Disruption of Mitochondria Is an Early Event during Dolichyl Monophosphate-induced Apoptosis in U937 Cells(Neurobiology)

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Dolichyl monophosphate (Dol-P) is involved in the attachment of carbohydrate chains to proteins in the formation of N-linked glycoprotein. We found that this compound induces apoptosis in human leukemia U937 cells. During this apoptotic execution, the increase of plasma membrane fluidity (5-20 min), reduction in mitochondrial transmembrane potential (Δψm) and translocation of apoptosis-inducing factor (1-3 hr), caspase-3-like protease activation (2-4 hr), chromatin condensation and DNA ladder formation (3-4 hr) were observed successively. In this study, we examined mitochondrial morphological changes by electron microscopy and Δψm by JC-1 from immediately after treatment of Dol-P. After 5 min of treatment, we observed clearly that mitochondrial cristae began to be disrupted ultrastructurally and almost all the cristae were disintegrated after 1 hr of treatment. The Δψm of Dol-P treated cells was reduced to 34% as compared with that of control cells immediately after treatment and was quartered within 1 hr. The reduction in Δψm was not inhibited by cyclosporin A, N-acetyl-L-cysteine and vitamin E. These results indicate that mitochondrial disruption is one of the first triggering events of Dol-P-induced apoptosis.
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2002-01-25