Peroxyacetyl nitrate-induced apoptosis through generation of reactive oxygen species in HL-60 cells

Abstract

Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), an ubiquitous air pollutant, induced apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60, human chronic myelogenous leukemia K-562, and mouse monocyte-macrophage RAW 264.7 cell lines. In the HL 60 cells, characteristic apoptosis morphology could be observed 4 h after the cells were treated with 50 microM PAN. Exposure of HL-60 cells to increasing concentrations of PAN (from 1 microM to 100 microM) confirmed the concentration dependence of apoptosis as evidenced by DNA fragmentation in HL-60 cells, chromatin condensation by acridine-orange staining, and the appearance of the DNA apoptotic peak in flow cytometry. During apoptosis in HL-60 cells, 3-nitrotyrosine and 3,5-dinitrotyrosine were detected by high-performance liquid chromatography and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry. We hypothesized that PAN might induce cell death in human leukemia cells by releasing peroxynitrite and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide. Moreover, exogenous superoxide dismutase promoted PAN-induced apoptosis, and in contrast, a combination of superoxide dismutase and catalase suppressed this apoptosis. We also hypothesize that the generation of ROS during PAN-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells could activate stress-activated protein kinase/jun N-terminal kinase activity. The formation of H2O2 produced from the dismutation of PAN-elicited superoxide anion contributed to the apoptotic mechanism in HL-60 cells through ROS pathways. These findings suggested that induction of apoptosis by the air pollutant PAN might occur as a result of the release of ROS.

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