Abstract:
:We previously reported that internucleosomal DNA fragmentation, a biochemical feature of apoptosis, was induced spontaneously in high-cell-density culture of adult rat hepatocytes. To understand better the intracellular mechanism of the DNA fragmentation in this system, we have examined the effects of several inhibitors of specific intracellular functions on the DNA fragmentation. We found that the DNA fragmentation could be suppressed by treatment of the cells with inhibitors of mitochondrial respiration, KCN and CCCP, or a protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide. We also demonstrated that calmodulin inhibitors, chlorpromazine and W-7, could suppress the DNA fragmentation. Together, these results lead us to conclude that the DNA fragmentation in hepatocytes cultured at high cell density is an active process dependent on energy availability, gene expression, and calmodulin, rather than a passive event resulting from necrosis. However, by analyzing the incidence of apoptotic morphology during culture, we found that only 2-3% of cells exhibited apoptotic morphology, while the incidence of DNA fragmentation was estimated to be much higher. Based on these results, we estimated that the DNA fragmentation may result from the incomplete progression of apoptosis or from the occurrence of another type of active cell death.
journal_name
J Biochemjournal_title
Journal of biochemistryauthors
Maeda S,Suzuki A,Lin KH,Inagaki H,Saito Tdoi
10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a125002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-12-01 00:00:00pages
1161-5issue
6eissn
0021-924Xissn
1756-2651journal_volume
118pub_type
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