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ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
卷 405, 期 2, 页码 170-177出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9861(02)00401-0
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zinc; cadmium; metallothionein; DNA damage; solar irradiation
Zinc is an essential oligoelement for cell growth and cell survival and has been demonstrated to protect cells from oxidative stress induced by UVA or from genotoxic stress due to UVB. In a recent work we demonstrated that the antioxidant role of zinc could be related to its ability to induce metallothioneins (MTs). In this study we identified the mechanism of zinc protection against solar-simulated light (SSL) injury. Cultured human keratinocytes (HaCaT) were used to examine MTs expression and localization in response to solar-simulated radiation. We found translocation to the nucleus, with overexpression of MTs in irradiated cells, a novel observation. The genoprotective effect of zinc was dependent on time and protein synthesis. DNA damage was significantly decreased after 48h of ZnCl2 (100 muM) treatment and is inhibited by actinomycin D, ZnCl2 treatment (100 muM) led to an intense induction, redistribution, and accumulation of MT in the nucleus of irradiated cells. MT expression correlated with the time period of ZnCl2 treatment. CdCl2, a potent MT inducer, did not show any genoprotection, although the MTs were expressed in the nucleus. Overall our findings demonstrate that MTs could be a good candidate for explaining the genoprotection mediated by zinc on irradiated cells. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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