Sequential events of apoptosis induced by zearalenone in cultured hepatocarcinoma cells

Amel Chatti Gazzah, Emna Golli, Chayma Bouaziz, Salwa Abid, Moncef Ladjimi, Hassen Bacha

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Résumé

Zearalenone (ZEA) is a fungal metabolite that can contaminate feed and foodstuffs and can cause serious health problems for animals as well as for humans. The present investigation was conducted to determine the chronological succession of the main events that characterise ZEA-induced toxicity in human hepatocarcinoma cells. To this aim, we have monitored the effects of ZEA on (1) cell viability, (2) heat-shock protein expression, (3) oxidative damage, (4) DNA fragmentation, (5) the cell cycle and (6) the cell-death-signalling pathway. Our results demonstrated that ZEA reduced cell viability in a time- and dose-dependent manner. When we exposed HepG2 cells to 100 μM ZEA (80% of cells are viable) for different treatment times (2, 4, 8, 24, 30, 48 and 60 h), we demonstrated an induction of Hsp70 protein, an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, DNA fragmentation and cell-cycle arrest. These events begin after only 2 h of mycotoxin exposure and are earlier than those implicated in the execution of apoptosis. However, significant apoptotic cell death was observed after at least 30 h of ZEA exposure as a consequence of increased Bax expression, decreased Bcl-2 expression and mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm)-released cytochrome c and activated caspase-3 and caspase-9.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)187-197
Nombre de pages11
journalMycotoxin Research
Volume26
Numéro de publication3
Les DOIs
Etat de la publicationPublié - août 2010
Modification externeOui

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