Abstract Objective:To explore the effects of γ-irradiation on mitogen-activatedprotein kinases(MAPKs) and role intracellular calcium in this event in intestinal epithelial cell line 6(IEC-6 cells).Methods:After cultu...Abstract Objective:To explore the effects of γ-irradiation on mitogen-activatedprotein kinases(MAPKs) and role intracellular calcium in this event in intestinal epithelial cell line 6(IEC-6 cells).Methods:After cultured rat IIEC-6 cells with or without the pretreatment of intracellular Ca^2+ chelator were exposed to γ-ir-radiation of 6 Gy, the total and phosphorylated MAPKs in the cells were determined with Western blotting and apoptosis was examined with flow cytometry.Activities of Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) and p38 MAPK were determined by using immuoprecipitation followed by Western blotting.Results:In response to γ-irradiation,phosphorylation of ERK was not significantly observed ,while the levels of phos-phorylated c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase(JNK) and p38 MAPK were increased in 30 min and reached the peak 2h after exposure to 6Gy γ-irradiation,though the cell viability was significantly lowered 12h.On the other hand, no obvious changes were seen in the total protein levels of ERK, JNK and p38 MAPK.Chelation of in-tracellular Ca^2+ almost completely suppressed the JNK and p38 MAPK phosphorylation induced by γ-irradiation is a potent activator for JNK and p38 MAPK, and Ca^2+ mobilized from intracellular stores plays an important role in the activation of MAPKs and the induction of apoptosis in IEC-6 cells.展开更多
A photocalibrated NO donor, N-nitrosated rhodamine 6 G acid (NOG) was designed for monitoring the kinetics or the dose of NO release in a real-time fashion with spectroscopic methods Upon irradiation, a drastic fluore...A photocalibrated NO donor, N-nitrosated rhodamine 6 G acid (NOG) was designed for monitoring the kinetics or the dose of NO release in a real-time fashion with spectroscopic methods Upon irradiation, a drastic fluorescence turn-on was observed, and the NO release from NOG was not interfered by biothiols.Furthermore, this NO donor enabled time-and site-controlled NO release in living cells. With these merits, NOG can be a useful molecular tool in NO biology.展开更多
基金in part by Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No. 39870239)by the Sasagawa Fellowship,Japan.
文摘Abstract Objective:To explore the effects of γ-irradiation on mitogen-activatedprotein kinases(MAPKs) and role intracellular calcium in this event in intestinal epithelial cell line 6(IEC-6 cells).Methods:After cultured rat IIEC-6 cells with or without the pretreatment of intracellular Ca^2+ chelator were exposed to γ-ir-radiation of 6 Gy, the total and phosphorylated MAPKs in the cells were determined with Western blotting and apoptosis was examined with flow cytometry.Activities of Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) and p38 MAPK were determined by using immuoprecipitation followed by Western blotting.Results:In response to γ-irradiation,phosphorylation of ERK was not significantly observed ,while the levels of phos-phorylated c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase(JNK) and p38 MAPK were increased in 30 min and reached the peak 2h after exposure to 6Gy γ-irradiation,though the cell viability was significantly lowered 12h.On the other hand, no obvious changes were seen in the total protein levels of ERK, JNK and p38 MAPK.Chelation of in-tracellular Ca^2+ almost completely suppressed the JNK and p38 MAPK phosphorylation induced by γ-irradiation is a potent activator for JNK and p38 MAPK, and Ca^2+ mobilized from intracellular stores plays an important role in the activation of MAPKs and the induction of apoptosis in IEC-6 cells.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21475105, 21675123)
文摘A photocalibrated NO donor, N-nitrosated rhodamine 6 G acid (NOG) was designed for monitoring the kinetics or the dose of NO release in a real-time fashion with spectroscopic methods Upon irradiation, a drastic fluorescence turn-on was observed, and the NO release from NOG was not interfered by biothiols.Furthermore, this NO donor enabled time-and site-controlled NO release in living cells. With these merits, NOG can be a useful molecular tool in NO biology.