Transcriptome Analysis Reveals HgCl2 Induces Apoptotic Cell Death in Human Lung Carcinoma H1299 Cells through Caspase-3-Independent Pathwayopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Mi Jin; Park, Jinhong; Kim, Jinho; Kim, Ji-Young; An, Mi-Jin; Shin, Geun-Seup; Lee, Hyun-Min; Kim, Chul-Hong; Kim, Jung-Woong
- Issue Date
- Feb-2021
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- mercury chloride; cell cycle arrest; apoptosis; caspase-3; RNA-seq; human non-small cell lung carcinoma cells; H1299
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v.22, no.4, pp 1 - 13
- Pages
- 13
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
- Volume
- 22
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 13
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/48049
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijms22042006
- ISSN
- 1661-6596
1422-0067
- Abstract
- Mercury is one of the detrimental toxicants that can be found in the environment and exists naturally in different forms; inorganic and organic. Human exposure to inorganic mercury, such as mercury chloride, occurs through air pollution, absorption of food or water, and personal care products. This study aimed to investigate the effect of HgCl2 on cell viability, cell cycle, apoptotic pathway, and alters of the transcriptome profiles in human non-small cell lung cancer cells, H1299. Our data show that HgCl2 treatment causes inhibition of cell growth via cell cycle arrest at G(0)/G(1)- and S-phase. In addition, HgCl2 induces apoptotic cell death through the caspase-3-independent pathway. Comprehensive transcriptome analysis using RNA-seq indicated that cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process, cellular metabolism, and translation for biological processes-related gene sets were significantly up- and downregulated by HgCl2 treatment. Interestingly, comparative gene expression patterns by RNA-seq indicated that mitochondrial ribosomal proteins were markedly altered by low-dose of HgCl2 treatment. Altogether, these data show that HgCl2 induces apoptotic cell death through the dysfunction of mitochondria.
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