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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) is an essential compound in cellular transmethylation reactions and a precursor of polyamine and glutathione synthesis in the liver. In liver injury, the synthesis of AdoMet is impaired and its availability limited. AdoMet administration attenuates experimental liver damage, improves survival of alcoholic patients with cirrhosis, and prevents experimental hepatocarcinogenesis. Apoptosis contributes to different liver injuries, many of which are protected by AdoMet. The mechanism of AdoMet's hepatoprotective and chemopreventive effects are largely unknown. The effect of AdoMet on okadaic acid (OA)-induced apoptosis was evaluated using primary cultures of rat hepatocytes and human hepatoma cell lines. AdoMet protected rat hepatocytes from OA-induced apoptosis dose dependently. It attenuated mitochondrial cytochrome c release, caspase 3 activation, and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage. These effects were independent from AdoMet-dependent glutathione synthesis, and mimicked by 5'-methylthioadenosine (MTA), which is derived from AdoMet. Interestingly, AdoMet and MTA did not protect HuH7 cells from OA-induced apoptosis; conversely both compounds behaved as proapoptotic agents. AdoMet's proapoptotic effect was dose dependent and observed also in HepG2 cells. In conclusion, AdoMet exerts opposing effects on apoptosis in normal versus transformed hepatocytes that could be mediated through its conversion to MTA. These effects may participate in the hepatoprotective and chemopreventive properties of this safe and well-tolerated drug.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/5'-methylthioadenosine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Casp3 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytochrome c Group, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Deoxyadenosines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Okadaic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/S-Adenosylmethionine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thionucleosides
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0270-9139
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
274-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Cytochrome c Group, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Deoxyadenosines, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Hepatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Okadaic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-S-Adenosylmethionine, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11826399-Thionucleosides
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
S-adenosylmethionine and methylthioadenosine are antiapoptotic in cultured rat hepatocytes but proapoptotic in human hepatoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Bioquímica, División de Hepatología y Terapia Génica, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't