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Efficient execution of cell death in non-glycolytic cells requires the generation of ROS controlled by the activity of mitochondrial H+-ATP synthase

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dc.contributor Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (España)
dc.contributor Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo (España)
dc.contributor Fundación Ramón Areces
dc.creator Santamaría, Gema
dc.creator Martínez-Díez, Marta
dc.creator Fabregat, Isabel
dc.creator Cuezva, José M.
dc.date 2008-06-05T15:09:49Z
dc.date 2008-06-05T15:09:49Z
dc.date 2005-12-16
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:34:55Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:34:55Z
dc.identifier Carcinogenesis 2006 27(5):925-935
dc.identifier 0305-1048 (Print)
dc.identifier 1460-2180 (Online)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4825
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/4825
dc.description This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Carcinogenesis following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Carcinogenesis 2006 27(5):925-935 is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgi315
dc.description There is a large body of clinical data documenting that most human carcinomas contain reduced levels of the catalytic subunit of the mitochondrial H+-ATP synthase. In colon and lung cancer this alteration correlates with a poor patient prognosis. Furthermore, recent findings in colon cancer cells indicate that downregulation of the H+-ATP synthase is linked to the resistance of the cells to chemotherapy. However, the mechanism by which the H+-ATP synthase participates in cancer progression is unknown. In this work, we show that inhibitors of the H+-ATP synthase delay staurosporine (STS)-induced cell death in liver cells that are dependent on oxidative phosphorylation for energy provision whereas it has no effect on glycolytic cells. Efficient execution of cell death requires the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) controlled by the activity of the H+-ATP synthase in a process that is concurrent with the rapid disorganization of the cellular mitochondrial network. The generation of ROS after STS treatment is highly dependent on the mitochondrial membrane potential and most likely caused by reverse electron flow to Complex I. The generated ROS promote the carbonylation and covalent modification of cellular and mitochondrial proteins. Inhibition of the activity of the H+-ATP synthase blunted ROS production prevented the oxidation of cellular proteins and the modification of mitochondrial proteins delaying the release of cytochrome c and the execution of cell death. The results in this work establish the downregulation of the H+-ATP synthase, and thus of oxidative phosphorylation, as part of the molecular strategy adapted by cancer cells to avoid ROS-mediated cell death. Furthermore, the results provide a mechanistic explanation to understand chemotherapeutic resistance of cancer cells that rely on glycolysis as the main energy provision pathway.
dc.description G.S. and M.M-D. were supported by pre-doctoral fellowships from the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. This work was supported by grants from the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo (PI041255), Comunidad de Madrid (SAL/0026/2004) and Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (BMC2001-0710). The CBMSO receives an institutional grant from Fundación Ramón Areces.
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Oxford University Press
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject H+-ATP synthase
dc.title Efficient execution of cell death in non-glycolytic cells requires the generation of ROS controlled by the activity of mitochondrial H+-ATP synthase
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