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Studies in our laboratory indicate that extracellular ATP (ATP)0 may induce cell death by reactive oxygen insults. We have also shown that the Ca2+-induced oxidative stress as elicited by ATP may lead to an activation of a specific AP-1 activity. Since early impairment of mitochondria constitutes a critical event of the apoptotic cell death, we have examined whether (ATP)o will affect mitochondrial damage and cell injury by using mitochondrial specific probes, dihydrorhodamine and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazo-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT). We have found that (ATP)o induced cell death in a concentration dependent manner by MTT assay. The (ATP)o induced cell death correlated well with the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in mitochondria, since (ATP)o enhanced both cell death and ROS production and antioxidant blocked both of these processes. We found (ATP)O treatment led to apoptotic cell death by examining DNA laddering and the TUNEL assay. Interestingly, vitamin C and vitamin E combined treatment appeared to attenuate the (ATP)o-induced apoptosis. Results indicated that (ATP)o may cause oxidative damage of mitochondria leading to apoptotic cell death. Antioxidants may be useful in preventing apoptosis by preventing ROS formation in mitochondria.
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Sun, A.Y., Chen, YM. (1998). Extracellular ATP-Induced Apoptosis in PC12 Cells. In: Ehrlich, Y.H. (eds) Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Plasticity. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 446. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4869-0_5
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