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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
Two relatively recent discoveries stand behind our current effort to investigate the effects of the chemopreventive agent, selenium, on the proliferation and survival of NB4 cells. The first is that certain selenium compounds such as sodium selenite have pro-oxidant ability to catalyze the oxidation of thiols and simultaneously generate superoxide. The second lies in the exquisite susceptibility of NB4 cells to arsenic trioxide-induced, reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated apoptosis due to less efficiency of the cellular defense system. In this study, we demonstrated that sodium selenite could induce apoptosis in NB4 cells via the classic mitochondrial pathway involving caspase-3 activation and Bcl-2 cleavage. An increase in the basal cellular glutathione (GSH) content rendered NB4 cells resistant to arsenic trioxide, but could sensitize NB4 cells to sodium selenite. Moreover, combined treatment of NB4 cells with all- trans retinoic acid (ATRA) at low concentration and sodium selenite exhibited a synergistic effect on apoptosis induction. Together, our results suggest that selenite is a promising candidate for treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and the mechanism underlying its anticancer effects warrants further investigation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antineoplastic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arsenicals, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Reactive Oxygen Species, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium Selenite, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sulfhydryl Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tretinoin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/arsenic trioxide
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0939-5555
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
751-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Arsenicals, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Drug Synergism, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Oxides, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Sodium Selenite, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Sulfhydryl Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:15480664-Tretinoin
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Sodium selenite induces apoptosis in acute promyelocytic leukemia-derived NB4 cells by a caspase-3-dependent mechanism and a redox pathway different from that of arsenic trioxide.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 100730, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't