title: Anti-oxidant adaptation in the AML cells supersensitive to hydrogen peroxide.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the adaptive mechanisms of hydrogen peroxide-supersensitive AML cells against the reactive oxygen species (ROS). Their scavenging capacity against ROS was determined using a fluorometric probe in the doxorubicin-resistant AML-2/DX100 cell characterized by the down-regulation of catalase. AML-2/DX100 cells had more scavenging capacity against endogenous pro-oxidants than did the parental cells AML-2/WT, suggesting that an anti-oxidant adaptation against ROS occurred. cDNA microarrays for 8000 human genes revealed that among 21 anti-oxidant genes, each four gene was up- and down-regulated more than 1.5-fold in AML-2/DX100 compared with AML-2/WT. The mRNA expression of glutathione S-transferase Pi, peroxiredoxin 2, thioredoxin 2, and glutaredoxin was elevated whereas that of peroxiredoxin 3, metallothionein-1F, superoxide dismutase 2, and thioredoxin reductase 1 was depressed. The result indicates that the down-regulation of certain anti-oxidant mechanisms can be compensated for by the up- and down-regulation of the other anti-oxidant mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Resistant Cells, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yoon-Kyeong
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Tae-Bum
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Cheol-Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000378:metabolism; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D016877:Oxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016877:Oxidants; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D002374:Catalase