KMID : 0624620080410100745
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BMB Reports 2008 Volume.41 No. 10 p.745 ~ p.750
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P53 transcription-independent activity mediates selenite-induced acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4 cell apoptosis
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Guan Liying
Huang Fang Li Zhushi Han Bingshe Jiang Qian Ren Yun Yang Yang Xu Caimin
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Abstract
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Selenium, an essential trace element possessing anti-carcinogenic properties, can induce apoptosis in cancer cells. We have previously shown that sodium selenite can induce apoptosis by activating the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway in NB4 cells. However, the detailed mechanism remains unclear. Presently, we demonstrate that p53 contributes to apoptosis by directing signaling at the mitochondria. Immunofluorescent and Western blot procedures revealed selenite-induced p53 translocation to mitochondria. Inhibition of p53 blocked accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, suggesting that mitochondrial p53 acts as an upstream signal of ROS and activates the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway. Selenite also disrupted cellular calcium ion homeostasis in a ROS-dependent manner and increased mitochondrial calcium ion concentration. p38 kinase mediated phosphorylation and mitochondrial translocation of p53. Taken together, these results indicate that p53 involves selenite-induced NB4 cell apoptosis by translocation to mitochondria and activation mitochondrial apoptosis pathway in a transcription-independent manner.
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KEYWORD
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Apoptosis, p38, p53 mitochondrial translocation, ROS, Selenite
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