Journal
TOXICOLOGY
Volume 300, Issue 3, Pages 132-137Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.06.007
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Phosphatidylserine; Rotenone; Calcium; Cell volume; Eryptosis
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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The pesticide rotenone stimulates apoptosis and rotenone intoxication has been considered a cause of Parkinson's disease. Rotenone further sensitizes tumor cells to cytotoxic drugs. The apoptotic effect of rotenone is at least partially due to mitochondrial injury. Even though lacking mitochondria and nuclei, erythrocytes may undergo eryptosis, an apoptosis-like suicidal death characterized by cell shrinkage and cell membrane scrambling with phosphatidylserine-exposure at the cell surface. Triggers of eryptosis include increase of cytosolic Ca2+-activity ([Ca2+](i)) and enhanced ceramide formation. The present study explored, whether rotenone elicits eryptosis. To this end, [Ca2+](i) was estimated utilizing Fluo3-fluorescence, cell volume from forward scatter, phosphatidylserine-exposure from annexin-V-binding, ceramide utilizing fluorescence antibodies and hemolysis from hemoglobin release. A 48 h exposure to rotenone significantly increased Fluo3-fluorescence, (>= 1 mu M), increased ceramide abundance (10 mu M), decreased forward scatter (>= 2.5 mu M) and increased annexin-V-binding (>= 1 mu M). Rotenone exposure was further followed by slight but significant hemolysis. Rotenone-induced cell membrane scrambling was significantly blunted, but not completely abrogated by removal of extracellular Ca2+. The present observations disclose a novel effect of rotenone, i.e. triggering of erythrocyte shrinkage and cell membrane scrambling, an effect paralleled by and partially dependent on Ca2+-entry. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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