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Oxidative stress and activation of proteasome protease during serum deprivation-induced apoptosis in rat hepatoma cells; inhibition of cell death by melatonin

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Growth factor deprivation-induced apoptosis has been shown in various cell systems and is recognized as one of the standard models for the study of programmed cell death. The mechanism of induction of apoptosis by serum deprivation is still not clear. The objective of the present study was to investigate if serum-deprivation causes oxidative stress, which then leads to apoptotic death. We have demonstrated that indeed, there was a significant increase in reactive oxygen species following serum deprivation of 5123tc hepatoma cells. Furthermore, treatment with anti-oxidants; melatonin or vitamin E, prevented cell death caused by serum-deprivation. We also demonstrated that there was activation of proteasome proteases and decrease in glutathione levels following serum deprivation. Interestingly, melatonin treatment blocked these changes and rescued the cells from apoptosis induced by serum-deprivation. These results indicated that oxidative stress may play a causal role in the induction of apoptosis induced by serum deprivation.

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Pandey, S., Lopez, C. & Jammu, A. Oxidative stress and activation of proteasome protease during serum deprivation-induced apoptosis in rat hepatoma cells; inhibition of cell death by melatonin. Apoptosis 8, 497–508 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025542424986

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