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  • Title: Mechanism of patulin-induced apoptosis in human leukemia cells (HL-60).
    Author: Wu TS, Liao YC, Yu FY, Chang CH, Liu BH.
    Journal: Toxicol Lett; 2008 Dec 15; 183(1-3):105-11. PubMed ID: 18992795.
    Abstract:
    Patulin (PAT) is a fungal secondary metabolite that exhibits potential cellular and animal toxicities. In this study, human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cells were used to elucidate the mechanism and death mode associated with PAT. Morphological evidence of apoptosis, including membrane blebbing, nuclei fragmentation and DNA laddering formation was clearly observed 6h after exposure to PAT. The results of Western blotting indicated that PAT activated various processed caspases, and cleaved DFF45 and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in a dose-dependent manner; it also induced a time-dependent increase in caspase 3 and 9 catalytic activities. The apoptosis mediated by PAT in HL-60 was accompanied with cytochrome c release from mitochondria and Bcl-2 expression decrease. The presence of thiol-containing compounds with PAT dramatically reduced the caspase 3 activity that was triggered by PAT; the addition of antioxidants, including mannitol and Tiron, had a similar effect. However, the suppression of p53 protein expression by RNA interference (RNAi) in human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells did not significantly modify PAT-elicited caspase 3 activity. These findings suggest that PAT-induced apoptosis is mediated through the mitochondrial pathway without the involvement of p53; the interaction with sulfhydryl groups of macromolecules by PAT and the subsequent generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays a primary role in the apoptotic process.
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