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PMID:17131910

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Citation

Khar, A, Kumari, AL, Pardhasaradhi, BV, Varalakshmi, Ch and Rangaraj, N (2006) Heat stress induced apoptosis in BC-8 cells derived from AK-5 tumor involves downregulation of Bcl-2 and generation of reactive oxygen species. Indian J. Exp. Biol. 44:802-8

Abstract

BC-8, a rat histiocytoma undergoes apoptosis after heat shock, which is due to lack of an effective heat shock response. Heat shock induced generation of free radicals, which in turn are involved in the induction of apoptotic death in BC-8 cells. Treatment of BC-8 cells with N-acetylcysteine partially inhibited the heat induced apoptosis. Introduction of Bcl-2 gene in these cells did not protect them from apoptotic death, whereas transfection with hsp-70 gene did render these cells resistant to heat induced apoptosis transiently. Heat shock also downregulated the expression of Bcl-2 and p53 in these cells. These observations suggested that the heat shock induced apoptosis was mediated through reactive oxygen species and controlled upstream of Bcl-2 check point.

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Keywords

Acetylcysteine/pharmacology; Animals; Annexin A5/metabolism; Apoptosis/drug effects; Apoptosis/genetics; Apoptosis/physiology; Cell Line, Tumor; Down-Regulation; Free Radical Scavengers/pharmacology; Genes, bcl-2; Genes, p53; Glutathione/metabolism; Heat-Shock Response; Rats; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism

Significance

Annotations

Gene product Qualifier GO Term Evidence Code with/from Aspect Extension Notes Status

RAT:BCL2

involved_in

GO:0009408: response to heat

ECO:0000270: expression pattern evidence used in manual assertion

P

Seeded From UniProt

complete

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