Copper center dot Dopamine Complex Induces Mitochondrial Autophagy Preceding Caspase-independent Apoptotic Cell Death

Paris, I; Perez-Pastene, C; Couve, E.; Caviedes P.; LeDoux, S; Segura-Aguilar, J

Abstract

Parkinsonism is one of the major neurological symptoms in Wilson disease, and young workers who worked in the copper smelting industry also developed Parkinsonism. We have reported the specific neurotoxic action of copper-dopamine complex in neurons with dopamine uptake. Copper-dopamine complex (100 µM) induces cell death in RCSN-3 cells by disrupting the cellular redox state, as demonstrated by a 1.9-fold increase in oxidized glutathione levels and a 56% cell death inhibition in the presence of 500 µM ascorbic acid; disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential with a spherical shape and well preserved morphology determined by transmission electron microscopy; inhibition (72%, p < 0.001) of phosphatidylserine externalization with 5 µM cyclosporine A; lack of caspase-3 activation; formation of autophagic vacuoles containing mitochondria after 2 h; transfection of cells with green fluorescent protein-light chain 3 plasmid showing that 68% of cells presented autophagosome vacuoles; colocalization of positive staining for green fluorescent protein-light chain 3 and Rhod-2AM, a selective indicator of mitochondrial calcium; and DNA laddering after 12-h incubation. These results suggest that the copper-dopamine complex induces mitochondrial autophagy followed by caspase-3-independent apoptotic cell death. However, a different cell death mechanism was observed when 100 µM copper-dopamine complex was incubated in the presence of 100 µM dicoumarol, an inhibitor of NAD(P)H quinone:oxidoreductase (EC 1.6.99.2, also known as DT-diaphorase and NQ01), because a more extensive and rapid cell death was observed. In addition, cyclosporine A had no effect on phosphatidylserine externalization, significant portions of compact chromatin were observed within a vacuolated nuclear membrane, DNA laddering was less pronounced, the mitochondria morphology was more affected, and the number of cells with autophagic vacuoles was a near 4-fold less. © 2009 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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Título según WOS: Copper center dot Dopamine Complex Induces Mitochondrial Autophagy Preceding Caspase-independent Apoptotic Cell Death
Título según SCOPUS: Copper·dopamine complex induces mitochondrial autophagy preceding caspase-independent apoptotic cell death
Título de la Revista: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volumen: 284
Número: 20
Editorial: Elsevier
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 13306
Página final: 13315
Idioma: English
URL: http://www.jbc.org/cgi/doi/10.1074/jbc.M900323200
DOI:

10.1074/jbc.M900323200

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS