“…Because mitochondria are the major sources of cellular ROI, the inhibitors of mitochondrial electron transport chain and respiration-de®cient cells diminish the TNF-induced signaling (Schultz-Ostho et al, 1992Shoji et al, 1995;Zamzami et al, 1995;Goossens et al, 1996;Fernandez-Checa et al, 1997;Higuchi et al, 1997). Similarly, such agents as dithiothreitol (DTT), pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), butylated hydroxyanisol (BHA), cysteine, and N-acetylcysteine (NAC), all of which increase extracellular GSH levels, have been shown to protect cells from TNF-induced apoptosis (Shoji et al, 1995;Goossens et al, 1995, Obrador et al, 1997Fernandez-Checa et al, 1997;Morales et al, 1997;Liu et al, 1998;Kinscherf et al, 1998) and inhibit NF-kB activation Staal et al, 1990;Schreck et al, 1991Schreck et al, , 1992aAnderson et al, 1994), whereas buthionine-L-sulfoximine (BSO), diethyl maleate (DEM), and 1,3-bis (chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU), which lower GSH levels potentiate the e ects of TNF (Sen et al, 1997;Obrador et al, 1997;Garcia-Ruiz et al, 1995;Higuchi et al, 1997).…”