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OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY
Volume 2014, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2014/457154
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- Colciencias [1115-545-31420]
- Colciencias Doctoral Program [567-2012]
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To establish the effect of low (11mM) and high (55mM) glucose concentrations (G11, G55) on Jurkat cells exposed to rotenone (ROT, a class 5mitocan). We demonstrated that ROT induces apoptosis in Jurkat cells cultured in G11 by oxidative stress ( OS) mechanism involving the generation of anion superoxide radical (O-2(center dot-), 68%)/hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, 54%), activation of NF-kappa B (32%), p53 (25%), c-Jun (17%) transcription factors, and caspase-3 (28%), apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF, 36%) nuclei translocation, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation, and loss of mitochondria transmembrane potential (Delta Psi(m), 62%) leading to nuclei fragmentation (similar to 10% and similar to 40% stage I-II fragmented nuclei, resp.). ROT induces massive cytoplasmic aggregates of DJ-1 (93%), and upregulation of Parkin compared to untreated cells, but no effect on PINK-1 protein was observed. Cell death marker detection and DJ-1 and Parkin expression were significantly reduced when cells were cultured in G55 plus ROT. Remarkably, metformin sensitized Jurkat cells against ROT in G55. Our results indicate that a high-glucosemilieu promotes resistance against ROT/H2O2-induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells. Our data suggest that combined therapy by using mitochondria-targeted damaging compounds and regulation of glucose (e.g., metformin) can efficiently terminate leukemia cells via apoptosis in hyperglycemic conditions.
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