shi, 422-8526, Japan. ibuki@sea.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ibuki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goto
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D020169:Caspases / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D020169:Caspases; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt