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:Apoptosis induced in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes by transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) was greatly attenuated by inhibitors (5 microM) of calpain I and calpain II, respectively. Both inhibitors prevented the TGF-beta-elicited increase of nucleosomal DNA fragments and the occurrence of DNA-breaks in the TUNEL reaction. The detrimental effect of TGF-beta on cell viability measured by the WST-1 test was strongly reduced by calpain inhibitors. Calpain II > I inhibitors suppressed spontaneous DNA cleavage in hepatocytes during culture and prevented the appearance of immunocytochemically visible TGF-beta (APAAP staining), which occurs in untreated parenchymal cell cultures. The data show that inactivation of calpains attenuates both the TGF-beta-elicited and the spontaneous apoptosis of cultured hepatocytes; the latter effect is likely due to the suppression of endogenous TGF-beta activation. It is suggested that calpains participate in these processes.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Gressner AM,Lahme B,Roth Sdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1996.5777subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-02-13 00:00:00pages
457-62issue
2eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
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231pub_type
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