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Vincristine induced apoptosis in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells: a mitochondrial controlled pathway regulated by reactive oxygen species?
International Journal of Oncology 2002 December
Vincristine (VCR), a microtubule interfering anti-cancer agent, plays a key role in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The route of VCR induced apoptosis in ALL cells is not well defined. In this study we demonstrated caspase-9 and -3 activation in vivo in bone marrow leukaemic cells of a child with newly diagnosed ALL, after treatment with a single dose of VCR. We hypothesized that VCR induced apoptosis in ALL cells proceeds by a mitochondrial controlled pathway. We further studied the route of VCR induced apoptosis in Jurkat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells. First we showed that VCR induces activation of caspase-9 and -3 in Jurkat cells. With the caspase-9 inhibitor Z-LEHD-FMK we proved that caspase-9 was activated prior to caspase-3. Loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential was independent of caspase-9 activation. To confirm the mitochondrial role in VCR induced apoptosis, the effect of blocking the mitochondrial route upstream of caspase-9 activation was investigated at two different levels: reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging and Bcl-2 overexpression. Generation of ROS was detected early in Jurkat cells during VCR exposure. Ascorbic acid, a ROS scavenger, inhibited ROS generation as well as caspase-9 and -3 activation and cell death induced by VCR. Furthermore, in Bcl-2 overexpressing Jurkat cells mitochondrial membrane potential changes, caspase-9 and -3 activation and cell death upon VCR exposure were decreased, in comparison to parental Jurkat cells. However, generation of ROS was not decreased in Jurkat cells with Bcl-2 overexpression. We concluded that ROS play a regulatory role in the initial phase of a mitochondrial controlled pathway of VCR induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells.
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