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  • Title: Nuclear translocation and increased expression of Bax and disturbance in cell cycle progression without prominent apoptosis induced by hyperthermia.
    Author: Nishita M, Inoue S, Tsuda M, Tateda C, Miyashita T.
    Journal: Exp Cell Res; 1998 Oct 10; 244(1):357-66. PubMed ID: 9770379.
    Abstract:
    Effects of hyperthermia at 42.5 degreesC for 6 h on cell survival, cell cycle progression, and the localization and expression levels of Bcl-2 and Bax, as well as the association between Bcl-2 and Bax in human lung cancer cells were investigated. Untreated human lung cancer cells, though immortalized, expressed Bax unlike peripheral lymphocytes with low Bax expression. Bcl-2 was localized only in the cytoplasm in all the cell lines tested, whereas Bax was localized in the cytoplasm and/or nucleus; (1) only in the nucleus in three cell lines, (2) either in the nucleus or the cytoplasm in three cell lines, (3) in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm in one cell line, and (4) only in the cytoplasm in three cell lines. Of 10 cell lines examined, 6 had a low sensitivity to hyperthermia with a viability of 50% or more, and four cell lines had a high sensitivity to hyperthermia with a viability of less than 50% regardless of cell type. In cell lines highly sensitive to hyperthermia, Bax was localized in the nucleus. Hyperthermia increased the cellular level of Bax, but not Bcl-2, and reduced the association between Bcl-2 and Bax expression in PC-10 cells. Although the Bax level increased, hyperthermia induced only mild apoptosis and caused prominent cell cycle disturbance, especially in the S and G2M phases. Thus, hyperthermia at 42.5 degreesC for 6 h had cytostatic effect as well as caused mild apoptosis. Interestingly, during 3 h of hyperthermia, Bax translocated from the cytoplasm to the nucleus, whereas Bcl-2 remained in the cytoplasm. These results raise the possibility that Bax may lose its function as the inducer of apoptosis by translocating into the nucleus or have an unknown role in the nucleus.
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