Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10556599 | Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology | 2005 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Zinc is an important cellular antioxidant. We investigated its role in chromium-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in human tumor cell line Hep-2. The measured parameters included intracellular labile zinc content (Zinquin-E fluorescence), cell viability (WST-1 assay), oxidative stress (spectrophotometry), mitochondrial potential (flow cytometry), caspase-3 activity, and PARP cleavage (immunofluorescence). We found that Hep-2 cells contain abundant labile zinc stores that may be depleted by the ionophore TPEN or increased by external zinc supplementation. Chromium (VI)-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis were enhanced in zinc-depleted cells after 24 h, in particular at chromium (VI) concentrations of 50 and 150 μmol/l. On the other hand, elevated levels of labile zinc were able to protect against apoptosis induced by 10 μmol/l chromium (VI) but at higher chromium (VI) concentrations (50 and 150 μmol/l) acted synergistically, significantly enhancing oxidative stress and the course of apoptosis, possibly through oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage.
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Authors
Emil Rudolf, Miroslav Äervinka, Jaroslav Cerman,