Abstract
Phospholipase D (PLD) has been associated with necrosis. However, it is not clear whether PLD plays a causative role in this cellular process. We investigated the role of PLD in oxidative stress-induced necrosis of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Pervanadate (hydrogen peroxide plus orthovanadate) but not hydrogen peroxide alone activated PLD in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Exposure of VSMCs to pervanadate resulted in necrosis. Pretreatment with butan-1-ol, a PLD inhibitor, attenuated both pervanadate-induced necrosis and increase of intracellular Ca2+. Removal of extracellular Ca2+ inhibited pervanadate-induced necrosis by 50%. These results suggest that PLD activation mediates pervanadate-induced necrosis of VSMCs, which is at least partly due to Ca2+ toxicity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 277-281 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 508 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2001 Nov 16 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Korean Research Foundation Grants (KRF-1999-015-FP0062 and FP0097).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology