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  • Title: Hydrogen peroxide and the proliferation of BHK-21 cells.
    Author: Burdon RH, Alliangana D, Gill V.
    Journal: Free Radic Res; 1995 Nov; 23(5):471-86. PubMed ID: 7581830.
    Abstract:
    Intracellular levels of H2O2 in BHK-21 cells are not static but decline progressively with cell growth. Exposure of cells to inhibitors of catalase, or glutathione peroxidase, not only diminishes this decline but also depresses rates of cell proliferation, suggesting important growth regulatory roles for those antioxidant enzymes. Other agents which also diminish the growth-associated decline in intracellular levels of H2O2, such as the superoxide dismutase mimic, copper II-(3,5-diisopropylsalicylate)2, or docosahexaenoic acid, also reduced cell proliferation. In contrast, proliferation can be stimulated by the addition of 1 microM exogenous H2O2 to the culture medium. Under these conditions, however, intracellular levels of H2O2 are unaffected, whereas there is a reduction in intracellular levels of glutathione. It is argued that critical balances between intracellular levels of both H2O2 and glutathione are of significance in relation both to growth stimulation and inhibition. In addition growth stimulatory concentrations of H2O2, whilst initially leading to increased intracellular levels of lipid peroxidation breakdown products, appear to "trigger" their metabolism, possibly through aldehyde dehydrogenase, whose activity is also stimulated by H2O2.
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