Ascorbate (vitamin C) induces cell death through the apoptosis-inducing factor in human breast cancer cells.

Abstract:

:Although ascorbate (Vitamin C) has been shown to inhibit cell growth and induce cell death in variety of cancer cells, results reported in other studies are inconsistent with this conclusion. It was previously reported that ascorbate induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells. However, the molecular mechanism for this is not clear. In this study, we demonstrate that ascorbate induces cell death through the apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) in the human breast cancer cell lines, SK-BR3 and Hs578T, but not in a normal breast cell line, Hs578. Ascorbate treatment caused the nuclear translocation of AIF, which is retained in the mitochondria in healthy cells, but caspase cleavage is not induced. Moreover, MG132, an inhibitor of AIF release from mitochondria, blocked the induction of cell death. Furthermore, cells that had been treated with human AIF-specific siRNA resisted cell death induced by ascorbate, implying that the translocation of AIF from mitochondria to the nucleus is responsible for ascorbate-mediated cell death. Therefore, these results suggest that ascorbate activates a caspase-independent and AIF-mediated cell death pathway in human breast cancer cells, SK-BR3, and Hs578T.

journal_name

Oncol Rep

journal_title

Oncology reports

authors

Hong SW,Jin DH,Hahm ES,Yim SH,Lim JS,Kim KI,Yang Y,Lee SS,Kang JS,Lee WJ,Lee WK,Lee MS

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-10-01 00:00:00

pages

811-5

issue

4

eissn

1021-335X

issn

1791-2431

journal_volume

18

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