Carcinogenesis, Vol 19, 1715-1722, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press
C Diez-Fernandez, N Sanz, AM Alvarez, A Wolf and M Cascales
Phenobarbital and clofibrate, two non-genotoxic carcinogens, have been
investigated regarding the relationship between reactive oxygen species,
antioxidant enzyme expression and apoptosis in primary cultures of rat
hepatocytes. Low toxicity concentrations, 200 and 100 microg/ml for
phenobarbital and clofibrate respectively, were used to examine their
effect on spontaneous or transforming growth factor beta1
(TGFbeta1)-induced apoptosis and on the expression of antioxidant defence
enzymes (superoxide dismutases and catalase). The increased incidence of
apoptotic nuclei was visualized in TGFbeta1-treated cultures with the
fluorescent dye Hoechst 33258 and was quantified under all experimental
conditions by measurement of the hypodiploid peak in DNA histograms
obtained by flow cytometry. Both substances, when added separately to
hepatocyte cultures and incubated for 24 and 48 h, significantly diminished
spontaneous apoptosis and exhibited a slight suppression of
TGFbeta1-induced apoptosis. Endogenous peroxide production by hepatocytes
increased with TGFbeta1, phenobarbital or clofibrate and the increase was
greater with phenobarbital and in the presence of TGFbeta1 with both drugs.
Gene expression of catalase and Mn- and Cu,Zn superoxide dismutases (SOD)
was evaluated by northern blot analysis of hepatocytes incubated in the
presence of phenobarbital or clofibrate with or without TGFbeta1 and the
following differences were detected: phenobarbital induced a significant
decrease in both dismutases (to 56%, P < 0.05, and 55%, P < 0.05, for
Mn- and Cu,Zn-SOD respectively) and a 2-fold increase (P < 0.01) in
catalase; clofibrate induced a slight decrease in both SODs and a 4-fold
increase (P < 0.05) in catalase; TGFbeta1 significantly decreased to 37%
(P < 0.05) expression of catalase while not significantly affecting
expression of both SODs. We conclude that inhibition of spontaneous
apoptosis induced by either phenobarbital or clofibrate is accompanied by
increases in the endogenous levels of peroxides and by significant
induction of catalase gene expression. Furthermore, the lack of effect of
both compounds on TGFbeta1-induced apoptosis could be a consequence of the
inability of these two compounds to counteract the depressing effect of
TGFbeta1 on expression of catalase.
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The effect of non-genotoxic carcinogens, phenobarbital and clofibrate, on the relationship between reactive oxygen species, antioxidant enzyme expression and apoptosis
Instituto de Bioquimica (CSIC-UCM), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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