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Polychlorinated biphenyl induced ROS signaling delays the entry of quiescent human breast epithelial cells into the proliferative cycle
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Polychlorinated biphenyl induced ROS signaling delays the entry of quiescent human breast epithelial cells into the proliferative cycle

Leena Chaudhuri, Ehab H Sarsour, Amanda L Kalen, Nùkhet Aykin-Burns, Douglas R Spitz and Prabhat C Goswami
Free radical biology & medicine, Vol.49(1), pp.40-49
07/01/2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.03.012
PMCID: PMC2875331
PMID: 20307652

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Abstract

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are environmental chemical contaminants that can produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) by autoxidation of dihydroxy-PCBs and redox-cycling. We investigate the hypothesis that PCB induced perturbations in ROS signaling regulate the entry of quiescent cells into the proliferative cycle. Quiescent MCF-10A human breast epithelial cells were incubated with 0-3 micromolar of 2-(4-chlorophenyl)benzo-1,4-quinone (4-Cl-BQ), 2, 2', 4, 4', 5, 5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 153), and Aroclor 1254 for 4 days. Cells were replated at a lower density and analyzed for cell cycle phase distributions, ROS levels, MnSOD expression, and cyclin D1 protein levels. Quiescent cells incubated with 4-Cl-BQ showed the maximal delay in entering S phase. This delay was associated with a decrease in MnSOD activity, protein and mRNA levels, and an increase in cellular ROS levels. Results from the mRNA turnover assay showed that the 4-Cl-BQ treatment selectively enhanced the degradation of the 4.2kb MnSOD transcript, while the half-life of the 1.5 kb transcript did not change. Accumulation of cyclin D1 protein levels in replated cells was suppressed in cells treated with 4-Cl-BQ. Pretreatment of quiescent cells with polyethylene glycol-conjugated superoxide dismutase and catalase suppressed 4-Cl-BQ induced increase in ROS levels, which was consistent with an increase in cyclin D1 accumulation, and entry into S phase. These results showed 4-Cl-BQ induced perturbations in ROS signaling inhibit the entry of quiescent cells into S phase.
Cyclin D1 - metabolism Epithelial Cells - metabolism Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism Polychlorinated Biphenyls - pharmacology Cell Separation Epithelial Cells - drug effects Humans Epithelial Cells - pathology Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy Breast Neoplasms - physiopathology Flow Cytometry Signal Transduction - drug effects Breast Neoplasms - pathology Cell Line, Tumor Cell Proliferation - drug effects Superoxide Dismutase - metabolism

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