Potential involvement of serine/threonine protein phosphatases in apoptosis of HepG2 cells during selenite treatment
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2007
Yazarlar: Handan AK, Fatih Kircelli, Güray SAYDAM, Hikmet Hakan AYDIN
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2007, cilt 117, ss 65-75
DOI: 10.1007/bf02698084
Özet
Selenium, an essential biological trace element present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, exerts its regulatory effect in a variety of cellular events, including cell growth, survival, and death. Selenium compounds have been shown in different cell lines to inhibit apoptosis by several mechanisms. Serine/threonine phosphatases (STPs) are potentially important in selenite-induced apoptosis because of their role in regulation of diverse set of cellular processes. In this study, the regulatory role of STPs in selenite-induced apoptosis has been implied by the use of two specific inhibitors: ocadaic acid and calyculin A. Our results show a decrease in cell density in HepG2 cells under selenite treatment. Resulting specific enzyme activities showed a concentration-dependent increase in all three phosphatase activities after 24 h in cells treated with 5 AM selenite and these activities decreased at 48 and 72 h. However, in cells treated with 10 mu M selenite, PP2A and PP2B decreased at 48 h, whereas PP2C activity did not change at this dose. In cells treated with 25 mu M, there was not a significant change in PP2C activity. These data suggest that the most specific response to selenite treatment was in PP2A and PP2B activities in a dose-dependent manner. Our results with OA and Cal-A further support the view that PP1 and PP2A might act as negative regulators of growth. With these data, we have first demonstrated the role of serine/threonine protein phosphatases in the signaling pathway of selenite-induced apoptosis and resulting cytotoxicity.