PMID- 16390831 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060316 LR - 20181203 IS - 1071-5762 (Print) IS - 1029-2470 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 2 DP - 2006 Feb TI - Preventive effects of phosphorylated ascorbate on ultraviolet-B induced apoptotic cell death and DNA strand cleavage through enrichment of intracellular vitamin C in skin epidermal keratinocytes. PG - 213-21 AB - Mortality of mouse keratinocytes Pam212 that were irradiated with ultraviolet-B (UVB) was shown to be repressed by pre-irradiated administration with L-ascorbic acid (Asc) or more markedly with Asc-2-O-phosphate (Asc2P), but not with dehydroascorbic acid (DehAsc) or Asc-2-O-alpha-glucoside (Asc2G), although not repressed by post-irradiated administration. The cytoprotection by Asc2P was restricted against UVB below 5-20 mJ/cm2, and exhibited markedly by administration for a period over 2 h, which may be caused by intracellular Asc that was accumulated via dephosphorylation of Asc2P and was increased, 6-24 h after, to levels above twice as abundant as those of Asc-administration. Pre-irradiated Asc2P-administration slightly repressed a DNA ladder-like electrophoretic pattern for UVB-irradiated keratinocytes, containing the histone-bound DNA fragments as shown by ELISA assay, and appreciably repressed the DNA-3'OH cleavage terminals as shown by terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) stain. Thus, prevention of UVB-induced cell death by Asc2P was shown to occur concurrently with inhibition of DNA cleavages and enrichment of intracellular Asc. FAU - Sugimoto, Miho AU - Sugimoto M AD - Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Laboratory of Cell-Death Control BioTechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shobara, Hiroshima, 727-0023, Japan. FAU - Okugawa, Yoji AU - Okugawa Y FAU - Miwa, Nobuhiko AU - Miwa N LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Free Radic Res JT - Free radical research JID - 9423872 RN - 23313-12-4 (ascorbate-2-phosphate) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - PQ6CK8PD0R (Ascorbic Acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects/*radiation effects MH - Ascorbic Acid/*analogs & derivatives/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytoprotection MH - DNA/*metabolism MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Epidermal Cells MH - Epidermis/drug effects/radiation effects MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling MH - Keratinocytes/drug effects/*metabolism/radiation effects MH - Mice MH - Phosphorylation MH - Skin/cytology/drug effects/radiation effects MH - Ultraviolet Rays EDAT- 2006/01/05 09:00 MHDA- 2006/03/17 09:00 CRDT- 2006/01/05 09:00 PHST- 2006/01/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/03/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/01/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - L50282G724L68775 [pii] AID - 10.1080/10715760500417005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Free Radic Res. 2006 Feb;40(2):213-21. doi: 10.1080/10715760500417005.