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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
The X-ray hypersensitive Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, xrs-5, are also more sensitive to sodium arsenite in terms of cell growth and micronucleus induction than CHO-K1 cells. Since reactive oxygen species are suggested to be involved in arsenic toxicity, we have measured antioxidant mechanisms in xrs-5 as well as CHO-K1 cells. There were no apparent differences in the activities of superoxide dismutase, glutathione S-transferase, glutathione reductase, and the levels of glutathione between xrs-5 and CHO-K1 cells. However, the activities of glutathione peroxidase and catalase were 5.4- and 5.8-fold lower, respectively, in xrs-5 cells. The addition of catalase or glutathione peroxidase to cultures reduced the arsenite-induced micronuclei in xrs-5 cells. Whereas, simultaneous treatment with mercaptosuccinate, an inhibitor of glutathione peroxidase, and 3-aminotriazole, an inhibitor of catalase, synergistically increased the arsenite-induced micronuclei. These results suggest that both catalase and glutathione peroxidase are involved in defense against arsenite genotoxicity. The xrs-6 cells, another line of x-ray hypersensitive CHO cells, which had 1.6-fold higher catalase activity and 2.5-fold higher glutathione peroxidase activity than xrs-5 cells, were also more sensitive than CHO-K1 cells but were less sensitive than xrs-5 cells to cell growth inhibition of arsenite. Moreover, a 1.6-fold increase of glutathione peroxidase activity by selenite adaptation effectively removed the arsenite-induced micronuclei in CHO-K1 cells. These results suggest that glutathione peroxidase is more important than catalase in defending against arsenite toxicity. Our results also suggest that increasing the intracellular antioxidant level may have preventive or therapeutic effects in arsenic poisoning.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2-thiomalic acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amitrole, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arsenites, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carcinogens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Catalase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Peroxidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Reductase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Transferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sulfhydryl Reagents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Superoxide Dismutase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiomalates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sodium arsenite
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0300-483X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
229-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Amitrole, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Arsenites, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Carcinogens, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Catalase, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Drug Synergism, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Glutathione Reductase, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Micronucleus Tests, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Sodium Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Sulfhydryl Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:9231701-Thiomalates
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Glutathione peroxidase and catalase modulate the genotoxicity of arsenite.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Radiation Biology, Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't