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Rapid intracellular acidification and cell death by H2O2 and alloxan in pancreatic beta cells.

Abstract
Pancreatic beta-cell death induced by oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. We studied the relation between rapid intracellular acidification and cell death of pancreatic beta-cell line NIT-1 cells exposed to H2O2 or alloxan. Intracellular pH was measured by a pH-sensitive dye, and cell damage by double staining with Annexin-V and propidium iodide using flow cytometry. H2O2 and alloxan caused a rapid fall in intracellular pH and suppressed Na+/H+ exchanger activity in the NH4Cl prepulse method. H2O2 induced necrotic cell death, which shifted to apoptotic cell death when initial acidification was prevented by pH clamping to 7.4 using nigericin (unclamped cells vs clamped cells, necrosis 43.8 +/- 5.8% vs 21.1 +/- 10.6%, P < 0.05; apoptosis 8.0 +/- 1.9% vs 44.5 +/- 5.0%, P < 0.01). pH-clamped cells showed enhanced caspase 3 activity and proapoptotic Bax expression. On the other hand, NIT-1 cells were resistant to alloxan toxicity, but treatment with alloxan and nigericin strikingly enhanced the cytotoxicity. Antioxidants partly prevented cell death, although intracellular pH remained similarly acidic. The rapid intracellular acidification was not the cause of cell death but a significant determinant of the mode of death of H2O2 -treated beta cells, whereas no link between cell death and acidification was demonstrated in alloxan toxicity.
AuthorsUdai Nakamura, Masanori Iwase, Yuji Uchizono, Kazuo Sonoki, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Hirofumi Imoto, Daisuke Goto, Mitsuo Iida
JournalFree radical biology & medicine (Free Radic Biol Med) Vol. 40 Issue 11 Pg. 2047-55 (Jun 01 2006) ISSN: 0891-5849 [Print] United States
PMID16716905 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • bcl-2-Associated X Protein
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Casp3 protein, mouse
  • Caspase 3
  • Caspases
Topics
  • Animals
  • Caspase 3
  • Caspases (metabolism)
  • Cell Death (drug effects)
  • Cell Line
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Hydrogen Peroxide (pharmacology)
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Islets of Langerhans (cytology, drug effects, enzymology, metabolism)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred NOD
  • bcl-2-Associated X Protein (metabolism)

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