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  • Title: Apoptosis by Cd2+ or CdMT in proximal tubule cells: different uptake routes and permissive role of endo/lysosomal CdMT uptake.
    Author: Erfurt C, Roussa E, Thévenod F.
    Journal: Am J Physiol Cell Physiol; 2003 Dec; 285(6):C1367-76. PubMed ID: 12890648.
    Abstract:
    The mechanisms of cadmium-metallothionein (CdMT) uptake and toxicity in proximal tubule (PT) cells are not well understood. The effects of 10 microM CdCl2 or Cd7MT-1 (MT-1 saturated with 10 microM CdCl2) on 109Cd2+ uptake, viability, and MT levels of cultured rat PT cells were investigated. Apical 109Cd2+ uptake was measured in confluent monolayers, apoptosis was assessed with Hoechst 33342, and intracellular MT levels were monitored by immunofluorescence and quantitative morphometry. 109Cd2+ uptake into PTC increased over time and plateaued at 24 h. 109Cd7MT-1 uptake was delayed but reached a similar magnitude after 40 h. With Cd2+, apoptosis occurred within 4 h, peaked at 24 h, and declined at 48-72 h. Cd7MT-1 induced apoptosis after 24-36 h, reaching similar levels as with Cd2+ after 48 h. Cd2+ and Cd7MT-1 significantly increased intracellular MT immunoreactivity after 20 and 4 h, respectively. The weak base chloroquine and the inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases, LY-294002, selectively inhibited the effects of Cd7MT-1 on MT immunoreactivity and apoptosis. PT cells accumulated 109Cd7MT-1 in membrane vesicles associated with the late endo/lysosomal marker LAMP1 but less with the early endosomal marker Rab5a, which was abolished by chloroquine or LY-294002. Thus development of apoptosis followed the uptake kinetics of Cd2+ and Cd7MT-1. Endo/lysosomal inhibitors prevented uptake of Cd7MT-1 into endo/lysosomes and apoptosis but had no effect on these parameters with Cd2+, suggesting that apoptosis of PT cells is triggered by free cytosolic Cd2+, either by direct apical transport or by translocation of free Cd2+ from endo/lysosomes after endocytosis of Cd7MT-1.
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