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Initiation of caspase-independent death in mouse mesangial cells by Cd2+: involvement of p38 kinase and CaMK-II.

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:Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal with multiple effects on cell signaling and cell death. We studied the effects of Cd(2+) on quiescent mouse mesangial cells in serum-free conditions. Cadmium induces cell death over 6 h through annexin V+ states without or with causing uptake of propidium iodide, termed apoptotic and apoptosis-like death, respectively. Little or no necrosis is observed, and cell death is caspase-independent and associated with nuclear translocation of the apoptosis-inducing factor, AIF. We previously showed that Cd(2+) increased phosphorylation of Erk and CaMK-II, and CaMK-II activation increased cell death in an Erk-independent manner. Here we demonstrate that Cd(2+) increases Jnk and p38 kinase phosphorylation, and inhibition of p38-but not of Jnk-increases cell viability by suppressing apoptosis in preference to apoptosis-like death. Neither p38 kinase nor CaMK-II inhibition protects against a decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential, psi, indicating that kinase-mediated death is either independent of, or involves events downstream of a mitochondrial pathway. However, both the antioxidant N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and the mitochondrial membrane-stabilizing agent cyclosporine A (CsA) partially preserve psi, suppress activation of p38 kinase, and partially protect the cells from Cd(2+)-induced death. Whereas the effect of CsA is on apoptosis, NAC acts on apoptosis-like death. Inhibition of glutathione synthesis exacerbates a Cd(2+)-dependent increase in cellular peroxides and favors apoptosis-like death over apoptosis. The caspase-independence of these modes of cell death is not due to an absence of this machinery in the mesangial cells: when they are exposed to Cd(2+) for longer periods in the presence of serum, procaspase-3 and PARP are cleaved and caspase inhibition is protective. We conclude that Cd(2+) can kill mesangial cells by multiple pathways, including caspase-dependent and -independent apoptotic and apoptosis-like death. Necrosis is not prominent. Activation of p38 kinase and of CaMK-II by Cd(2+) are associated with caspase-independent apoptosis that is not dependent on mitochondrial destabilization.

journal_name

J Cell Physiol

journal_title

Journal of cellular physiology

authors

Liu Y,Templeton DM

doi

10.1002/jcp.21499

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-11-01 00:00:00

pages

307-18

issue

eissn

0021-9541

issn

1097-4652

journal_volume

217

pub_type

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Initiation of caspase-independent death in mouse mesangial cells by Cd2+: involvement of p38 kinase and CaMK-II.