Abstract
The Ru(III) complex salt KP1019 induced formation of H2O2 in colorectal tumor cells in a dose-dependent way. It also caused DNA-strand breaks if only weakly doubling tail length to 55.87?3.97 mikroM. Both effects were prevented by 5 mM N-acetylcysteine (NAC) which also reduced cytotoxicity (IC50 55 vs 30 mikroM without NAC). Induction of apoptosis was shown by loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in 63.4?2.1% of the population and by caspase-dependent cleavage of poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase (PARP). Both effects were inhibited by NAC which reduced the population with depolarized mitochondrial membranes to 24.1?1.2% and prevented PARP-cleavage indicating a central role oxidative stress in KP1019-induced apoptosis. ? 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 115-121 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Cancer Letters |
Volume | 226 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 301904 Cancer research