PMID- 15579135 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060407 LR - 20181113 IS - 1470-8728 (Electronic) IS - 0264-6021 (Print) IS - 0264-6021 (Linking) VI - 387 IP - Pt 3 DP - 2005 May 1 TI - Role of compartmentalized redox-active iron in hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA damage and apoptosis. PG - 703-10 AB - Jurkat cells in culture were exposed to oxidative stress in the form of continuously generated hydrogen peroxide, obtained by the addition of glucose oxidase to the medium. This treatment induced a rapid, dose-dependent increase in the ICIP (intracellular calcein-chelatable iron pool). Early destabilization of lysosomal membranes and subsequent nuclear DNA strand breaks were also observed, as evaluated by the Acridine Orange relocation test and the comet assay respectively. Somewhat later, these effects were followed by a lowered mitochondrial membrane potential, with release of cytochrome c and apoptosis-inducing factor. These events were all prevented if cells were pretreated with the potent iron chelator DFO (desferrioxamine) for a period of time (2-3 h) long enough to allow the drug to reach the lysosomal compartment following fluid-phase endocytosis. The hydrophilic calcein, a cleavage product of calcein acetoxymethyl ester following the action of cytosolic esterases, obviously does not penetrate intact lysosomal membranes, thus explaining why ICIP increased dramatically following lysosomal rupture. The rapid decrease in ICIP after addition of DFO to the medium suggests draining of cytosolic iron to the medium, rather than penetration of DFO through the plasma membrane. Most importantly, these observations directly connect oxidative stress and resultant DNA damage with lysosomal rupture and the release of redox-active iron into the cytosol and, apparently, the nucleus. FAU - Tenopoulou, Margarita AU - Tenopoulou M AD - Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, University of Ioannina Medical School, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece. FAU - Doulias, Paschalis-Thomas AU - Doulias PT FAU - Barbouti, Alexandra AU - Barbouti A FAU - Brunk, Ulf AU - Brunk U FAU - Galaris, Dimitrios AU - Galaris D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Biochem J JT - The Biochemical journal JID - 2984726R RN - 0 (Fluoresceins) RN - 0 (Iron Chelating Agents) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) RN - J06Y7MXW4D (Deferoxamine) RN - V0YM2B16TS (fluorexon) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/*physiology MH - Cell Membrane/physiology MH - DNA Damage/*physiology MH - Deferoxamine/pharmacology MH - Fluoresceins/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen Peroxide/*pharmacology MH - Iron/*physiology MH - Iron Chelating Agents/*pharmacology MH - Jurkat Cells MH - Lysosomes/physiology MH - Membrane Potentials/physiology MH - Mitochondria/physiology MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Temperature MH - Time PMC - PMC1135000 EDAT- 2004/12/08 09:00 MHDA- 2006/04/08 09:00 PMCR- 2005/11/01 CRDT- 2004/12/08 09:00 PHST- 2004/12/08 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/04/08 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/12/08 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2005/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - BJ20041650 [pii] AID - bj3870703 [pii] AID - 10.1042/BJ20041650 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem J. 2005 May 1;387(Pt 3):703-10. doi: 10.1042/BJ20041650.