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Although UV is known to induce apoptotic cell death to various animal cells, relationship between cell cycle and UV-induced apoptosis is still unclear. In this study, we investigated the role of G1 phase in UV-induced apoptosis by using EL-4 mouse lymphoma cells which have wild type p53. After 500 J/m UV irradiation, an increase of apoptotic fraction was accompanied by cell cycle accumulation in the G1 phase. Apoptotic fraction after UV-exposure was remarkably augmented by treatment with 2-AP, a G1 checkpoint inhibitor. In contrast, aphidicolin, an inhibitor of DNA polymerase α, suppressed the rate of apoptotic fraction.These results suggest that mandatory cell cycle progression from G1 to S leaves the damaged DNA unrepaired and may increase the apoptotic fraction. To investigate the precise mechanism in the G1 phase, UV was exposed to the G1-synchronized cells and apoptotic fraction was serially observed. Synchronized EL-4 cells passed through the G1 phase in 8 h. Within the G1 phase, late-G1 cells (6 h after M) were more sensitive to UV-induced apoptosis than early-G1 cells (2 h after M) (49.7 ± 9.0% vs. 41.5 ± 8.5%, p < 0.05). In HL-60 cells, lacking in p53 expression, such a difference was not observed. Western blot analysis revealed that expression of p53 in synchronized EL-4 cells was increasingly enhanced during G1 phase. After UV-exposure, p53 expression gradually decreased in early-G1 cells, but it was kept at almost the same level in late-G1 cells. In addition, bcl-2 expression in early-G1 cells showed a more rapid and larger increase than that in late-G1 cells. These results suggest that susceptibility of the G1 cells to UV-induced apoptosis depends on their position within the G1 phase, and late-G1 is more sensitive than early-G1. Sensitivity to UV-induced apoptosis is closely related to the expression level of p53 and bcl-2 proteins. Early-G1 cells may be able to take enough time to repair damaged DNA until they reach the G1 checkpoint compared to the late-G1 cells.
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Takemura, T., Shinomiya, N. & Rokutanda, M. Role of G1 phase in the UV-induced apoptosis of EL-4 mouse lymphoma cells. Apoptosis 4, 245–253 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009600809008
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