Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol 7, 2357-2363, Copyright © 1996 by American Society of Nephrology

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Reactive oxygen species induce apoptosis in cultured human mesangial cells

H Sugiyama, N Kashihara, H Makino, Y Yamasaki and Z Ota
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.

Apoptosis is a distinct form of cell death that is observed under various physiologic and pathologic conditions, and it is thought to be important in regulating the number of glomerular cells. This study investigated the possible role of reactive oxygen species in the induction of apoptosis in cultured human mesangial cells. Fragmented nuclei with condensed chromatin, a morphologic characteristic of apoptosis, were observed by electron microscopy in mesangial cells exposed to 0.02 mM hydrogen peroxide for 4 h. Nuclear DNA extracted from mesangial cells that had been incubated with hydrogen peroxide (2 to 20 mM) or with xanthine (0.05 mM) and xanthine oxidase (5 to 100 mU/mL) showed the ladder pattern on electrophoresis that is a biochemical marker for apoptosis. Hydrogen peroxide (0.02 to 20 mM) decreased the number of viable cells, as determined by trypan blue exclusion, in a dose-dependent manner. Hydrogen peroxide or xanthine and xanthine oxidase increased the lactate dehydrogenase release from mesangial cells in a dose- and time-dependent manners. The release of lactate dehydrogenase was prevented by treatment with a free radical scavenger, catalase. Hydrogen peroxide (2 mM) also significantly increased the number of mesangial cells with fragmented DNA as detected by in situ nick end-labeling Results indicate that reactive oxygen species induce apoptosis in cultured human mesangial cells. Furthermore, apoptosis of mesangial cells induced by reactive oxygen species may contribute to the loss of such cells observed in glomerular disease.

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