PMID- 30218457 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200117 LR - 20200117 IS - 1097-4652 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 234 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Mar TI - Sodium selenite induces apoptosis via ROS-mediated NF-kappaB signaling and activation of the Bax-caspase-9-caspase-3 axis in 4T1 cells. PG - 2511-2522 LID - 10.1002/jcp.26783 [doi] AB - Sodium selenite (SSE), a source of inorganic selenium, has been widely used as a clinical cancer treatment, but the precise molecular mechanisms of SSE remain to be elucidated. Our in vitro experiments have confirmed that SSE treatment causes a transient increase in intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, resulting in the inhibition of nuclear transcription factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling and p65 and nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, alpha phosphorylation levels in 4T1 cells. The inhibition of NF-kappaB subsequently increased the expression of the apoptosis gene B-cell lymphoma-2-associated X (Bax) and downregulated the transcription of antiapoptosis genes, such as B-cell lymphoma-2, cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 1, and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis. Additionally, the accumulation of ROS caused mitochondrial dysfunction, leading to the activation of caspase-9 and -3, thereby resulting in apoptosis. However, modulation of the ROS level by the chemical inhibitor N-acetyl-cysteine reversed these events. Similarly, in vitro murine syngeneic breast tumor models showed that SSE inhibits tumor growth by promoting apoptosis. These results indicate that SSE induces apoptosis via ROS-mediated inhibition of NF-kappaB signaling and activation of the Bax-caspase-9-caspase-3 axis. CI - (c) 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Zhang, Tao AU - Zhang T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0006-0428 AD - Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Zhao, Gan AU - Zhao G AD - Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Zhu, Xinying AU - Zhu X AD - Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Jiang, Kangfeng AU - Jiang K AD - Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Wu, Haichong AU - Wu H AD - Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Deng, Ganzhen AU - Deng G AD - Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Qiu, Changwei AU - Qiu C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7389-9534 AD - Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180914 PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (RELA protein, human) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor RelA) RN - 0 (bcl-2-Associated X Protein) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 9) RN - HIW548RQ3W (Sodium Selenite) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/genetics MH - Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy/genetics/pathology MH - Caspase 3/genetics MH - Caspase 9/genetics MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/*drug effects MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/*drug therapy/genetics/pathology MH - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/drug effects MH - Mice MH - NF-kappa B/genetics MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Sodium Selenite/*pharmacology MH - Transcription Factor RelA/genetics MH - bcl-2-Associated X Protein/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - apoptosis OT - breast cancer OT - nuclear transcription factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) OT - reactive oxygen species (ROS) OT - sodium selenite (SSE) EDAT- 2018/09/16 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/18 06:00 CRDT- 2018/09/16 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/04/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jcp.26783 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2019 Mar;234(3):2511-2522. doi: 10.1002/jcp.26783. Epub 2018 Sep 14.