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Bcl-XL prevents serum deprivation-induced oxidative stress mediated by Romo1
Seung Baek Lee1, Hyung Jung Kim, Jungar Shin
1Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
B-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-XL) has been known to suppress serum deprivation-induced cell death, while reactive oxygen species modulator 1 (Romo1) is responsible for a serum deprivation-induced increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS). Therefore, we investigated whether Bcl-XL expression could inhibit the serum deprivation-induced increase in ROS and cell death, which are mediated by Romo1. We found that Bcl-XL expression effectively blocked serum deprivation- and Romo1-triggered ROS generation. Bcl-XL also inhibited apoptotic cell death induced by both serum deprivation and oxidative stress. From these results, we suggest that increased Bcl-XL expression, which is observed in many cancer cells, confers resistance to oxidative stress in the cancer cells by suppressing Romo1-mediated oxidative stress.
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