PMID- 16885361 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060928 LR - 20150123 IS - 0008-5472 (Print) IS - 0008-5472 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 15 DP - 2006 Aug 1 TI - Mutation of succinate dehydrogenase subunit C results in increased O2.-, oxidative stress, and genomic instability. PG - 7615-20 AB - Mutations in genes coding for succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) subunits are believed to contribute to cancer and aging, but the mechanism for this is unclear. Hamster fibroblasts expressing a mutation in SDH subunit C (SDHC; B9) showed 3-fold increases in dihydroethidine and dichlorodihydrofluorescein (CDCFH(2)) oxidation indicative of increased steady-state levels of O2(.-) and H2O2, increases in glutathione/glutathione disulfide (indicative of oxidative stress), as well as increases in superoxide dismutase activity, relative to parental B1 cells. B9 cells also showed characteristics associated with cancer cells, including aneuploidy, increases in glucose consumption, and sensitivity to glucose deprivation-induced cytotoxicity. Expression of wild-type (WT) human SDHC in B9 cells caused prooxidant production, glucose consumption, sensitivity to glucose deprivation-induced cytotoxicity, and aneuploidy to revert to the WT phenotype. These data show that SDHC mutations cause increased O2(.-) production, metabolic oxidative stress, and genomic instability and that mutations in genes coding for mitochondrial electron transport chain proteins can contribute to phenotypic changes associated with cancer cells. These results also allow for the speculation that DNA damage to genes coding for electron transport chain proteins could result in a "mutator phenotype" by increasing steady-state levels of O2(.-) and H2O2. FAU - Slane, Benjamin G AU - Slane BG AD - Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, B180 Medical Laboratories, Department of Radiation Oncology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. FAU - Aykin-Burns, Nukhet AU - Aykin-Burns N FAU - Smith, Brian J AU - Smith BJ FAU - Kalen, Amanda L AU - Kalen AL FAU - Goswami, Prabhat C AU - Goswami PC FAU - Domann, Frederick E AU - Domann FE FAU - Spitz, Douglas R AU - Spitz DR LA - eng GR - F32 CA 110611/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA 66081/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA 086862/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA 100045/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA 111365/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Cancer Res JT - Cancer research JID - 2984705R RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (SDHC protein, human) RN - 11062-77-4 (Superoxides) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Cell Line MH - Cricetinae MH - Cricetulus MH - Fibroblasts/enzymology/metabolism MH - Genomic Instability/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Lung/cytology MH - Membrane Proteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Superoxides/*metabolism MH - Transfection EDAT- 2006/08/04 09:00 MHDA- 2006/09/29 09:00 CRDT- 2006/08/04 09:00 PHST- 2006/08/04 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/09/29 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/08/04 09:00 [entrez] AID - 66/15/7615 [pii] AID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0833 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Res. 2006 Aug 1;66(15):7615-20. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0833.