PMID: 9163321Apr 15, 1997Paper

pH-dependent DNA cleavage in permeabilized human fibroblasts

The Biochemical Journal
S CzeneM Harms-Ringdahl

Abstract

In several cell types, apoptosis is associated with intracellular acidification and activation of a pH-dependent endonuclease. We have examined the effect of acidic pH on the DNA of permeabilized human fibroblasts, and observed cleavage of DNA into high-molecular-mass fragments. This pH-dependent DNA breakage was modulated by temperature, the presence of histones and diethyl pyrocarbonate. Superoxide dismutase and chelators with high affinity for Cu prevented DNA fragmentation, whereas catalase, DMSO and Desferal (desferrioxamine mesylate) offered no protection. Fragmentation of DNA into high-molecular-mass fragments, which is occasionally observed as an early phase of apoptosis, is thought to result from the activation of endonuclease(s). Our results suggest that such fragmentation also occurs through induction of copper-mediated site-specific DNA damage that is enhanced by intracellular acidification.

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