1999
DOI: 10.2307/3580209
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A High Dose of Ionizing Radiation Induces Tissue-Specific Activation of Nuclear Factor-κB In Vivo

Abstract: Activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is one of the important responses of cells to an external stress such as ionizing radiation. We studied radiation-induced NF-kappaB activation in vivo in male BALB/c mice. After the mice were exposed to 8.5 Gy total-body gamma irradiation, the spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes, thymus, liver, lung, colon, brain and bone marrow were harvested 1, 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 h postirradiation. NF-kappaB DNA-binding activity was analyzed in the nuclear pr… Show more

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“…Our findings are consistent with reports that IR-induced NF-κB pro-survival signaling is prominent in radiosensitive tissues and is required for induction of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins. [35][36][37] But to our knowledge, this study is the first to uncover the mechanism that promotes this IR-induced cytoprotective pathway in vivo. Together with our report that PACS-2 mediates the p53-dependent induction of p21, these findings suggest PACS-2 coordinates p53/p21-dependent cell cycle arrest with NF-κB/Bcl-xL-dependent pro-survival signaling to support DNA repair in response to genotoxic damage.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…Our findings are consistent with reports that IR-induced NF-κB pro-survival signaling is prominent in radiosensitive tissues and is required for induction of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins. [35][36][37] But to our knowledge, this study is the first to uncover the mechanism that promotes this IR-induced cytoprotective pathway in vivo. Together with our report that PACS-2 mediates the p53-dependent induction of p21, these findings suggest PACS-2 coordinates p53/p21-dependent cell cycle arrest with NF-κB/Bcl-xL-dependent pro-survival signaling to support DNA repair in response to genotoxic damage.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…In contrast, NF-κB activation by VP16 or IR in primary MEFs and MEF lines, or many human normal cell types, is frequently undetectable or only weakly detected even at relatively high doses, despite efficient ATM activation [11,55,59,64,68]. Most normal tissues in mice, except for the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes and intestine, also do not activate NF-κB in response to 8.5 Gy of whole body radiation [109,110]. Activation of IKK and NF-κB may be achieved in kidney and lung tissues after a relatively high dose (20 Gy) of radiation [49].…”
Section: Additional Nf-κb Signaling By Genotoxic Agentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cytosolic and mitochondrial samples for glutathione measurement were precipitated with 10% trichloroacetic acid, centrifuged, and stored at Ϫ80°C. Preparation of nuclear extracts was adapted from the method described by Zhou et al 26 The cytosolic contamination of nuclear extracts, checked by the expression of the ␤-actin protein, was found to be nil.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%