title: Cell death by autoschizis in TRAMP prostate carcinoma cells as a result of treatment by ascorbate: menadione combination.
abstract: A prostate carcinoma cell line derived from the transgenic murine prostate cancer model (TRAMP) was treated with ascorbate (VC) alone, menadione (VK(3)) alone, or a combination of ascorbate:menadione (VC + VK(3)) for 1, 2, and 4 h. Cytotoxic cell alterations examined by light and electron microscopy were treatment-dependent with VC + VK(3) > VC > VK(3). Induced by oxidative stress, these alterations included cytokeletal changes conducive to cytoplasmic blebbing, self-excisions, and progressive nuclear alterations. While the excised parts contained ribosomes, they were devoid of nuclear fragments or other organelles. The organelle-free self-excisions caused an extreme reduction in cell size as well as chromatolysis and karyolysis that were consistent with cell death by autoschizis, but not with apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Campus St. Maarten, M.E.I.O., Inc, Coral Gables, Florida 33134, USA. jagillot@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gilloteaux
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jamison
authors.forename: Deborah R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Neal
authors.forename: Jack L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004357:Drug Synergism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013997:Time Factors; D024483:Vitamin K 3 / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D024483:Vitamin K 3; D001205:Ascorbic Acid