Journal
APOPTOSIS
Volume 18, Issue 11, Pages 1376-1390Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-013-0869-8
Keywords
Thyroid hormones; T lymphoma; Apoptosis; Oxidative stress; Nitric oxide synthase; Protein kinase C; Protein tyrosine nitration
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), PIP-CONICET [00275]
- Agencia Nacional para la Promocion Cientifica y Tecnica, PICT [1858]
- University of Buenos Aires, UBACYT [20020100100291]
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Thyroid hormones are important regulators of cell physiology, inducing cell proliferation, differentiation or apoptosis, depending on the cell type. Thyroid hormones induce proliferation in short-term T lymphocyte cultures. In this study, we assessed the effect of long-term thyroxine (T4) treatment on the balance of proliferation and apoptosis and the intermediate participants in T lymphoma cells. Treatment with T4 affected this balance from the fifth day of culture, inhibiting proliferation in a time-dependent manner. This effect was associated with apoptosis induction, as characterized through nuclear morphological changes, DNA fragmentation, and Annexin V-FITC/Propidium Iodide co-staining. In addition, increased iNOS gene and protein levels, and enzyme activity were observed. The generation of reactive oxygen species, depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane, and a reduction in glutathione levels were also observed. The imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants species is typically associated with the nitration of proteins, including PKC zeta, an isoenzyme essential for lymphoma cell division and survival. Consistently, evidence of PKC zeta nitration via proteasome degradation was also observed in this study. Taken together, these results suggest that the long-term culture of T lymphoma cells with T4 induces apoptosis through the increased production of oxidative species resulting from both augmented iNOS activity and the loss of mitochondrial function. These species induce the nitration of proteins involved in cell viability, promoting proteasome degradation. Furthermore, we discuss the impact of these results on the modulation of T lymphoma growth and the thyroid status in vivo.
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