Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 34, Issue 9, Pages 1178-1189Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(03)00070-4
Keywords
ALDH3A1; cornea; UV; 4-HNE; oxidative damage; apoptosis; lipid peroxidation; free radicals
Funding
- NEI NIH HHS [EY11351, EY11490] Funding Source: Medline
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Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3A1 (ALDH3A1) is one of the most abundant proteins found in corneal epithelial cells of mammalian species, with several postulated protective roles that include detoxification of peroxidic aldehydes, scavenging of free radicals, and direct absorption of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. In the present study, the protective role of ALDH3A1 against UV- and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal- (4-HNE-) induced oxidative damage was studied. For this purpose, human ALDH3A1 was stably transfected in a human corneal epithelial cell line (HCE) lacking endogenous enzyme. Cells transfected with ALDH3A1 were more resistant to UV- and 4-HNE-induced cytotoxicity than mock-transfected cells. DNA fragmentation assays revealed that both treatments induced apoptosis in mock-transfected cells, but not in ALDH3A1-expressing cells. Apoptosis appeared to occur via caspase-3 activation and subsequent PARP cleavage. The Michaelis-Menten constant (K-m) for 4-HNE was 54 muM in ALDH3A1-transfected cells; the addition of 100 muM 4-HNE increased NAD(P)H levels by 50% above that in mock-transfected cells. We also found that ALDH3A1 expression prevented 4-HNE-induced protein adduct formation. Taken together, these data suggest that ALDH3A1 is a regulatory element of the cellular defense system that protects corneal epithelium against UV- and 4-HNE-induced oxidative damage. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc.
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