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ROS-mediated lipopolysaccharide-induced apoptosis in INS-1 cells by modulation of Bcl-2 and Bax
Corresponding Author(s) : Q. Su
dr_suqing@yahoo.com.cn
Cellular and Molecular Biology,
Vol. 58 No. 2: General Papers
Abstract
Overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) or exhaustion of antioxidants may cause oxidative stress which is a major factor of defective insulin secretion and increases apoptosis of pancreatic β-cells in diabetes. So there comes a consideration of whether antioxidant strategies can be used to protect deterioration of the β-cells. In this study, we explored the mechanism of oxidative stress mediated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced apoptosis in insulin secreting (INS-1) cells from a rat pancreatic β-cell line. ROS was monitored by using intracellular ROS capture dihydroethidium (DHE) and dihydrorhodamine123 (DHR123). Apoptosis rate was measured by flow cytometry (FCM). The pro-apoptotic gene Bax and anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-2 were analysed by Western blot and RT-PCR. The results demonstrate that LPS-stimulated INS-1cells manifest intensified intracellular fluorescence in both dose- and time- dependent manners. Apoptosis rate of LPSstimulated INS-1cells is significantly increased by FCM, with a significant increase in Bax/Bcl-2 ratio revealed by Western blot and RT-PCR. Furthermore, α-lipoic acid (α-LA) inhibits LPS-induced apoptosis, but can not restore the function of glucose stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in INS-1 cells.
Keywords
LPS
apoptosis
ROS
antioxidant
β-cells.
Du, S.-C., Ge, Q.-M., Lin, N., Dong, Y., & Su, Q. (2012). ROS-mediated lipopolysaccharide-induced apoptosis in INS-1 cells by modulation of Bcl-2 and Bax. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 58(2), 1654–59. Retrieved from https://www.cellmolbiol.org/index.php/CMB/article/view/548
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