title: NADPH oxidase and apoptosis in cerulein-stimulated pancreatic acinar AR42J cells.
abstract: Apoptosis linked to oxidative stress has been implicated in pancreatitis. We investigated whether NADPH oxidase mediates apoptosis in cerulein-stimulated pancreatic acinar AR42J cells. We report here that cerulein treatment resulted in the activation of NADPH oxidase, as determined by ROS production, translocation of cytosolic subunits p 47(phox) and p 67(phox) to the membrane, and interaction between NADPH oxidase subunits. Cerulein induced Ca(2+) oscillation, the expression of apoptotic genes p53 and bax, and apoptotic indices (DNA fragmentation, TUNEL staining, caspase 3 activity, decrease in cell viability) in AR42J cells. Treatment with a Ca(2+) chelator, BAPTA-AM, or transfection with antisense oligonucleotides for NADPH oxidase subunits p22(phox) and p 47(phox) inhibited cerulein-induced ROS production, translocation of NADPH oxidase cytosolic subunits p 47(phox) and p 67(phox) to the membrane, and the expression of apoptotic genes and apoptotic indices, as compared to the cells without treatment and those transfected with the corresponding sense oligonucleotides. These results indicate that NADPH oxidase may mediate ROS-induced apoptosis in pancreatic acinar cells in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Institute of Gastroenterology, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Joo Weon
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Kyung Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morio
authors.forename: Hyeyoung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D002452:Cell Count; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival; D002108:Ceruletide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D053938:DNA Fragmentation; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D020287:In Situ Nick-End Labeling; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000737:chemistry; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D051381:Rats; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; C079789:neutrophil cytosol factor 67K; C070379:1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D002108:Ceruletide; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C060505:neutrophil cytosolic factor 1; C505410:Casp3 protein, rat; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases; D002118:Calcium