title: Sodium selenite induces apoptosis by ROS-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in human acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4 cells.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this study, we delineated the apoptotic signaling pathways activated by sodium selenite in NB4 cells.
  
  
  METHODS
  NB4 cells were treated with 20 microM sodium selenite for different times. The activation of caspases and ER stress markers, ROS levels, mitochondrial membrane potential and cell apoptosis induced by sodium selenite were analyzed by immunoblotting analysis, DCF fluorescence and flow cytometric respectively. siRNA was used to detect the effect of GADD153 on selenite-induced cell apoptosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sodium selenite-induced reactive oxygen species generation is an early event that triggers endoplasmic reticulum stress mitochondrial apoptotic pathways in NB4 cells.
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medicine Sciences, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. gly209@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Liying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Binshe
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Zhushi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fangyuan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Caimin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000378:metabolism; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D018038:Sodium Selenite / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051742:Transcription Factor CHOP / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C497249:DDIT3 protein, human; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D051742:Transcription Factor CHOP; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D020169:Caspases; D018038:Sodium Selenite