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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
Methylglyoxal is a reactive dicarbonyl compound endogenously produced mainly from glycolytic intermediates. Recent research indicates that methylglyoxal is a potent growth inhibitor and genotoxic agent. The antiproliferative activity of methylglyoxal has been investigated for pharmacological application in cancer chemotherapy. However, various cells are not equally sensitive to methylglyoxal toxicity. Therefore, it would be important to establish the cellular factors responsible for the different cell-type specific response to methylglyoxal injury, in order to avoid the risk of failure of a therapy based on increasing the intracellular level of methylglyoxal. To this purpose, we comparatively evaluated the signaling transduction pathway elicited by methylglyoxal in human glioblastoma (ADF) and neuroblastoma (SH-SY 5Y) cells. Results show that methylglyoxal causes early and extensive reactive oxygen species generation in both cell lines. However, SH-SY 5Y cells show higher sensitivity to methylglyoxal challenge due to a defective antioxidant and detoxifying ability that, preventing these cells from an efficient scavenging action, elicits extensive caspase-9 dependent apoptosis. These data emphasize the pivotal role of antioxidant and detoxifying systems in determining the grade of sensitivity of cells to methylglyoxal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Catalase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Free Radical Scavengers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Peroxidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lactoylglutathione Lyase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NF-kappa B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyruvaldehyde, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Reactive Oxygen Species, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Superoxide Dismutase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiolester Hydrolases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0891-5849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
856-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Catalase, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Free Radical Scavengers, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Glioblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Glutathione Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Lactoylglutathione Lyase, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Pyruvaldehyde, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Thiolester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:14556850-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Scavenging system efficiency is crucial for cell resistance to ROS-mediated methylglyoxal injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Basic and Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, L'Aquila University, L'Aquila, Italy. fernanda.amicarelli@univaq.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't