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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
A number of phenotypes persist in the progeny of irradiated cells for many generations including delayed reproductive death, cell transformation, genomic instability, and mutations. It appears likely that persistent phenotypes are inherited by an epigenetic mechanism, although very little is known about the nature of such a mechanism or how it is established. One hypothesis is that radiation causes a heritable increase in oxy-radical activity. In the present study, intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human lymphoblast clones derived from individually X-irradiated cells were monitored for about 55 generations after exposure. A number of clones derived from irradiated cells had an increase in dichlorofluorescein (DCF) fluorescence at various times. Cells with abrogated TP53 expression had a decreased oxidant response. Flow cytometry analysis of clones with increased fluorescence did not detect increases in the sub-G(1) fraction or decreased cell viability compared to nonirradiated clones, indicating that increased levels of apoptosis and cell death were not present. The oxidative stress response protein heme oxygenase 1 (HO1) was induced in some cultures derived from X-irradiated cells but not in cultures derived from unirradiated cells. The expression of the dual specificity mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase phosphatase (MPK1/CL100), which is inducible by oxidative stress and has a role in modulating ERK signaling pathways, was also increased in the progeny of some irradiated cells. Finally, there was an increase in the phosphorylated tyrosine content of a prominent protein band of about 45 kDa. These results support the hypothesis that increased oxy-radical activity is a persistent effect in X-irradiated mammalian cells and further suggest that this may lead to changes in the expression of proteins involved in signal transduction.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0033-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
416-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Fluoresceins, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-G1 Phase, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing), pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Heme Oxygenase-1, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:15447041-X-Rays
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Increases in oxidative stress in the progeny of X-irradiated cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't