Abstract
To deter-mine whether intracellular signaling events involved in apoptosis may also mediate necrosis, the role of the transcription factor AP-1 was investigated in a hepatoma cell model of cellular necrosis induced by oxidant stress. Treatment of the human hepatoma cell line HuH-7 with H2O2 caused dose-dependent necrosis as determined by light microscopy, fluorescent staining, and an absence of DNA fragmentation. H2O2 treatment led to increases in c-fos and c-jun mRNA levels, Jun nuclear kinase activity, and AP-1 DNA binding. AP-1 transcriptional activity measured with an AP-1-driven luciferase reporter gene was also increased. To determine whether this AP-1 activation contributed to H2O2-induced cell necrosis, HuH-7 cells were stably transfected with an antisense c-jun expression vector. Cells expressing antisense c-jun had decreased levels of AP-1 activation and significantly increased survival after H2O2 exposure. These data indicate that AP-1 activation occurs during oxidant-induced cell necrosis and contributes to cell death. Necrosis is therefore not always a passive process but may involve the activation of intracellular signaling pathways similar to those that mediate apoptosis.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Journal | American Journal of Physiology |
| Volume | 273 |
| Issue number | 4 PART 1 |
| State | Published - 1997 |
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Keywords
- Apoptosis
- C-fos
- C-jun
- Hepatoma cell
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology (medical)
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Hydrogen peroxide-induced liver cell necrosis is dependent on AP-1 activation. / Yang, X. U.; Bradham, Cynthia; Brenner, David A.; Czaja, Mark J.
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T1 - Hydrogen peroxide-induced liver cell necrosis is dependent on AP-1 activation
AU - Yang, X. U.
AU - Bradham, Cynthia
AU - Brenner, David A.
AU - Czaja, Mark J.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - To deter-mine whether intracellular signaling events involved in apoptosis may also mediate necrosis, the role of the transcription factor AP-1 was investigated in a hepatoma cell model of cellular necrosis induced by oxidant stress. Treatment of the human hepatoma cell line HuH-7 with H2O2 caused dose-dependent necrosis as determined by light microscopy, fluorescent staining, and an absence of DNA fragmentation. H2O2 treatment led to increases in c-fos and c-jun mRNA levels, Jun nuclear kinase activity, and AP-1 DNA binding. AP-1 transcriptional activity measured with an AP-1-driven luciferase reporter gene was also increased. To determine whether this AP-1 activation contributed to H2O2-induced cell necrosis, HuH-7 cells were stably transfected with an antisense c-jun expression vector. Cells expressing antisense c-jun had decreased levels of AP-1 activation and significantly increased survival after H2O2 exposure. These data indicate that AP-1 activation occurs during oxidant-induced cell necrosis and contributes to cell death. Necrosis is therefore not always a passive process but may involve the activation of intracellular signaling pathways similar to those that mediate apoptosis.
AB - To deter-mine whether intracellular signaling events involved in apoptosis may also mediate necrosis, the role of the transcription factor AP-1 was investigated in a hepatoma cell model of cellular necrosis induced by oxidant stress. Treatment of the human hepatoma cell line HuH-7 with H2O2 caused dose-dependent necrosis as determined by light microscopy, fluorescent staining, and an absence of DNA fragmentation. H2O2 treatment led to increases in c-fos and c-jun mRNA levels, Jun nuclear kinase activity, and AP-1 DNA binding. AP-1 transcriptional activity measured with an AP-1-driven luciferase reporter gene was also increased. To determine whether this AP-1 activation contributed to H2O2-induced cell necrosis, HuH-7 cells were stably transfected with an antisense c-jun expression vector. Cells expressing antisense c-jun had decreased levels of AP-1 activation and significantly increased survival after H2O2 exposure. These data indicate that AP-1 activation occurs during oxidant-induced cell necrosis and contributes to cell death. Necrosis is therefore not always a passive process but may involve the activation of intracellular signaling pathways similar to those that mediate apoptosis.
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KW - C-fos
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JO - American Journal of Physiology - Renal Fluid and Electrolyte Physiology
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