AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 271, Issue 6 949-G958, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Involvement of ICE family proteases in apoptosis induced by reoxygenation of hypoxic hepatocytes

S. Shimizu, Y. Eguchi, W. Kamiike, Y. Akao, H. Kosaka, J. Hasegawa, H. Matsuda and Y. Tsujimoto
Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.

Cell death due to reoxygenation after hypoxia was characterized in primary cultured hepatocytes. Fluorescence and electron microscopic analyses of reoxygenated hepatocytes revealed morphological characteristics of apoptosis, including chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation, and formation of apoptotic bodies. Few necrotic hepatocytes, defined by loss of plasma membrane integrity, mitochondrial swelling, and formation of large vacuoles, were observed. Activation of interleukin-1 beta-converting enzyme (ICE)-like and CPP32/Yama-like proteases, which are known to drive apoptosis, was observed during reoxygenation, and addition of their respective inhibitors inhibited the induction of apoptosis, indicating the involvement of ICE family proteases in apoptosis by reoxygenation. Production of oxygen radicals was enhanced by reoxygenation of hypoxic cells, and reoxygenation-induced apoptosis was inhibited by oxygen radical scavengers, suggesting a role for reactive oxygen species as a triggering factor in cell death. Electrophoretic analysis revealed the presence of 50-kb DNA fragments but not oligonucleosomal DNA fragments in reoxygenation-induced apoptotic hepatocytes.

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