Trichomonas vaginalis: Reactive oxygen species mediates caspase-3 dependent apoptosis of human neutrophils
- Authors
- Song, Hyun-Ouk; Shin, Myeong-Heon; Alin, Myoung-Hee; Min, Duk-Young; Kim, Yong-Seok; Ryu, Jae-Sook
- Issue Date
- Jan-2008
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Keywords
- γ-Glu-Cys-Gly; 2′7′-dichlorofluorescein-diacetate; 5,5′,6,6′-tetrachloro-1,1′,3,3′-tetraethyl-benz imidazolcarbocyanine iodide; Apoptosis; Caspase-3; DCF-DA; diphenyleneiodonium chloride; DPI; GSH; JC-1; mitochondrial membrane potential; MMP; N-acetyl-l-cysteine; NAC; Neutrophils; reactive oxygen species; ROS; Trichomonas vaginalis; z-Asp-Glu-Val-Asp-fmk; z-DEVD-fmk; z-VAD-fmk; z-Val-Ala-Asp-fmk
- Citation
- EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY, v.118, no.1, pp.59 - 65
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY
- Volume
- 118
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 59
- End Page
- 65
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/172166
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.06.010
- ISSN
- 0014-4894
- Abstract
- There are many neutrophils in the vaginal discharge from women infected with Trichomonas vaginalis. The aim of our study was to determine whether human neutrophil apoptosis may be regulated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) in response to trichomonads infection. Incubation of human neutrophils with live trichomonads caused marked receptor shedding of CD16, decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and caspase-3 activation in human neutrophils. These proapoptotic effects of T. vaginalis on neutrophils were inhibited by pretreatment of neutrophils with an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase, diphenyleneiodonium chloride (I)PI), suggesting an important role of intracellular ROS accumulation in T. vaginalis-triggered apoptosis. Indeed, large amounts of ROS levels were detected in neutrophils incubated with live trichomonads, and were also effectively inhibited by DPI. However, pan-caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk or caspase-3 inhibitor z-DEVD-fmk did not affect T. vaginalis-induced ROS generation in neutrophils. These results suggest that ROS-dependent caspase-3 activation plays an important role in apoptosis of human neutrophils induced by T. vaginalis.
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