Hydrogen peroxide inhibits gap junctional intercellular communication in glutathione sufficient but not glutathione deficient cells |
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Authors: | Upham BL; Kang KS; Cho HY; Trosko JE |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA. |
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Abstract: | Cell to cell communication via gap junctions is essential in the
maintenance of the homeostatic balance of multicellular organisms. Aberrant
intercellular gap junctional communication (GJIC) has been implicated in
tumor promotion, neuropathy and teratogenesis. Oxidative stress has also
been implicated in similar pathologies such as cancer. We report a
potential link between oxidative stress and GJIC. Hydrogen peroxide, a
known tumor promoter, inhibited GJIC in WB-F344 rat liver epithelial cells
with an I50 value of 200 microM. Inhibition of GJIC by H2O2 was reversible
as indicated by the complete recovery of GJIC with the removal of H2O2 via
a change of fresh media. Free radical scavengers, such as t-butyl alcohol,
propylgallate, and Trolox, did not prevent the inhibition of GJIC by H2O2,
which indicated that the effects of H2O2 on GJIC was probably not a
consequence of aqueous free radical damage. The depletion of intracellular
GSH reversed the inhibitory effect of H2O2 on GJIC. The treatment of
glutathione- sufficient cells with H2O2 resulted in the
hyperphosphorylation of connexin43, which is the basic subunit of the
hexameric gap junction protein, as determined by Western blot analysis.
TPA, a well-known tumor promoter, also inhibits GJIC via
hyperphosphorylation of GJIC, which is a result of protein kinase-C
activation. However, H2O2 also induced hyperphosphorylation in
GSH-deficient cells that had normal rates of GJIC. Therefore, the mechanism
of GJIC inhibition must be different from the TPA-pathway and involves GSH.
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